Techo Mexico
"Techo " (lit. Roof) arrived to Mexico in 2007 with the name "Un Techo para mi Pais" (lit. A Roof for my Country), while the project expanded throughout Latin America. The main purpose of this innovation is the development of precarious settlements in the country, the promotion of social action, in addition to the denunciation of the social exclusion faced by vulnerable populations. The project is carried out in three phases: during the first part, the area is evaluated; during the second part, citizens participate in the deliberation of different solutions to the problems faced by the community, especially in regards to infrastructure. This deliberative phase is carried out together with volunteers and is based on the results of the initial diagnosis. The third phase consists in the implementation of this agenda. Within the framework of this methodology and until 2017, in Mexico, 4,129 emergency homes have been built in 41 settlements throughout the country. In addition, this participatory innovation has implemented several education programs in which 3,081 children participate.
Institutional design
Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?
Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?
Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?
Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?
Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?
Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?
- Formalization
- not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
- Frequency
- sporadic
- Mode of selection of participants
- open
- Type of participants
- citizens civil society private stakeholders
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields no decision
- Co-Governance
- no
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