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National Intersectoral Committee for the Prevention of Violence against Children and Adolescents

The National Intersectoral Committee for the Prevention of Violence against Children and Adolescents (Span. CONIPREVINNA) was created by Executive Decree no. 39 of 2014. CONIPREVINNA is an intersectoral body that pursues inter-institutional and intersectoral coordination in the design and implementation of policies and actions to prevent violence against children and teenagers. The Committee is subdivided into three commissions: the Executive Commission, which has 8 members; the Technical Commission, which has 17; and the Advisory Commission, made up of 9 members. The Executive Commission is on top of the institutional hierarchy and has the final decision regarding the approval of policies, plans, programs and projects. It is made up of 6 Ministers or Vice-Ministers, a representative of the Superior Court for Children and Adolescents and one of the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and the Family. Along with public officials, representatives of civil society organizations (such as the New Generation Movement or the Association of Parents) participate in the Technical Commission and the Advisory Commission, and in the first one, two young persons referred by organizations that work in childhood and adolescence themes also take part. The Committee was installed in 2017, as an institution that reports to the Ministry of Social Development. It has had an important role in the elaboration of the Multisectoral National Strategy for Violence Prevention.

Institutional design

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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
only backed by a governmental program or policy 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
citizens civil society  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a binding decision  
Co-Governance
yes 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Evaluation

Sources

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