Uruguay

Strategic Plan for Zonal Development (PLAEDEZ) - Montevideo

City/State/Region: Montevideo
Begin – End: 1999 – 2015
Name of organization in charge: Intendencia de MontevideoDepartamento de PlanificaciónEquipos de Planificación Zonal (EPZ)Consejos Vecinales
Type of organization in charge: government civil society
Level: local

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Strategic Plan for Zonal Development (PLAEDEZ) - Montevideo is one of the instruments that forms part of the participatory planning of public policies in Montevideo. It is a flexible working guide to help orient the development of Montevideo for five years, reflecting the needs, challenges and important projects that the neighbors identify. It is also an important source for the planning of public budgets, especially for the participatory budget. Beginning in 1994, a dialogue began with the residents of Montevideo to consult on their priorities for the planning and development of public policies, which were then expressed in the "Management Commitments". This began to be institutionalized from 1999, when the first PLAEDEZ was developed, under the motto: "To continue constructing, we must imagine Montevideo". It was a five-year plan (similar to the Public Budget). The same was done for the periods of 2005-2010 ("I love you Montevideo") and 2010-2015 ("More Montevideo"). For its development, 18 Zone Planning Teams (EPZ) are formed, which are composed of regional politicians, technicians and members of the Neighborhood Councils. PLAEDEZ is developed in four stages, of which two stages include citizen consultation at the local level through assemblies, meetings, surveys and other participatory instruments. There are also training workshops for EPZs. The main themes are: accessibility, mobility and transport, quality and environmental sustainability, economic and productive development, housing and social integration, cultural projection, infrastructures and basic services, territorial development, institutional development and citizen participation.

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: both
Type of participants: citizens civil society
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-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

Policy Evaluation