Uruguay

Environmental Monitoring Montevideo

City/State/Region: Montevideo
Begin – End: 2002 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Comisión Mixta de Monitoreo Ambiental Ciudadano
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: unknown

The Citizen Environmental Monitoring is a comprehensive program created in 2002 in an agreement between the City Hall of Montevideo and civil society organizations. The main body is the Joint Citizen Environmental Monitoring Commission (COMMAC), made up of representatives of the City Hall of Montevideo and civil society, through environmental non-governmental organizations and regional Environmental Commissions (CMA) that are part of the Zonal Councils and Municipal Neighborhoods. The COMMAC discusses environmental issues of departmental, regional and zonal interest and is involved in the evaluation and creation of the Programs of the Department of Environmental Development (DDA). They are also part of the formulation of the Montevideo Environmental Agenda. The program of participatory environmental monitoring is also carried out by the COMMAC, mainly with regards to Montevideo?s water. This program aims for citizen participation in the monitoring of departmental environmental quality. Finally, workshops are held to empower citizens on environmental monitoring issues.

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

Sources

http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/servicios-y-sociedad/ambiente/monitoreo-ambiental-ciudadano