National Council for Sustainable Rural Development
The National Council for Sustainable Rural Development is a collegial body that integrates the basic structure of the Ministry of Agrarian Development. It was established on October 8th, 2003, as a new version of the former National Council for Sustainable Rural Development. The council proposes guidelines for the implementation and formulation, as well as strategies for monitoring and evaluation, of public policies in three areas: sustainable rural development; land reform; and family farming. These guidelines should be elaborated through mechanisms of consultation and coordination between the various levels of government and civil society organizations that are connected to the area. The council aims at overcoming problems faced in rural areas and helping to promote the diversification of economic activities, the expansion of participation and social control, and formal and non-formal education in rural areas. The means to achieve these goals are: by conducting studies; the identification of indicators to establish goals; the creation of a national network of collective bodies from state, regional, territorial and municipal levels; and by proposing updates for laws on the topic. The council is made up of 38 members entitled to speak and vote. Half of the vacancies are occupied by government representatives, and the other half, by representatives of the civil society. In addition, there are permanent guests who do not have the right to vote, but can voice their concerns: the heads of the departments of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and the president of the National Institute of Colonization and Land Reform.
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
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- regular
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- civil society
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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