Chile

Municipal Plebiscite of Las Condes

The Municipal Plebiscite of Las Condes decided on the construction of road works, specifically on overpasses, in order to improve the traffic and accessibility in the municipality. The plebiscite was of a binding nature, and 72.32% of those registered in the electoral registers of the municipality participated. Of these, a majority, 61.75% of the valid votes approved the proposal, while 38.25% of the voters rejected it; null and blank votes amounted to 3%. The execution of similar plebiscites has been established - along with Citizen Consultations - in the Law of Citizen Participation of Chile as a mechanism of inclusion of citizens in the municipal management.

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
embedded in the constitution/legislation 
Frequency
single
Mode of selection of participants
open 
Type of participants
citizens  
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
Policy Evaluation

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