Chile

National Council for the Promotion of Health ?Vida Chile?

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 1998 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Presidencia de la Nación
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: national

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

The National Council for the Promotion of Health ?Vida Chile? is an authority of intersectorial coordination chaired by the Minister of Health and comprised of 28 public and private institutions throughout the country. Its role is to advise Ministries on the development of health policies and to coordinate a plan for intersectorial strategic action. The Council was created by the Ministry of Health within the framework of the National Plan for Health Promotion launched in 1998. Among its specific objectives, the Council seeks to collaborate with the participatory diagnosis of health issues and quality of life, and to participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the Municipal Health Promotion Plan. The National Council has a network of local councils articulated under a motto idea called "Building a Healthier Country". The municipal "Vida Chile" councils have a participative character and are made up of representatives of social and community organizations, municipal authorities, local public services and private entities.

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: regular
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society private stakeholders
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields no 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