Colombia

Municipal / District / Departmental Councils of Audiovisual Arts

The Municipal / District / Departmental Councils of Audiovisual Arts are part of the Artistic Areas Councils, which were created from the Arts and Culture Councils, in each of the artistic and cultural manifestations, in this case the audiovisual arts, which are cultivated at the corresponding territorial level (municipal, district or departmental). These Artistic Areas Councils are the setting for the participation, dialogue and coordination between the corresponding territorial authorities and the community of artists of the audiovisual arts, in order to advise on the policies, plans and programs of the issues that affect them. Initially the Arts and Culture Councils were created at the national level with the General Culture Law, and later in 2008 a paragraph was added to this Act indicating that the Governments and the Districts could create Departmental and District Councils for Arts and Culture, in each of the artistic and cultural manifestations. From this, different Governments, Districts and also Municipalities have created different Artistic Areas Councils. Bogota was the first district to do so in 2007, even before the specification for the General Law was made. However, because the law does not oblige the territorial entities to create these councils in any specific artistic area, but only leaves open the possibility, it is difficult to find with any accuracy the number of councils and in what territorial areas of the country they have been created.

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
citizens civil society private stakeholders  
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

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