Colombia

Participatory Budget of Pasto

City/State/Region: BarranquillaPastoYumboBarrancabermejaOcañaPensilvaniaCartagenaToribíoMogotes
Begin – End: 1996 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Alcaldía de Pasto
Type of organization in charge: government
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: yes

The Participatory Budget of Pasto, also known as Cabildo, is a space that began in 1996, in which citizens of all social, trade, academic and cultural sectors can participate in interacting with the Local Government to define both the investment projects and the allocation of the necessary resources in order to fulfill them. Likewise, they can influence the process through their participation in the formulation of Pasto?s Development Plan. The process is carried out by means of three phases: the precabildos in which the necessary information is presented and the rules and conditions of the process are established; the cabildos in which the projects presented are qualified and prioritized; the assembly of citizen spokespersons for the adoption of the Draft Investment Budget; and the adoption by the City Council of the General Budget of the Municipality of Pasto. Because there are no specific regulations for the development of this process in the city of Pasto, in each period mayors have carried it out in their own way and that is why in some cases there are nonconformities. However, it is noteworthy that despite this, participatory budgets have been continued over the years, through a wide participation of citizens.

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
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