Dominican Republic

Consultations of the National Development Strategy 2010-2030

The consultations of the "National Development Strategy 2010-2030" were conducted in 2006, through Regulation 498-06 of National Planning and Budget (Law of Planning and Public Investment, No. 498-06). The Dominican government agreed to develop a national development plan to define the management of its policy and policies, as well as the interactions between government, non-governmental and civil society organizations. In order to develop a plan that included the widest support of citizens, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, as well as the Dominican government, 58 consultations were held with various agencies where participants were invited to express their opinions and propose adjustments to the project. Individuals were consulted at regional meetings where regular citizens as well as specific minorities were invited. In total 7679 people and 1425 organizations participated in the deliberative and editorial processes. The process was organized and evaluated by the Ministry of Economy, as well as the National Council for State Reform.

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 civil society  
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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