Ecuador

Consultative Council for Adults and Seniors

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2014 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Consejo Nacional para la Igualdad Intergeneracional
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: local 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: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: unknown

The Consultative Council for Adults and Seniors arises from the creation of the National Councils for Equality, through the constitutional reform that extends the institutional capacities to analyze and propose joint solutions in the framework of dialogue and democracy. As of 2017, Ecuador had 134 advisory councils for adults and seniors oriented towards the enrichment of the public administration and decision-making at the levels of government from the advice and consultation of the subjects of law, both from civil society and general citizens, on the public affairs of their interest. The appointment of civil society representatives is independently carried out through an election process in local assemblies in each locality according to the periods established by the Cantonal Council for the Protection of Rights, with the technical support of the National Council for Intergenerational Equality. The purpose of this body is to develop national, local and sectorial plans and policies between governments and citizens, as well as improve the quality of public investment, define development agendas, develop participatory budgets of governments and to strengthen democracy in general.

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: 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