Ecuador

National Citizen's Council of the Environmental Sector

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2012 – 2018
Name of organization in charge: Ministerio del Ambiente
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: partial
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: unknown

The National Citizen's Council of the Environmental Sector is a collegial body made up of state and social representatives for the purpose of dialogue, deliberation and the evaluation of public policies on environmental matters. It is promoted by the Executive Branch through the Ministry responsible, and meets at least twice a year. It has representatives of the National Assembly of Good Living, the highest level of representation for society in terms of planning for the Ecuadorian State. This Council refers to non-binding decisions. In its first official workshop, the Council carried out the construction of an Agenda, the structuring of citizen proposals for Public Policies for the Environmental Sector and the definition of a road map. These conclusions were defined after the establishment of working groups focused on issues such as Environmental Quality, Climate Change, Natural Heritage and Marine Coasts. These teams had their respective coordinators for the formulation of sectorial policies, in which representatives from the various provinces of the country participated.

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
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