Ecuador

Commission for the Civic Control of Corruption

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 1998 – 2008
Name of organization in charge: Gobierno Nacional
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: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Commission for the Civic Control of Corruption is a constitutionally established body that seeks to include society in actions to control and combat corruption in Ecuador. The Commission is made up of seven members, who when assembled together constitute the highest authority of the Institution. Each Commissioner is elected by an electoral college representing a sector of citizenship. This Commission is established in Law 39 of 1999. It is a deliberative space and has the function of carrying out the necessary actions for the prevention, investigation, identification and individualization of acts of corruption, as well as for the dissemination of values ??and principles of transparency in the management of public affairs. In this context, the Commission should formulate programs and conduct campaigns against corruption, as well as design a national prevention plan that will be brought to the attention of the highest authorities in the functions of the State. This Commission created and implemented "citizen oversight" along with other policies to combat corruption.

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
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
Co-Governance: no

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