Ecuador

Transparent Ecuador

Transparent Ecuador is a digital platform that promotes the filtering of information of public interest in a safe and anonymous way. The page has a mailbox where the general public can send documents that prove situations of corruption and/or lack of transparency in general and in the public administration. By 2017, four main themes were highlighted in this portal: Diplomatic Cables, Ecuadorian Intelligence Service (Span. SENAIN), Gowdin Papers and Obedrecth Case. This project is promoted by three Ecuadorian civil organizations: Mil Mil Foundation, Plan V Magazine and Cuatro Pelagatos. They are supported by the Belgian organization Associated Whistleblowing Press. The published information is repeated across various journalistic media and contributes to public accountability.

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
not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
civil society  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields no 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

Sources

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Pogrebinschi, Thamy. (2017). LATINNO Dataset. Berlin: WZB.

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