Democratization of Municipal Management for Equal and Sustainable Development in Cotacachi
The Democratization of municipal management for the equitable and sustainable development of Cotacachi was an initiative carried out by the municipality of Cotacachi, together with the Urban Management Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (Span. UMP-LAC) and the Assembly of Cantonal Unity between 1996 and 2000. It focused on encouraging citizen participation through the representatives of the diverse rural and urban organizations involved, within the framework of the Assembly of Cantonal Unity. In order to establish a local management and development plan that contemplates the ecological, social and technological perspective. The general objective was to promote an equitable and sustainable economic development through the rational use of natural, institutional and human resources to combat poverty and improve living standards in the canton. The initiative was led by the first indigenous mayor of the municipality - Auki Tituaá - and was structured into five harmonization boards of the sector, which became a permanent source of proposals and actions to improve the Cantonal Development Plan. Among the results achieved by this initiative are: a cantonal development plan based on participatory mechanisms, a management and development council, the assembly for cantonal unity, the approval of a municipal ordinance declaring Cotacachi "Cantón Saludables" and the drafting of an ordinance to declare it an "Ecological Canton". The results of these initiatives stand out as an improvement in the standard of living among the people of the Canton and a greater efficiency in the management mechanisms to reinforce democracy. In terms of participation, the Canton Assembly has registered an attendance of 250 delegates.
Institutional design
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
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- regular
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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