Ecuador

Casa del Penalillo Rehabilitation Program

The Rehabilitation Program for Casa del Penalillo is an initiative of the Municipality of Quito, which had the support of the Junta de Andalucía, and whose purpose was to rehabilitate the Historic Center of the city after it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. The specific objective of the program was the recovery of heritage through the rehabilitation of housing sites in the historic center of Quito, through the development of a social conception for recovery that would rely on residential use as a guarantee of the continued use of the historical centers to be inhabited by citizens traditionally linked to the historical city, that in the majority of cases are in depressed economic situations and prone to displacement by the effect of capital gains produced by speculation. The program was divided into two phases: The first phase began with the rehabilitation of Casa del Penalillo, 34 houses located in the Historic Center of Quito. However, the citizen participation was focused on the second phase of the project. In this phase, soft loans were provided for housing rehabilitation in the hands of the neighbors. More than 300 homes have been rehabilitated thanks to these loans obtained from the Penalillo. Likewise, the improvement of this zone promotes intergenerational economic and social mobility by the change of residential status within the neighborhood. Among the results obtained are the improvement of housing, as well as a better relationship between citizens and the administration.

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
only backed by a governmental program or policy 
Frequency
single
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
citizens  
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

Sources

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