Ecuador

Fundamedios

The Andean Foundation for the Observation and Study of Media (Fundamedios) is an initiative that was born in 2006 in order to establish a clear and direct dialogue between journalism and the citizenry, as well as to open discussions and lines of action in Ecuador and the region. Fundamentally, the purpose of this project is to support the media and journalists through its network for monitoring threats to freedom of expression and association, projects, training and workshops to reflect on and improve the profession. The initiative is pushed forward by an interdisciplinary group of professionals whose central goal is the defense of freedom of opinion and to this end, they produce articles and monitoring reports on various State branches. Likewise, the platform has a tool so that citizens in general can make complaints related to violations of freedom of expression in their own or third parties' cases.

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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