Quito Decides
The platform Quito Decide is a virtual space that allows citizens to share ideas, vote for municipal initiatives and learn about the participation mechanisms through which they can actively be part of the local administration's decisions. In order to be able to use Quito Decide, citizens must register and verify their account with their personal data. On the platform, it is possible to propose ideas for new and better municipal regulations, which are put to the consideration of the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito if they obtain the support of 0.25% of the population. Not only citizen ideas are put up for voting, but also some project and management proposals made by the local government. Through the platform citizens may also sign up for workshops offered at the Casas Somos Quito, which are free of charge and include topics such as basic English, ICTs, sports, urban agriculture, and crafts. Quito Decide also offers its users information to participate in volunteering and solidarity activities coordinated by municipal staff. Finally, Quito Decide facilitates the implementation of a participatory budget and makes data available for the citizen monitoring and control of social development projects. Communities may send the Zonal Administration a request form for ideas to be funded with participatory budgets and participate in decision-making on around 60% of the zonal investment funds.
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
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- open
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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