Popular Consultation "Territory Free of Mining" San Isidro Labrador
The Popular Consultation "Territory Free of Mining" in San Isidro Labrador was organized by the community and supported by various social organizations. A petition prompted, signed by 40% of the inhabitants, the consultation. 238 of 375 eligible voters participated; with 235 votes against, two in favor and one voided vote, the population of San Isidro Labrador in Chalatenango rejected the exploration of mining projects in the municipality.
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
- embedded in the constitution/legislation
- Frequency
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- open
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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