Guatemala

Municipal Policy for the Protection of Children, Adolescents and Youth 2018-2021

City/State/Region: San MarcosSan Antonio Sacatepéquez
Begin – End: 2017 – 2018
Name of organization in charge: Paz Joven GuatemalaGobierno Municipal de San Antonio Sacatepéquez
Type of organization in charge: government civil society
Level: local

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The approval and implementation of the Municipal Policy for the Protection of Children, Adolescents and Youth 2018-2021 of San Antonio Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, was the result of a broad participatory process that allowed the contribution of children and adolescents of the municipality. Through the "We Raise Our Voices" project, a program was implemented to empower and train 40 minors of the municipality to carry out the negotiation and creation process of the municipal policy. At the same time, four citizen consultations were held with children and adolescents to identify the most urgent problems. The process also implemented proposal analysis sessions, information gathering rounds, and the formation of a committee to prepare the draft of the municipal policy. Finally, technical meetings were held to validate the proposal with municipal authorities, which resulted in the approval of the Municipal Policy for the Protection of Children, Adolescents and Youth 2018-2021.

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

https://pazjoven.org/proyectos/alzamos-nuestras-voces/