Mechanism for Dialogue with Civil Society on the Implementation of the Merida Initiative
The Mechanism for Dialogue with Civil Society on the Implementation of the Merida Initiative was created with the goal of keeping civil society informed about the progress and results of the implementation of the Merida Initiative. Additionally, civil society organizations and academics can participate of a space where they can share their views about this cooperation scheme. It is organized by the General Directorate of Relations with Civil Society Organizations of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, and the Unit for Political Development of the Secretariat of Internal Issues. About 40 organizations and academics participate. During each session, opinions are exchanged with social organizations, members of the academy and specialists, and representatives from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Internal Issues, and the US Embassy.
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
- regular
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- civil society
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields no decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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