Mexico

Citizen Council for Security and Justice of the State of Puebla

City/State/Region: Puebla
Begin – End: 2017 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Consejo Ciudadano de Seguridad y Justicia del Estado de Puebla
Type of organization in charge: civil society
Level: regional

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: no
Policy Outcome: -

Created in 2017, the Citizen Council for Security and Justice of the State of Puebla (CCSJ) is an independent and autonomous organization ran by civil society representatives that seeks to promote citizen participation in topics related with security and justice. The CCSJ offers free counselling and guidance to crime victims, whom they accompany throughout the whole legal process. Similarly, the organization offers free mentoring to communities and neighborhoods in order to organize and implement strategies for the prevention of violence and insecurity. With the aim of promoting transparency and legality, the CCSJ also monitors and evaluates the service quality and performance of the State Prosecutor?s Office. Additionally, and using the information collected through its various initiatives and programs, the organization provides feedback to the State?s security and justice authorities. To date, the CCSJ has provided 5578 legal consultancies and has addressed 1506 complaints.

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: both
Type of participants: citizens 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

https://consejociudadanopuebla.org