Panama

National Youth Network for Sustainable Development Goals

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2019 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: national

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: unknown
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: unknown

The National Youth Network for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was created by the Ministry of Social Development of Panama within the framework of the Youth Plan 2020-2024. It is a network made up of young people from different provinces, who design and carry out initiatives in line with the SDGs, thus helping Panama comply with the commitments made in the framework of the 2030 Agenda. The platform seeks to articulate and empower young people from different provinces, so that they broaden their knowledge about the SDGs and are included in public policy design. The members of the network meet in Regional Youth Meetings, which take place in all the provinces of the country in the period from August to September 2019. The purpose of these meetings is for the participants to prepare the so-called ?Plan of SDG Youth Action ?, that is, a set of actions that young people will develop in their Provinces, Counties and Regions, with the support of local institutions. The foresaid plan must be, after the meetings, delivered to the President of the Republic and the Ministers of State.

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: sporadic
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