Panama

National Consultations for the Strategic Government Plan 2020-2024

The National Consultations for the Strategic Government Plan 2020-2024 were organized by the Ministry of Economy and Finance between October 2018 and May 2019 with the objective of gathering opinions and points of view from different sectors. More than 1,500 people participated in the consultations, including professionals, technicians, community leaders, members of civil society, and representatives of different sectors. The consultations were carried out through 50 consultation tables in which topics related to the country's development were discussed. At the same time, meetings were held to exchange ideas with public institutions, with the participation of 400 officials from 70 different entities. All the inputs and ideas gathered were considered for the preparation of the Strategic Government Plan.

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 civil society private stakeholders  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields no 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

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