Better Elections, Better Democracy
The project "Better Elections, Better Democracy" completed a participatory diagnosis of the electoral system with the objective to present solutions for reform. Data from cross-sectional focus groups in different regions of the country were combined with the results of the International Observatory Missions to create a "Map of Weaknesses of the Electoral System". The civil society organization in charge of the project then organized panels and discussions with government authorities to continue the dialogue on the reform of the electoral system; this included deliberating on solutions to identified issues.
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
- not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
- Frequency
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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