Uruguay

First National Plan for Equal Opportunities and Rights - Public policies towards women

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2006 – 2013
Name of organization in charge: Instituto Nacional de Mujeres (INMUJERES)
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: local regional 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: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Participatory Process of the First National Plan for Equal Opportunities and Rights - "Public policies towards women" was promoted within the framework of Law 18104 for the Promotion of Equal Rights and Opportunities between Men and Women. The plan was conceived as an integral tool to make possible the generation of new public policies and the modification of existing ones, as well as to be an instrument for public institutions, and was assumed by the Executive as a commitment for the government. The law established that the National Institute of Women be in charge of the National Plan and also that it be carried out in a participatory manner. The Institute prepared a preliminary plan that was later discussed with citizens in 19 departmental assemblies and 14 sectorial consultations, with the participation of more than 3000 people. Consultations were also held with feminist movements, women's movements and the business sector and the media. All this led to the First National Plan for the period from 2007 to 2011 approved by the Executive in Decree Nr. 184/007 of 2007. The participatory process continued with a process of evaluation, balance and perspective in regional meetings in 2013.

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: embedded in the constitution/legislation
Frequency: single
Mode of selection of participants: both
Type of participants: citizens civil society private stakeholders
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a 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