Uruguay

National Plan Against Racism and Discrimination

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2009 – 2011
Name of organization in charge: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (MEC); Dirección Nacional de Política Socia; Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (MIDES); Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID); Oficina del Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACNUDH)
Type of organization in charge: government international organization
Level: 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: partial
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: partial
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The "National Plan Against Racism and Discrimination" was a commitment by Uruguay in the scope of the Universal Periodic Review before the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2009, and also as a result of the initiative of the Afro-descendant community. The objective of the National Plan was then to carry out a diagnosis of the situation in Uruguay in terms of Racism and Discrimination and from there develop the first Action Plan 2012-2015, which should identify problems, commit actions and explain expected results. In addition, the plan was designed to support compliance with international standards and for the empowerment of social organizations representative of discriminated groups in Uruguay. The proposals for the development of the plan emphasized the realization of a broadly participatory process. For this purpose, it was proposed to hold citizen consultations and the creation of an Inter-Institutional Commission composed of representatives of the ministries involved in the theme, as well as international cooperation and representatives of civil society movements dedicated to the defense of human rights and the fight against discrimination in various sectors.

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: both
Type of participants: civil society
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