Chile

Communal Economic and Social Council

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2006 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Gobiernos Municipales
Type of organization in charge: government civil society
Level: local

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: unknown
Output: unknown
Policy Outcome: unknown

The Communal Economic and Social Council is an advisory body of the municipality composed of representatives of the local organized community. Its purpose is to ensure the participation of community organizations in relevant activities in the economic, social and cultural sectors of the municipality. The advisory body operates in the framework of the Municipal Constitutional Law 18.695. It is integrated by the mayor and a number of councilors defined by each municipality.The functions of the Council include monitoring the public accounts of the mayor, the coverage and efficiency of municipal services, and the compliance with law 18.695. Furthermore, the Council submits observations, within a period of 15 days, regarding municipal investment budgets, the local development and regulatory plan; informs, at the request of the municipality, about the modification of local and national assets for public use; meets, studies, discusses and advices on matters of local interest, and communicates them to the mayor and the City Council.

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: regular
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
Co-Governance: no

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