Say it and then do it. Technology for change
Say it and then do it, is an initiative aimed at strengthening citizen participation at the local level. It was born in 2017 with the purpose of linking technology and social innovation to the interests of young people, with a view to building peace and achieving sustainable development goals. The project is headed by Movilizatorio, and has the support of the United Nations Development Program and the Swedish Embassy in Colombia. It began with an open call for young people between 18 and 30 years old in Apartadó, Florencia and Montería, and the next step was to hold three camps to identify joint actions. In the initial phase of the project, 10 proposals were received, four of which were implemented: Colidérate; With employment we go for you; Everyone to the classroom; and Voices of my neighborhood. Subsequently, in 2018 the coverage of the project was extended to the regions of Córdoba and Urabá.
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
- regular
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens civil society
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields no decision
- Co-Governance
- no
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