Dominican Republic

Consultative Councils for Dominican Citizens Abroad

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2006 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Consejo Nacional para las Comunidades Dominicanas (CONDEX)
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: transnational

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: -
Policy Outcome: -

The Consultative Councils for Dominican Citizens Abroad were created by President Leonel Fernández in 2005 and then embedded in national legislation (1-08) in 2008.The purpose of these councils is to enable the representation of Dominican citizens living abroad, to foster their interaction with their national government and to allow citizens? recommendations both for policies that benefit nationals living abroad, and for ways in which emigrants can contribute to the development of the Dominican Republic. These participatory innovations are coordinated by the National Council for Dominican Communities Abroad (CONDEX), a council comprised by several public agencies in charge of drafting and implementing policies on these matters.

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: sporadic
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: citizens
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields no 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

Sources

http:/www.ccpde.gov.do/