Ecuador

Provincial Planning Council

The Provincial Planning Council is a deliberative space responsible for the formulation of development plans at the subnational level, as well as the policing of local policies according to the strategic guidelines and central concepts defined under these directions. They are in charge of formulating development plans, as well as the local and sectorial policies that will be elaborated from the priorities, strategic objectives of the territory, main ideas and lines of action, defined in the agencies of participation; they will be articulated to the Decentralized National System of Participative Planning. As agencies of the National Decentralized System of Participative Planning, they must at least set the standards of quality, quantity and effectiveness of provincial public policies in the areas of development and territorial planning.

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
open 
Type of participants
citizens 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
Evaluation

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