Ecuador

First Congress for Isolated Indigenous Peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Situation and Difficulties

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2017 – 2017
Name of organization in charge: FLACSO EcuadorPontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorUniversidad de las AméricasÁrea de Derecho de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar
Type of organization in charge: civil society private stakeholders
Level: 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: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: unknown

TheFirst Congress for Isolated Indigenous Peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Situation and Difficulties was held in January 2017 with the goal of assessing the difficulties faced by these communities in a joint manner, with academic referents, human rights organizations and representatives of civil society. The project was carried out over three days and ended with the drafting of a consensus statement signed by about forty people, which was then sent to the Ecuadorian presidency. Among the topics under discussion were the difficulties and pressure faced by isolated indigenous populations, oil exploitation policies, the expansion of extractive industries and the positions of the communities regarding these issues. Likewise, among the recommendations agreed upon and forwarded to the Ecuadorian presidency, were questions related to compliance with the precautionary measures issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the transparency of actions taken by the Executive Branch in the context of ongoing judicial processes.

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: not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
Frequency: single
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields no 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