Venezuela

Caracas Cómo Vamos

Caracas Cómo Vamos (lit. Caracas, How are We Doing) is an initiative of the El Nacional newspaper, together with the Universidad Católica Andrés Bellos, the Cesap Social Group, and the Miguel Otero Silva Foundation, whose objective is to open a space for citizen monitoring of the policies of the city of Caracas. To this end, monitoring is established based on quality of life indicators in different areas. The Council of Neighbors participates in the elaboration of these indicators and the results are debated in forums open to the citizens. The innovation follows the How are We Doing model initiated in Bogotá, which has spread throughout Latin America in the How are We Doing Network of Cities.

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
regular
Mode of selection of participants
both 
Type of participants
citizens 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

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Pogrebinschi, Thamy. (2017). LATINNO Dataset. Berlin: WZB.

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