Panel: Fiscal Transparency Portals and Citizen Participation Julio 2015
Fiscal Transparency & Citizen Participation Fiscal transparency portals = Enablers ¿Participation? ¿What does this mean?
Citizen Participation: Type of audience and government activities to engagement Citizen Participation: General Public Observing Public Directly Affected Public Stakeholders Government Activities: Inform Consult Involve Collaborate
Mexico’s Transparency Portal Type of engagement Type of information Activity Type of Public Access to Information: Publication Format Sub-national public investment information Citizen participation exercise (Involve) Observing Citizen’s Budget Citizen budget consultation (Consult and involve) General Budget Cycle : Monitoring Performance Evaluation Indicators Consultation Budget Cycle: Accountability Sub-national public investment information and infrastructure Rally (Inform) ¿Why not ALL public at ALL times?
The Education Infrastructure Portal But yes, everyone in the budget cycle: Ministries of Finance are not the only actor!
Access to Information: Publication Format Citizen participation exercise: Subnational governments spending 13 civil society participants Live and remotely Results: Signed commitments for better visualization and furthering openness of data Citizen’s budget consultation: 1,145 participants Online and #OnTheStreet Results: Infographics Newsletter Information spending by institution
Budget Cycle : Monitoring and Accountability Indicators Consultation: 1,839 visits 210 responses Online only Highly technical Rally #32EstadosConectados #OpenDataDay 27 public infrastructure citizen verification visits Participation all over the country Results: Broader citizen engagement (two types of public) Verification of the information by the monitoring authorities Results: People’s observations are been taken into account for broadest improvement of performance indicators undertaken in the administration.
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Have fun! Remember... Effective Access to Information Right Fiscal Citizen participation Citizen engagement Fiscal Transparency Portals Learn by doing Don’t be afraid! Listen and answer Have fun! ≠