Background
In a scenario of increasing complexity, interconnection and persistence of development challenges, accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals requires cultural changes that allow innovation in the way of thinking, operating in institutions and collaborating with multiple actors and from different backgrounds. levels to generate alternative solutions to public problems. As ECLAC has stated, achieving the agreed objectives will require bold and innovative actions and policies.
At the same time, citizens’ trust in public institutions called to lead changes continues to decline. According to data from the Latinobarómetro survey, the perception that the region’s rulers govern for the interests of a few has continued to increase since 2009 and citizen perception of civil and political guarantees, including the freedom to participate in politics, has increased. is weakening. This is why it is necessary to explore new governance models that encourage the participation of all actors in society in public management and decision-making, as well as the establishment of spaces for dialogue, collaboration and democratic deliberation that allow articulation of interests and aspirations about the common good on the public agenda.
The region has interesting experiences of collaborative governance within the framework of participation in the voluntary global initiative Open Government Partnership (OGP), which currently includes 15 countries in the region and 50 subnational governments, which Together, in the last decade they have facilitated the State-citizen co-creation of 75 national and 35 subnational action plans. In addition, countries have undertaken ambitious initiatives to digitalize government services and procedures to bring the State closer to citizens. Currently, about half of the countries in the region have national digitalization strategies and others are in the process of development. Due to the above and in the face of a future marked by the climate crisis, digital transformation and uncertainty, and in a context of distrust of important sectors of citizens in public institutions, this workshop seeks to reflect on what is needed to guarantee that Multi-stakeholder collaboration, transparency and citizen participation continue to be powerful drivers for planning the future together and formulating policies to achieve it.
Promote a discussion between experts and implementers of dialogue and collaboration processes in the region, which allows the collective identification of learning and challenges to advance the design and execution of digital and hybrid citizen participation processes, through the exploration of innovative tools, the exchange of experiences and the creation of collaborative strategies that foster more inclusive and effective participation in their local contexts.
This workshop is carried out within the framework of the AECID 2024-2025 Project “Participation and democratic deliberation for territorial governance: the role of open government and information technologies”
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