End of Commitment Report – Establish a multidisciplinary working group, predominantly citizen-based, with a gender perspective and with the authority to collaborate, promote, learn, review, evaluate, and issue opinions and recommendations in the planning and monitoring of rural decisions.

Name of Evaluator

Grupo Impulsor de Gobierno Abierto

Email

[email protected]

Member Name

Chihuahua (Municipality), Mexico

Action PlanAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen... Title

Plan de acción – Chihuahua (Municipio), México, 2023 – 2024

CommitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action...

Establish a multidisciplinary working group, predominantly citizen-based, with a genderOGP participating governments are bringing gender perspectives to popular policy areas, ensuring diversity in participatory processes, and specifically targeting gender gaps in policies to address gov... More perspective and with the authority to collaborate, promote, learn, review, evaluate, and issue opinions and recommendations in the planning and monitoring of rural decisions.

Title

Establish a multidisciplinary working group, predominantly citizen-based, with a gender perspective and with the authority to collaborate, promote, learn, review, evaluate, and issue opinions and recommendations in the planning and monitoring of rural decisions.

Action

– Reform the regulatory framework to expand citizen participationAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, citizen participation occurs when “governments seek to mobilize citizens to engage in public debate, provide input, and make contributions that lead to m... More in this sector of the municipality.- Consolidate an open, transparent, and participatory process for the formation of a multidisciplinary group that will generate a citizen space for the rural area of the municipality.- Install and follow up on the Multidisciplinary Group, which will promote the real needs of the inhabitants of the rural area of the Municipality of Chihuahua.

Problem

As a result of the citizen survey as well as the roundtables with specialists in the rural area, it was detected that there is an insufficiency of water and a lack of focus on the support or products for the rural area of the municipality, so it is sought to find a mechanism to link the rural area with all the support and options that exist to achieve the participation of more citizens.

1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?

substantial

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

The evidence of activity 1.3 that refers to the publication of the rural development regulationGovernment reformers are developing regulations that enshrine values of transparency, participation, and accountability in government practices. Technical specifications: Act of creating or reforming ... includes a municipal gazette that publishes the call for the integration of citizen councilors; in this case, the evidence does not refer to the one committed in the activity.

On the other hand, the evidence of activity 2.1, which refers to the call, publishes the modified regulations.

Evidence 2.3 public event for the installation of the multidisciplinary group includes the minutes of the town council meeting, where the members are sworn in. On the other hand, evidence 2.4 first work session, the publication refers to the installation session of the group.

Provide evidence that supports and justifies your answer:

Evidence 1.3 GACETA-MUNICIPAL-EXTRAORDINARIA-Nu00b0-373.pdf
Municipal Gazette _Evidence 
Establishment of the Citizens’ Council for Rural Development

1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).

Regulatory approval times are necessary.

1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?

All of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

A complete implementation as planned is observed.
This commitment sought the integration of citizen participation through the adjustment of regulations to allow the installation of the Municipal Citizen Council for rural development, achieving this purpose.

Provide evidence for your answer:

Establishment of the Citizens’ Council for Rural Development

2.1.1. – Did the government disclose more information; improve the quality of the information (new or existing); improve the value of the information; improve the channels to disclose or request information or improve accessibility to information?

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

Citizen Municipal Council for Rural Development in its initial stage. Evidence of citizen participation.

Provide evidence for your answer:

Establishment of the Citizens’ Council for Rural Development

2.1.2. – Did the government create new opportunities to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation inform or influence decisions; improve existing channels or spaces to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation/ inform or influence decisions; create or improve capabilities in the government or the public aimed to improve how the government seeks feedback from citizens/enables participation/ or allows for the public to inform or influence decisions?

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

This commitment included regulatory adjustments for the integration of citizens into the Municipal Council for Rural Development.

Provide evidence for your answer:

Establishment of the Citizens’ Council for Rural Development

2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?

Not Applicable

2.1.4 Other Results

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

Citizens, together with the public servants who make up the Council, had, for the first time, a formal and permanent space to identify, analyze, and prioritize the needs in rural areas, making it easier for decisions to better align with the real needs of the rural population.

Provide evidence for your answer:

Compliance Activity Matrix

2.2 Did the commitment address the public policy problem that it intended to address as described in the action plan?

Yes

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

The commitment arose from the response to the citizen consultation established as a participation mechanism by the Grupo Impulsor. As a result, the commitments were derived, and the need to work in support of the rural area was identified, so the work route was proposed with the integration of citizens into the Municipal Council for Rural Development, achieving this specific objective.

Provide evidence for your answer:

Evaluation and compliance report

3. Provide at least one lesson or reflection relating to the implementation of this commitment. It can be the identification of key barriers to implementation, an unexpected help/hindrance, recommendations for future commitments, or if the commitment should be taken forward to the next action plan.

The implementation of this commitment made it possible to identify the difficulties that arise when requiring a regulatory change that is subject to the authorities’ programmed timeframe, also allowing that, although they take time, these changes can be made to improve citizen participation and involvement.