End of Commitment Report – Implement a dissemination and social participation project to increase public awareness of violence prevention programs in the Municipality of Chihuahua.
Overview
Name of Evaluator
Grupo Impulsor de Gobierno Abierto
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...
Implement a dissemination and social participation project to increase public awareness of violence prevention programs in the Municipality of Chihuahua.
Title
Implement a dissemination and social participation project to increase public awareness of violence prevention programs in the Municipality of Chihuahua.
Action
It is expected not only to improve access to information on public safety, but also to increase citizens’ knowledge and interest in social violence prevention. It is also expected to increase their involvement, participation, and collaboration in the tasks of building a peaceful environment in the municipality. Additionally, through a more functional and articulated space for dialogue and participation, it is also expected that authorities and citizens can collaborate more effectively in analyzing and constructing work models that contribute to improving public safety in Chihuahua City.
Problem
The disconnection between citizens, society, government, and private initiative. There is a great gap in communication between citizens, organized civil society, and the government, which means that the citizens to whom public policies are focused cannot be involved or take advantage of their benefits.
Section 1.
Commitment completion
1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?
complete
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment was 100% completed, identifying the following as areas of opportunity:
● Activity 2.3 The access button to the platform is located within online services; it is not displayed from the home page of the municipality’s portal, which may complicate access to the platform for users.
Provide evidence that supports and justifies your answer:
Evaluation and Compliance Report
1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).
External:
● The start of the implementation of the plan coincided with the electoral period, which caused some of the activities to be delayed.
● As it involves the development of web platforms in the commitments, part of the process depends on personnel external to the Open Government Driving Group.
Internal:
● The beginning of the implementation of the plan coincided with the change of incumbents in the guarantor body and in the TransparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More Coordination, which caused some sessions of the driving group to be more spaced out.
● The commitment, as it implies the improvement of COPREV, which is an interdisciplinary roundtable, assumes the consensus and willingness of various strategic actors, which is not always easy and takes time.
1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?
Most of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The vast majority of the commitments were implemented in a timely manner, despite the aforementioned external and internal factors.
Section 2.
Did it open government?
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.
The government has improved communication channels and access to information; however, it is not yet possible to measure the direct impact on the population, as the adoption or use of available resources is still in the socialization phase.
Chihuahua’s municipal services portal
Provide evidence for your answer:
Evaluation and Compliance Report
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.
The web pages with information on the commitment are of recent creation, so it is not possible to measure the real impact at this time.
It is suggested to integrate counters for visits and document downloads, as well as a chat for specific queries.
Chihuahua’s municipal services portal
Provide evidence for your answer:
Evaluation and Compliance Report
2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?
Yes
Degree of result:
Major
Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.
Fulfillment of the commitment involved the active participation of officials from outside the driving group, and all of them responded favorably.
Provide evidence for your answer:
2.1.4 Other Results
No
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 coordination between the four sectors within COPREV was strengthened, addressing problems and proposing solutions, from the work carried out in the co-creation roundtables to the modification of some COPREV guidelines and the creation of the Servimun portal (Chihuahua Capital Municipal Services Portal).
Provide evidence for your answer:
Section 3.
Lessons from
implementation
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.
Ensuring a monitoring, follow-up, and updating system to continuously improve this process.
Promote the dissemination and usefulness of the tools, raising awareness and motivating citizens regarding the benefits of their use.
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