WE CONNECT FOR CHANGE FROM THE CITIZEN INVOLMENT
Participa +
“Participa + is a commitment to change and transformation in the way we conventionally conceive of citizen participation. It is a model that transcends the traditional paradigms on the role of citizens and public institutions, and provides us with theoretical and practical routes to generate a truly effective citizen involvement that strengthens our democratic system ”Victoria Giraldo, project manager.
challenge
Colombia faces a crisis caused by a lack of credibility in the institutions and a traditional scheme of citizen participation that ignores and discourages new forms of involvement, which reproduces the problems of legitimacy of democracy.
STRATEGY
A model of citizen involvement with a systemic vision of the challenges, opportunities and strategies to design, strengthen and evaluate initiatives and policies for effective citizen participation and involvement.