The challenge faced by local governments (Municipalidades) in Peru
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1) The challenge faced by local governments (Municipalidades) in Peru 2) Social accountability as part of the answer 3) Increasing social accountability: the MIM initiative (building blocks) 4) Cajamarca’s MIM initiative: early results 5) Towards a National Program: Defensoria del Pueblo and IFC
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The challenge faced by local governments (Municipalidades) in Peru Social accountability as part of the answer Increasing social accountability: the MIM initiative (building blocks) Cajamarca’s MIM initiative: early results Towards a National Program: Defensoria del Pueblo and IFC. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1) The challenge faced by local governments (Municipalidades) in Peru
2) Social accountability as part of the answer
3) Increasing social accountability: the MIM initiative (building blocks)
4) Cajamarca’s MIM initiative: early results
5) Towards a National Program: Defensoria del Pueblo and IFC
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Situation: Limited investment capacity
Lack of development vision
Absence of public deliberation
Low accountability
Expectations build-up
Municipalidad Provincial de Cajamarca
THE CHALLENGE POSED BY THE MINING CANON
Significant increase in Mining Canon transfers
How to take best advantage of the opportunity?
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Mining Canon Transfers
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Five main departments
Capacity building
Social Accountability
Increasing Social Accountability
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS PART OF THE ANSWER
Civic engagement
Empowerment Citizenship
Participation
More responsive local gov.
Better informed decisions Improved
impact of municipal investmen
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Public service delivery
Development effectiveness
Improved governance
Demand for effective management
feedback
information
Express an opinion
Provide a voice mechanism
Reducecost of access to
information
Provide context Establish discussion
spaces
•Events • Workshops• Presentations
•Printed opinions• Opposing views• Contests
•Ratings• Mun. Mgmt.• Mun. Investment
•Report cards• Selected services
•Preferences • Public´s views on
large works
BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE MIM INITIATIVE
•Collection• Tech capacity
•Systematization• Basic questions• Photographs• Graph. synthesis
•Dissemination• Diff. audiences• Diff. media
Know UnderstandEffect
change
• Improve governance
• Better informed decisions
• More responsive local gov.
•Achieve greater impact
• Mun. investment • Service provision
Increase social accountability
OutputsInstitutional Structure
•Events • Workshops with Majors• Presentations to media
•Dissemination• Bulletins• Flyers• Web Page• Call for papers (competition)
•Feedback• Rating of Mun. Government• Rating of Mun. Investment• Measures of exposure, access, and understanding of info on MC and MI
CAJAMARCA’S MIM EXPERIENCE
• Initial• UNC• Chamber of Comerce
• Professional Assoc.
•Expanded• 2 Private U• Youth Assoc.• Others
•MIM• Recognized by Mun. Gov.• Positioned as the local
organization knowledgeable of MC and MI
•Municipalities• Users of information• Interest in ratings• Open to discussions
•General population• Much greater awareness of
impotance of MC• A public discussion about
how to use MC has started to take shape
Early Outcomes
Coverage: Four new departments, 8 local governments (Municipalities) Accounting (together with Cajamarca) for 80% of mining canon
TOWARDS A NATIONAL PROGRAM
Joint initiative of the Defensoría del Pueblo (National Ombudsman Office) and the IFC
Innovations: Leading role for Cajamarca MIM Establishing a network of MIMs Greater focus on improving public service delivery Introducing an analytical meta function
Global monitoring Comparisons across MIMs (competition by comparison) Lessons and good practices
Defensoria del Pueblo makes recommendations to the public sector (local and national government) on the base of the information collected.
