Digital Platform “Monitor Karewa”
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United Nations / Multilateral body
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Description
One of the main components of the project was the Fellowship “Capacity Building Programme in Open Government and Sustainable Development for Local Agents of Change”. UNDP Mexico in collaboration with the Working Group provided technical support, incubation and seed capital to six acceleration projects designed and implemented by fellows graduated from both generations (2017-2018) of this Fellowship Programme (for more information please visit www.apertus.org.mx).
These acceleration projects, built in the framework of open government and sustainable development, succeeded in building strategic bridges of collaboration between citizens, subnational governments, civil society, private sector, academia and other key actors. Hence, empowering active citizens by reaffirming the potential of a collective civic consciousness to promote and enable effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
In this context, six projects, designed and implemented by the fellows in coordination with the Project’s Working Group, were selected in the Mexican states of Tlaxcala, Quintana Roo, Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Campeche, linked by a common purpose: to act as social laboratories to co-create scalable and replicable routes of action seeking to strengthen open government practices as a pivot to accelerate the localization and progress of SDGs.
The present Voluntary Acceleration Action elaborates on the project implemented in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Monitor Karewa is the name of the digital platform created by the fellows in Chihuahua in coordination with the Working Group, in order to measure and monitor public spending and procurement processes at the municipal level. The main objective is to promote transparency and accountability in the government through a public monitoring mechanism that serve as a way of citizen oversight.
This innovative tool is free and independent from any government institution, so it allows and facilitates citizens the access to truthful and accurate information constantly updated. The project is, in fact, based on a strong component of citizens’ participation and involvement on the public matters; it thus offers an open space for observation and monitoring of governmental activities in terms of public procurements.
The design of this platform in an open-code follows the principles of open government as well as those of transparency, access to information, open data, and accountability.
One of the expected impacts is to improve the management of public resources destined to government procurement in the municipality of Chihuahua, decreasing corruption and opacity during these processes.
The project is oriented towards transparency, accountability, access to information, and most importantly, citizen participation in demanding accurate information and monitoring and evaluating public spending.
Hence the project localizes SGD 16 by contributing to promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies. Its operations relate mostly to target 16.5, to “Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms” and 16.10, to “Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements”.
Thereby, Monitor Karewa operates with the purpose of tackling corruption, and therefore, to demand an effective governance under the rule of law, in order to strengthen the legitimacy of public institutions and increase citizens’ trust on governmental authorities.
As an indirect impact, the project should reduce the issues caused by corruption, such as the inequality gaps and slow economic growth. Following the same logic, the most vulnerable groups will hence not be threatened anymore by the harmful effects of a corrupt State, enhancing the recognition and respect of the fundamental human rights for all.
United Statutes Agency for International Development, USAID. (Government)
National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection, INAI. (Government)
Gestión Social y Cooperación, GESOC A.C. (Civil society organization)
Gobierno Fácil (Civil society organization)
ProSociedad A.C. (Civil society organization)
Global Integrity (Civil society organization)
SDGS & Targets
Goal 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
16.1
Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
16.1.1
16.1.2
16.1.3
Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months
16.1.4
Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live after dark
16.2
End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
16.2.1
Proportion of children aged 1–17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month
16.2.2
16.2.3
Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18
16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
16.3.1
Proportion of victims of (a) physical, (b) psychological and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms
16.3.2
16.3.3
Proportion of the population who have experienced a dispute in the past two years and who accessed a formal or informal dispute resolution mechanism, by type of mechanism
16.4
By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime
16.4.1
16.4.2
16.5
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
16.5.1
16.5.2
16.6
Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels
16.6.1
16.6.2
Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public services
16.7
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
16.7.1
Proportions of positions in national and local institutions, including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
16.7.2
16.8
Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance
16.8.1
Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations
16.9
By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration
16.9.1
16.10
Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
16.10.1
16.10.2
16.a
Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime
16.a.1
16.b
Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development
16.b.1
SDG 14 targets covered
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Adán Corral Cossío, Specialist in Open Government and Sustainable Development