2022 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"
16th Edition
The Municipal Observatory of Maputo
The Municipal Observatory derives from the Development Observatory of the province and the City of Maputo managed by the Central Government. However, considering the challenges imposed in the implementation of the Municipal Development Plan for the area of governance, the Municipal Council created the institutionalization of the Municipal Observatory.
The Municipal Observatory, as a mechanism for citizen participation, aims to promote democratic, participatory and inclusive governance, oriented towards government transparency through vertical accountability and the promotion of active citizenship in the municipality of Maputo.
The municipal observatory is guided by the President of the Municipal Council in events that take place twice a year in a hybrid model that combines representative and direct participation. In this way, the municipal council and citizens meet and discuss the priorities, problems and challenges that affect citizens and the alternatives for resolution.
With a view to promoting the quality of participation and increasing the number of participants in this mechanism, facilitators of the Municipal Observatory are trained to moderate the debates in the physical rooms (in the 7 municipal districts) and the virtual room, through the digital platforms Zoom and Ms Teams. .
In these terms, representatives of public and private institutions who want to contribute ideas and opinions like professional associations, NGOs, artists, sportsmen, academics, politicians, lawyers, peasants, garbage collectors, workers and sex workers, taxi drivers, students, teachers, nurses and all citizens are summoned. .
Thus, citizens identify problems and propose alternative solutions to the municipal council in a Bottom Up perspective.
At the end of each Observatory, all contributions and opinions left are configured in a Matrix of Recommendations and through this, the Municipal Council draws a plan of activities for the sectors that includes the concerns, recommendations and decisions presented in order to promote the solutions that will be presented. at the next observatory.
More information:
https://www.cmaputo.gov.mz/por/Cidade-de-Maputo
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