2022 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"

Citizen empowerment with active community participation arises from the need to search for strategies to solve the problems observed in the vulnerable populations of the municipality of Tunja. In the practice of the functions of the Personería, it is observed that the repetitive pattern in the consultations is the lack of knowledge of the rights and the legitimate ways of protecting them by the vulnerable population. The main problem is that the community in general is unaware of their rights and how to defend them. It is there where the Municipal Personería of Tunja enters to play a role of trainer and defender of the rights of citizens, seeking spaces for the active participation of the inhabitants of the municipality and this entity being the overseer of the processes that guarantee the non-violation of the Fundamental rights. In the 2020-2024 period, activities such as "Personería al Barrio" have been carried out, a space that brings together the different delegations that are part of this institution, reaching the different locations of the city. The meeting between the entity and the community is encouraged, generating spaces for dialogue, which show the problems of the different social sectors of Tunja and make it participate in all processes of active participation and guarantee citizen rights. They have thus been determined, as objectives of the project "Citizen empowerment with active participation of the community"

Achieve greater levels of equality when participating.

1. Train vulnerable population.

2. Design and strengthen means of disseminating information on citizen participation processes.

3. Design and strengthen citizen oversight spaces

More information:

http://www.personeriadetunja.gov.co/ (External link)