Establishing Mechanisms and Guidelines for an Open Municipality with Participatory and Transparent Management for the Population (GTSJE0002)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Action plan – San Jeronimo, Guatemala, 2025 – 2027
Inception Report: Not available
Commitment Start: Jan 2025
Commitment End: Dec 2027
Institutions involved:
- Municipality of San Jerónimo, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, C.A.
- Municipal Public Information Unit.
- Human Rights Ombudsman.
- Community Council for Urban and Rural Development San Jerónimo, B.V.
- Community Council for Urban and Rural Development San Jerónimo, B.V. Prosperiti Foundation
Primary Policy Area:
Primary Sector:
OGP Value:
- Access to information
- Civic Participation
- Public Accountability
Description
Commitment ID
GTSJE0002
Commitment Title
Establish the mechanisms and general guidelines to make the municipality of San Jerónimo, Baja Verapaz, an open municipality with participatory and transparent management for the population.
Problem
The misuse of information in the Municipality: In previous years, they indicated that there was not enough openness on the part of municipal governments to provide the information that the law establishes. On the contrary, the information had been systematically denied. As an example, many times in COMUDE it was possible to observe how formats aimed at simulating openness and accountability were used. However, these formats were not sufficiently understood by the population.
Status quo
Currently, the Municipal Public Policy of Open Government - Participatory and Transparent Management will expire in the month of October in the period 2025. The Policy has 95% compliance, being one of the greatest achievements in the Municipal Public Information Unit, obtaining a score of 98.87/100.
The Municipal Public Policy of Open Government – Participatory and Transparent Management was promoted, in an Ordinary meeting of the Urban and Rural Development Council, with the participation of all community mayors, Public Institutions, Representatives of local civil entities, Representatives of women's organizations, Special Guests, Directors and Managers of the Units of this Municipality
Action
The Municipal Mayor and his Honorable Municipal Council aim to update this Municipal Public Policy of Open Government -Participatory and Transparent Management- San Jerónimo, Baja Verapaz, in order to institutionalize and align the basic conditions to strengthen the operation of the policy and citizen participation.
With the purpose of complying with and monitoring the Municipal Public Policy of Open Government, which has various actions that will help strengthen each of its objectives, emphasizing that they will be promoted with training to the different communities through assemblies and other means. social communication, mainly for young people and women, incorporating technology; and that the communities participate and are involved in the definition of their priorities, in the planning and execution of their projects, that they control their quality, and that they can provide minor maintenance, that a culture of transparency is established, not only in municipal authorities and employees but in the population in general; and thus also strengthen citizen participation and social audit in municipal management, making use of the information that the municipality makes available to the population.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?
Public Information Unit has basic conditions that allow it to comply with the Law and bring information to the community. Have a guide for the internal management of public information prepared and in operation.
A guide that includes a gender perspective and illiterate population.
Guide approved by the Municipal Council.
Municipal personnel who know and assume the responsibilities described in the guide.
Municipal authorities and employees are aware of the Access to Public Information Law and do their part to comply with it. At least one support organization provides advice.
named link in each municipal address.
All information is available in time. The links use information transfer formats as established by the PDH (physical and digital form).
UIPM has a POA and the financial resources to carry out its work and bring information to the community. UIPM with strengthened capabilities.
What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?
Generate an increase in citizen participation and social audit in municipal management, making use of the information that the municipality makes available to the population
Primary Policy Area
Civic Space, Open Data, Right to Information
Primary Sector
Public Services (general), Security and Public Safety
What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?
| Access to information | They are relevant due to the rights that are established in the current laws of Guatemala, and for what most of them are not fully complied with, but as a municipality what is intended is; that neighbors can assert these rights, specifically established in the Law of Access to Public Information and the Political Constitution of the Republic. |
| Civic Participation | complied with, but as a municipality what is intended is; that neighbors can assert these rights, specifically established in the Law of Access to Public Information and the Political Constitution of the Republic. |
| Public Accountability | complied with, but as a municipality what is intended is; that neighbors can assert these rights, specifically established in the Law of Access to Public Information and the Political Constitution of the Republic. |