Improve citizen participation in drafting public policies (ES0078)

What is the problem/need that is desired to resolve with the commitment? Perception of distance and remoteness in decision‐making, without taking into account the citizenship. The need for spaces that facilitate listening, reflection, deliberation and recognition of diverse views.

Objectives of the commitment ∙ To facilitate spaces for public debate and participation among the citizenship ∙ To foment listening, deliberation and recognition of "others". ∙ Traceability and accountability: motivated acts and responses and resulting texts. ∙ Transparency: publication of all contributions made, including those of the prior public consultations. ∙ To advance in the perception of the impact: space for receiving impressions during the implementation and validity of public policy .

Brief description of the commitment To extend and improve the quality of citizen participation in drafting public policies

How does the commitment contribute to solve the problem or cover the need? It contributes to the citizenship participating, feeling that they are being listened to and recognising others' positions. In addition, it favours the better adoption of public decisions.

Why is the commitment relevant with respect to the values of Open Government? It promotes, strengthens and improves the quality of participation in the public management, allowing the citizenship to participate in making public decisions with the objective of achieving better results and better democratic quality It provides a stable framework to the processes of participation in the scope of the Autonomous Community of Aragón, with a common methodology for all of them. It delves deeper into transparency, open data and accountability of Public Administrations through carrying out actions aimed at its improvement and the evaluation of the results of the plans and programmes All of the documentation of the processes is public on the website of the Aragón Regional Government. It contributes to building a system of public integrity, strengthening the ethical values and mechanisms to bolster the integrity of the public institutions and reinforce the trust of the citizenship The administration has the commitment to respond to the citizen contributions received and creates a "citizen inspector" impact phase, which allows the citizenship to issue evaluations once the public policy subject to participation has been implemented. It raises awareness among society and civil servants about the values of Open Government, contributing to the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda in order to advance towards a just, peaceful and inclusive society The traceability and transparency of all processes reinforces the values of Open Government. 183

Additional information  Related information or that further details the commitment and its activities: Strategic Plan of the Directorate General of Open Government and Social Innovation, 2020‐2023.  Links of interest: LAAAB Website Website of the LAAAB blog

Activities of the commitment Start date End date  Public consultations linked to the drafting of standards Indicator: No. of contributions  Processes of citizen participation in the Aragón Regional Government Indicator: No. of contributions  Processes of citizen participation in the local entities of Aragón Indicators: Indicators: Number of contributions and members of the Open Government of the Aragón Autonomous Region 01/01/2020 30/06/2023