Design and implement public hearings for matters of general interest (ES0093)

What is the problem/need that is desired to resolve with the commitment? The regulatory mandates related to exercising the citizenship's right to participate in matters of the state that affect the Balearic Islands Government, are contained in the following autonomous region level: Organic law 1/2007 of 28 February on reforming the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands, Law 4/2011 of 31 March on Good Administration and Good Governance and Law 1/2019, of 31 January of the Government of the Balearic Islands. Approval of Law 12/2019 of 12 March on popular consultations and participatory processes has represented another qualitative step in exercising said right, by establishing the full repertoire of figures that, within the concept of participatory democracy, will allow the citizenship of the Balearic Islands to implement and go beyond the formal recognition of the right to participate. Currently in the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands there are no forums of debate and listening to the opinion of the citizenship that directly allow joint reflection by the public managers and citizenship with respect to the matters of general interest.

Objectives of the commitment Provide to the citizenship the participatory channel to deliberate with the authorities about topics of general interest.

Brief description of the commitment To design, process the proceeding and carry out two public hearings for the citizenship that will discuss topics of general interest that were previously proposed and selected by the citizenship. With this action, at the autonomous level, one of the citizen participation figures contained in Law 12/2019 will be implemented. The experience acquired in this respect will be possible to be used as references by the rest of the public administrations (island and municipal) of the territory of the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands.

How does the commitment contribute to solve the problem or cover the need? The public hearings for the citizenship constitute one of the participation instruments by which the authority and citizenship debate, publicly and following calls, topics of general interest that have been duly proposed and chosen by the people registered in the Single Registry of Citizenship Participation. With the public hearings for the citizenship, it will allow thoughtfully combining the perspective of the public manager with the citizenship in a direct and close manner, in order to achieve greater involvement of the citizens in the public management. In addition, they represent a good instrument that acts in favour of accountability by the leaders, by having to participate in person in a debate with the citizenship.

Why is the commitment relevant with respect to the values of Open Government? 220 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 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. 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. 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.

Additional information  Budget: € 45,000.00  Law 12/2019 of 12 March on popular consultations and participatory processes (Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands number 36 of 19 March 2019)

Activities of the commitment Start date End date 1. Technical design 01/01/2022 28/02/2022 2. Pilot trial 01/03/2022 30/04/2022 3. Procedure of the call and evaluation 01/05/2022 30/07/2022 4. Public hearing for the citizenship 1 01/09/2022 01/09/2022 5. Procedure of the call and evaluation 01/10/2022 30/12/2022 6. Public hearing for the citizenship 2 05/02/2023 05/02/2023