Activating citizen participation in Cancun;
a tourism project that became a city
Cancun
1970
2017
Population: 40,000 (OPB, Cozumel e Isla)
FONATUR-BANCO DE MÉXICO=CIP
Population: 1,326 (QUINTANA ROO)
Population: 661, 176 ( Benito Juárez)
47 years
Cancun is not a city
that has hotels,
it is a set of hotels
that grew a city.
- Ricalde
Economic success
came with a price…
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High rates of inequality
High rates of unexpected migration (i.e.
escaping form poverty; population
includes more than 100 different
nationalities)
High impact on natural resources
High levels of corruption
Overview…
Economic
growth
City
problems
Building a society with zero
tolerance to corruption
Active citizens
participation
Stronger social fabric
Co-creation of public
policies
Challenges
Building a society with zero tolerance to corruption
• Lack of CSO´s and groups
interested in public policy,
specially form a Open
Government approach
• Low levels of social roots to the
city
• Weak identity (city and citizens)
• Hugh rotation, national and
international
Fostering Open Government
• Gaps between national and local
policies, resources and skills on
Open Government
• Lack of knowledge and skills
from local governments
Actions
Building a society with zero tolerance to corruption
Citizen empowerment
Citizen
Organised groups
Civil Society
Universities
of Citizens
Organisations.
Social
Networks
Wikipolitica
Social Impact Collective
Tools, Spaces, capacity building, networking
Fostering Open Government
Citizen
Participation
working group
Local
Anticorruption
System
Citizen participation
on the decision
making tables
Open
Government
Institute –and
social innovation
Citizen participation
mechanisms
Citizen
Participation
Legal framework
Citizen Empowerment
Fostering Open Government
Cynthia Dehesa
Tel: + 52998 883 99 25
[email protected]
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Twitter @c1transaprente