CIAO DATE: 04/2011
February 2009
In mid-December 2008, the Second Vice President of the Legislation and Oversight Commission (CLF) – the contact between the legislative body and international contacts and supporters – invited the Carter Center to serve as one of the international observers to monitor the process of selection, evaluation, appeal and appointment for the members of the temporary Council on Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS). The Carter Center accepted this request and organized a mission led by Cecilia Blondet (a member of the Group of Friends of the Inter American Democratic Charter and an expert in the field of social control and transparency)1 and Marcelo Varela (joint director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center and an expert on issues of government reform in Costa Rica) and accompanied by two members of the Carter Center office in Ecuador Miguel Ruiz (Mexico) and Cécile Mouly (France). The Carter Center’s observations served as an extension of its previous projects monitoring and providing support for the institutional transformation process in Ecuador that have been ongoing since late 2007 at the request of Ecuadorian authorities. This report covers the selection process of the members of the temporary CPCCS, who assumed office on January 26, 2009. It draws on the observations of the four international observers sent by the Carter Center and their meetings and interviews with key players in the process.
Resource link: Report on the Selection Process for the Members of the Temporary Council on Citizen Participation and Social Control [PDF] - 61K