Experiences in public policies at Baja California’s NGOs

• Main Authors: José Ascención Moreno Mena, Rosa Amelia Arballo Meza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 2003-07-01
• Series: Estudios Fronterizos
• Subjects: ONGs; sociedad civil; políticas públicas; incidencia en políticas públicas.
• Online Access: http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/252
• ISSN: 0187-6961; 2395-9134

This project is an approach to the experiences that the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from Baja California have had regarding their policy advocacy. It is said that despite they have just begun to participate, since most of the times, they have just gotten to the point of formulating the problem, and incorporating it to the public agenda. However, they have transcended to national public levels. Two examples are presented herein, as studies of case, which describe how the local NGOs have been able to include into the national discussion agenda a problem that emerged from the private field, as well as the influence that it exerted over the legislative changes. It concludes that through NGOs participation, a more transparent relation between the civil society and the State is beginning. This job is the result of documentary investigation and a number of interviews performed to members of NGOs.