Transparency and accountability in

Mexico:
Legislative Advances
TEAM 3

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 New Public
Management

It is gradually incorporated
into the public sector
through the
implementation of an
organizational system in
which the State must
effectively ensure attention
to citizens' demands.

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The importance of the New Public Management

• Public Management is considered to

be the main development axis of the
country, which is responsible for
managing, managing and dynamizing
in a sustained manner the resources
of the State, in order to meet the
needs of the citizenry and promote
the development of the country.

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 The improvement of Public Management

The processes of improvement of

Public Management promote
standardization of methods,
adoption of good practices,
Elimination of rules that hinder the
governmental work and the use of
tools that promote the increase of
the effectiveness and the
reduction of operating costs of
institutions.

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 Transparency and accountability in Mexico

They have become a citizen

tool focused on the fight
against corruption, the opacity
of information and
discretionary decision-making
by governments. It is also the
mechanism for punishing
those who violate laws and
regulations.

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The right to information
It is the set of legal
norms that guarantee
anyone free access to
information originating in
the governmental
apparatus, if it is not
classified as reserved.

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Transparency
According to the author López
Ayllón, transparency is understood
as the flows of information that
constitute tools through which
government action can be
identified and evaluated, both by
individuals and by groups and
organizations.

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 The importance of
transparency

• The more transparency, the

greater participation because
citizens will be able to have a
say in having reliable data.
• The more transparency, the
better guarantee of
compliance with a
government program because
it will be possible to evaluate

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 Accountability

Accountability is the obligation to

report on the actions and
decisions of civil servants in the
exercise of their functions,
consideration should also be
given to the possibility for the
authorities to penalize obliged
parties who have failed to inform.

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 Horizontal accountability and Vertical accountability

Horizontal Vertical
accountability accountability
• Refers to the process of • It assumes that B, in
control that takes place addition to being
between the obliged accountable to the audit
subject (A) and the bodies, must also
State organs or inform the public of its
institutions (B) that are actions and the fate of
empowered to review the public remedy
the governmental exercised during its
action. administration.

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Federal Law on Transparency and Access to Government
Public Information

Currently, it is the highest regulatory

legal system in terms of
transparency, accountability and
access to public information in
Mexico, so that all states have local
laws harmonized with federal
regulations.

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 The Local Anti-Corruption Systems that the state legislatures should
undertake reforms to the following legal systems:

Ley de
Ley del Sistema Ley Orgánica de la Ley Orgánica de la
Fiscalización y
Local Administración fiscalía general
Rendición de
Anticorrupción Pública Estatal Estatal
Cuentas Estatal

Ley Orgánica del Ley de

Código Penal
Tribunal Responsabilidades
Estatal
Contencioso Administrativas

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 Institutions responsible for combating
corruption

Secretaria de la Comisión Nacional de Instituto Nacional

Función Pública los Derechos Humanos Electoral

Instituto Nacional de
Transparencia, Acceso
Auditoria Superior de Plataforma Nacional de
a la Información y
la Federación Transparencia
Protección de Datos
Personales

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 The Importance of Modernizing Administration
It is strengthened by strong
institutions in the fight against
corruption, capable of
applying the law impartially
and objectively, and
generating trust through
institutional mechanisms,
such as citizen participation
committees, neighborhood
boards, public hearings,
among others.

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Strategy to strengthen democracies

Promote transparent
governments, where citizens
legitimize government actions
to avoid diversions or misuse
of public resources. This
requires a sound regulatory
framework for transparency
and accountability.

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To strengthen modern
democracies, transparent
governments can be promoted
where citizens legitimize
government actions to prevent
corruption.

Through institutional mechanisms

such as committees,
neighborhood boards, etc. that
allow the involvement of society in
decisions taken by the authorities.

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Questions
• Why is it important to modernize the
administration?
• What is the importance of new public
management?
• What are the advantages of generating
an open government based on
transparency and accountability?
• How can citizens participate in
government decisions?
• Is there a New Management in Mexico?
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