Institutional framework
The Ministry of Development Planning, established in 2006, is the government body with permanent responsibility for population and development issues and serves as the political and technical counterpart to the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Within this framework, the Vice-Ministry of Planning and Coordination and the Economic and Social Policy Analysis Unit (UDAPE) play a key role in formulating population policies and coordinating the various programmes implemented by the Executive Branch in this area.
The Ministry also chairs and coordinates the National Committee, a temporary mechanism established to support the preparation of the national report on progress in the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development. The Committee included officials from key government ministries and institutions, including the Ministry of Health and Sports, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vice-Ministry of Cultures, and UDAPE of the Ministry of Development Planning, as well as civil society organizations actively engaged in the follow-up to the Montevideo Consensus.
Participation
Bolivia does not have a formal coordination mechanism for civil society participation as part of the institutional framework dedicated to population and development issues and to the implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.
The information on Institutionality comes from the regional survey for the update of the Virtual Platform for the follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, implemented by the technical secretariat in 2023.