Uruguay

Since the onset of the second NDC development process, a ‘Digital Citizen Participation Platform’ was created and open to the public to submit their views, comments and suggestions on actions they are carrying out or know about related to climate action. The platform also provided information on public consultation for the draft document of the second NDC. Inputs received from the public were published on the platform for transparency and dissemination. This platform is part of Uruguay’s collaboration with the International Partnership for Open Government for the purpose of designing and implementing a participatory process to contribute to the elaboration of the second NDC.  In addition, relevant stakeholders from various areas and sectors participated in workshops organized  to gather inputs which contributed to the technical analysis and evaluation of possible measures to be included in this second NDC. This NDC mentions constant articulation with various working groups, including one focused on Gender.  A specific process of capacity building and feedback, including a series of workshops, was developed to engage 40 young people between 14-22 years old to learn about climate change and provide their view on measures that should be implemented to strengthen climate action in Uruguay. The mitigation and adaptation measures of the second NDC was developed while taking into account cross-cutting aspects such as gender, generations and capacity-building. An intersectional approach incorporating gender perspective was used  to analyze the potential impact to respond to inequalities in the mitigation and adaptation measures agreed to.