Brazil

Let's Go Hackathon

City/State/Region: Goiás - GO
Begin – End: 2015 – 2015
Name of organization in charge: CocriatórioGoverno do Estado de Goiás
Type of organization in charge: government civil society
Level: regional

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: no

The Let's Go Hackathon was co-organized between Cocriatório and the Goiás state government with the aim of improving the public transparency towards the local citizens, and to make the available data to it more accesible and user-friendly. As part of the hackathon, three challenges were launched: "Adopt a Bid" to find a way for citizens to follow individual bidding processes for State services and providers; "How much?" to facilitate citizens' understanding of public spending; and "Informa Goiás" to improve the transparency of government action. During the two days of the hackathon, seven projects were developed, of which three finalist projects were selected regarding each of the three challenges: "EmpreendeGo", a website to help companies and investors find municipalities with facilities to settle in, "MedGO", an app to help citizens find the best public health services in their vicinity, in response to the third challenge; and "LiCiudadano", an infographic portal based on public spending data, in response to the second. The solutions developed were recognized by the Government of Goiás, but were not subsequently adopted.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization: not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
Frequency: single
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: citizens
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
Co-Governance: yes

Means

Deliberation
Direct Voting
E-Participation
Citizen Representation

Ends

Accountability
Responsiveness
Rule of Law
Political Inclusion
Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting

Formulation and decision-making

Implementation

Policy Evaluation