Costa Rica

Working Group of Guanacaste for the Improvement of the Quality of Life, Productive Development and Infrastructure and Employment Promotion

The Working Group of Guanacaste for the Improvement of the Quality of Life, Productive Development and Infrastructure and Employment Promotion is a platform where communities, productive sectors, local governments, universities, legislators and government institutions prioritize and oversee the progress of projects to advance the province. The space allows for the definition of mechanisms for negotiation, management and follow-up of agreements to meet the needs of the people of Guanacaste. It is carried out monthly with the presence of deputy ministers of different institutions and every two months the ministers go to a plenary where the progress is discussed. The table is divided into six working subgroups on the following themes: 1) Water supply and water infrastructure, 2) Production projects, 3) Road infrastructure and transport, 4) Research and innovation on adaptation measures to drought and climate change, 5) Public and private investment projects in the province, 6) Housing, education and health. As of November 2015, there were 3 sessions held by the working group.

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
embedded in the constitution/legislation 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
citizens civil society private stakeholders  
Decisiveness
unknown  
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

Sources

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