Local Development Program in the Cristo Rey Neighborhood
The Local Development Program in the Cristo Rey Neighborhood was launched in June 1998 by the Housing Promotion Foundation (FUPROVI) through the Urban Renewal Unit of the Cristo Rey Neighborhood in San José. This neighborhood was chosen because it presented the typical characteristics of a poor neighborhood of San José. From the beginning, the purpose of the program has been for the development of a series of projects for the physical, social and environmental renewal of old neighborhoods of the metropolitan area, which present a clear state of deterioration, involving public and private entities involved with sustainable development, as well as for the active participation of the population, favoring economic growth, equality and possible environmental improvements. This is further achieved through the strengthening of citizen participation in networks and associations. In 1999, there were 2076 people involved in community activities.
Institutional design
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
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- both
- Type of participants
- citizens civil society
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields no decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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