Costa Rica

Tourism Hackathon 2020

The 2020 Tourism Hackathon is an initiative of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute and the Central American Institute of Business Administration, which seeks to develop digital solutions for the tourism sector, particularly in the areas Sarapiquí, Tamarindo and Turrialba. The hackathon takes place at the headquarters of Lead University, in Pavas, Rohrmoser, and individuals with diverse profiles are invited to participate. The winning team developed an app that displays a route of the main tourist destinations in Turrialba, which also promotes local businesses.

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
open 
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

Sources

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