Costa Rica

IICA Hackathon Costa Rica

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2019 – 2019
Name of organization in charge: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Universidad CENFOTEC; Ministerio de CienciaTecnología y Telecomunicaciones de Costa Rica (MICITT)
Type of organization in charge: government international organization private stakeholders
Level: national

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: unknown
Policy Outcome: yes

The IICA Hackathon was an initiative developed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and CENFOTEC University to promote the design of innovative solutions to manage and minimize the effects of natural disasters in the agricultural sector. The hackathon was attended by young people, who formed teams of up to 5 people. This initiative was also supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (MICITT).

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: only backed by a governmental program or policy
Frequency: single
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: citizens
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields no 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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