Honduras

Regional Development Councils

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2010 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Consejo del Plan de Nación
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: regional 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: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Regional Development Councils are spaces for dialogue and negotiation between the central government, civil society, local governments, and the cooperating community. They aim to analyze and formulate well-articulated proposals that facilitate a more effective and transparent public management in the corresponding region. They are in charge of conducting regional planning processes and are affiliated to the Council of the National Plan. In the region where they are established, they complement the mechanisms of citizen participation, communicating regional problems and proposals to the Council of the National Plan, the National Council of Competitiveness and Innovation, and the Secretary of State in the Office of the Presidency. The Councils are comprised of representatives of the citizens in the region, non-governmental organizations with a presence in the area, local governments, organizations related to the issues at hand, and by observers representing international institutions that execute programs and projects according to regional needs.

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: 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