Honduras

Special Commission for the Analysis and Control of Exonerations and Customs Franchises

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2013 – 2013
Name of organization in charge: Presidencia de la República
Type of organization in charge: government
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: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Special Commission for the Analysis and Control of Exonerations and Customs Franchises was created in 2013 for a specific period to draw up an inventory of the exonerations, exemptions and duty-free arrangements enjoyed by different sectors of the country at that time. The commission was also required to submit to the National Congress a report of the results of the review of the exonerations, exemptions and duty-free arrangements that were being granted by the Government. This Commission was composed of representatives from the Executive Branch, National Congress, the Institute of Access to Public Information of the Catholic and Evangelical Church, the Association of Municipalities, Peasant Organizations, the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise, among other civil society organizations. 14 representatives of civil society attended it. As a result of its activities, the Commission presented to the Presidency of the Nation a report identifying companies, municipalities and government sectors benefiting from the tax exemption regime.

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: single
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society
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