Costa Rica

Municipal Plans for the Integral Management of Solid Waste

The Integral Management of Solid Waste is an instrument designed to guarantee the planning and execution of the regulatory, operational, financial, administrative, educational, environmental and health concerns in order to monitor and evaluate the integral management of solid waste and the efficient use of resources. This instrument has a regulatory framework at the national level, as well as at the provincial level. The authorities in charge are to grant citizens and other interested sectors to participate through observations and suggestions via public consultations, a suggestion box and other means. It should be noted, however, that while suggestions by citizens have no binding effect, the authorities in charge are bound to systematize and analyze the observations and suggestions they receive.

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
both 
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

Sources

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