Costa Rica

Annual Operational Plan (PAO)

The Annual Operational Plan (Span. PAO) is an instrument used inside short-term municipal policies and formulated in accordance with medium and long term plans, as appropriate, in which the entity's policy is defined through the definition of objectives, targets, indicators and actions to be executed during the period for which the plan is defined. The Plan must follow a participatory and consolidated planning process that recognizes communities as mestizo, multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual. In addition, participation must consider diversities according to ethnicity, gender, social class, age, nationality, political ideology, and others. The vision, mission and policies that guide the activity will be the frame of reference for short and medium term plans and must follow a consolidated planning process elaborated in a participatory and consultative way with the different social sectors, so that the needs and proposals of the population are included in these plans. The Plan allows insight into the institutional philosophical framework, the strategic areas of the Municipal Development Plan or Strategic Plan, as applicable, and the number of seats of the entity. The Plan is made by the mayor`s office, based on its government program and is approved by the Municipal Council.

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
unknown 
Type of participants
citizens civil society  
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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