Costa Rica

Weaving Development Program

The Weaving Development Program was born in 2014 as a strategy to promote citizen participation in the formulation of public policies, programs and projects, such that they respond to the needs and priorities defined by the social and political stakeholders of the regions, territories, cantons and communities involved. The Program carries out actions to strengthen public institutions, aimed at promoting the management of human development, with an integral approach at each of the aforementioned levels of planning. The Weaving Development Program is led by the Presidency of the Republic, within the framework of the Network for Territorial Development and Citizen Participation, made up of: the Ministry of the Presidency, the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (Span. MIDEPLAN); The Rural Development Institute (Span. INDER); The Institute of Municipal Development and Advisory (Span. IFAM) and the National Directorate of Community Development, (Span. DINADECO). The Program begins with 11 territories and 33 cantons and covers about 44% of the national territory, giving priority to territories based on criteria of inequality, socioeconomic gaps and preconditions of local governance.

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
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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