Costa Rica

?Communication without Borders? Program

The "Communication without Borders" Program is a project that aims to reduce the digital divide in the Costa Rican population through the development and local implementation of new technologies that, on the one hand, are implemented with the active participation of local civil society and, on the other hand, aim to promote instances of participation and active interaction between society and the State. These tools include the possibility of people having an email address and a personal web domain. This program promotes the access and use of new technologies as a citizen right and consists of the creation of "telecenters" as human networks and useful means for the daily tasks of citizens, information exchange, internet banking, the promotion of culture and the democratization of the Internet, mainly through the accountability of local governments.

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
restricted 
Type of participants
citizens  
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

Sources

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