Costa Rica

Higher Labor Council

The Higher Labor Council is a permanent, tripartite and deliberative consultative body whose purpose is to contribute to the economic and productive development of the country and to the consolidation of a democratic system of labor relations based on decent work and permanent social dialogue. In accordance with this objective, the Council will analyze the situation of the country in terms of work, employment and social protection in order to propose and promote national policies in this field. Among those who participate in the Council are three representatives of employer?s organizations and three representatives of worker?s organizations. In turn, other social stakeholders may participate in the sessions of the council for the discussion of topics that require it, provided that such participation is approved unanimously by the core group. In addition, other social stakeholders may be summoned by simple majority.

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
restricted 
Type of participants
civil society private stakeholders  
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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