Costa Rica

National Open Data Commission

The National Open Data Commission was created by Decree No. 40199 and is chaired by the Ministry of Communication. Its function is to advise, evaluate and make recommendations on the implementation of national action plans concerning open public data and to define the priorities of the National Action Plans on Open Public Data. The Commission is made up of representatives of various Ministries, the National Institute of Statistics and Census, the General Directorate of National Archives, civil society organizations, the private sector and the academia. All non-governmental members are elected by the National Commission of Open Government through a public call, and perform their duties ad honorem. One of the Commission's achievements was the drafting of an Open Data Publication Guide, which suggests guidelines to be followed by public institutions and their respective teams in their open data agenda.

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
regular
Mode of selection of participants
both 
Type of participants
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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Pogrebinschi, Thamy. (2017). LATINNO Dataset. Berlin: WZB.

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