Instrumentos para la participación ciudadana y requisitos para su efectividad

Abstract

Participative processes are implemented with different objectives so it is not easy to address the analysis of their effectiveness. Theses processes have specific objectives such as production of public policies or the promotion of positive changes within local polities. In this article, we focus on those two dimensions. We consider the conditions participative processes cause in local policies and the cases where significant changes over local polities are produced. By means of a research project developed between 2012 and 2015, we analyze the diversity of participative processes and we reflect on their limits and opportunities in order to produce new policies or create new relationships between local public actors.

Keywords

• public policies
• consultive councils
• local participation
• participative budgets