Abstract
Citizen participation is currently one of the most important inputs to guide the planning processes of the public sector, in order to achieve an orientation of resources that best fits the solution of the most significant problems of society. For this, Colombia has regulatory frameworks, for the different territorial and administrative levels, aimed at regulating this process, as is the case of Agreement 13 of 2000, issued to guide the formulation of the development plans of the localities in Bogotá. However, based on the analysis carried out through semi-structured interviews applied to several actors involved in the process, it was found that the implementation of this norm, evidences gaps and defects of great relevance that endanger the validity of citizen participation for the local planning These gaps could be observed in three main aspects, such as the simultaneity of the district and local planning, the actors involved in the process and the mechanisms used to collect citizens' initiatives, and which are defined through methodologies that are elaborated in each locality.
Keywords:
Citizen participation; Planning; Citizenship; Participatory communication; Communities; Civil society
