La planificación estratégica participativa. Conceptos e instrumentos para nuevos modelos de gestión pública

Abstract

There is a relatively widespread idea in theory and practice
of planning: thinking about it in terms of a logical sequence
of steps developed by experts in the isolation of desks and
cabinets. This article aims to highlight the existence of a second
logic, the participatory; this perspective does not usually
have the same diffusion that is taking the strategic planning
in the traditional sense. Both elements, strategy and
participation, are synergistically linked in a specific area: the
public sector. From this point of view, we intend to present a
synthesis that can be comprehensive and practical for use in
public management.
Our purpose is to emphasize the central role the state displays
in planning, since it aims to promote a shared vision of
all stakeholders, in order to obtain a collective future project
as a final product. This approach maintains the centrality of
the State in social life as a guarantor of the public wellbeing,
according to the idea that, in the end, strategic plans belong to
the whole society and not only to the government which gave
only the primary impulse to the process.