Participación del Gremio de Tejidos Otavaleños en la toma de decisiones para la rehabilitación de la plaza San Francisco en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

It is an investigation made with Otavaleños Woven Guild. The objective was to analyze the participation of the artisans of the Guild in the process of Rehabilitation of the Plaza San Francisco Cuenca, Ecuador. It is a descriptive study with a qualitative design where the documentary review and the in - depth interview were used to obtain data that were later analyzed using the Atlasti program. As a result, there is a legal framework for citizens' right to participate, but the actions developed to include craftsmen in the decision-making about the project's objectives and the final execution of the project are not a successful participation process. In conclusion, the spaces that have been opened for participation have been insufficient, many times the channels of communication used have not been available to all citizens. In addition, the Otavaleños have been limited in their right to participate, by self-perceptions of discrimination and rejection, delegation in the figure of their president and lack of agreements among them for lack of motivation or disinterest because of the uncertainty regarding the incidence of their opinions and suggestions the final decision of the rehabilitation project of the Plaza affecting its current and future situation.