Los desafíos de la gobernanza multinivel en la gestión de los planes de desarrollo y ordenamiento territorial provinciales

Abstract

This research work addresses the study of multilevel governance in the management of provincial development plans and territorial planning, considering intergovernmental coordination as a key element of it. It presents a conceptual analysis of governance from its inception related to the concept of governance, up to territorial governance, whose vertical dimension reveals multilevel governance. A conceptual and normative analysis of multilevel governance is carried out in Ecuador, where decentralization is presented as a characteristic element of decentralization, moreover decentralization should not be seen only as the simple division of competencies, but should address the analysis of intergovernmental relations that are generated in function of the exercise of the faculties assigned to each level of government, considering administration as an inherent faculty at all levels of government. From now on, intergovernmental coordination is presented as a central element of governance, and an analysis of this is carried out in each of the phases of the formulation of provincial development and territorial planning plans, in order to establish the incidence of multilevel governance in this process. Finally, it is determined that multilevel governance becomes a necessity in the planning process, which identifies a series of governmental and non-governmental actors, with whom it must coordinate in order to build a shared vision of development and manage the path for its achievement.