Local Public Policies
Public policy
Definition
Series of coordinated and planned actions by a public institution designed to resolve a negative situation, which affects all or part of the local population
Aim
Achieve an objective set in the government agenda as one of its strategic components.
Carried out by
Local public institution itself or lead by it
With the participation and collaboration of other actors
Manifestation of a clear political will of the local goverment
Local Public Policies
Definition
Policies that the local governments defines and implements as an autonomous and responsible political actor
Key points
Citizen participation
Public-Private coordination and cooperation with local actors
Collaboraton with other levels of the public Administration
Greater proximity with the people
LPPs cannot be decreed by the local government
Require greater legitimacy and broad consensus in civil society and among citizens in general
Local actors direclty involved and can intervene
Requirement for success
Connect with the other local actors and obtain a high level of cooperation with them
Needing a series of actions and financial resoirces provided by various levels of the Administration
Provincial, regional or State, and municipal
Sometimes combined
LLP Process
- Include the issue on the local institution's government agenda
- Create a strategy
- Activate mechanisms for citizen participation and collaborating and consulting with other actors
- Recognise a collective and public matter that requires effective intervention from the local public administration
- Implementation period using systems of citizen participation, collaborating with other levels of Administration
- Identify a negative situation
- Plan the actions, set the objectives, identify the resources needed, and the specific results to be achieved and the timeframe
- Implement the planned actions
- Monitor and evaluate
Conditions and prerequisites to a good LPP
Local institution's technical capacity
Participative culture and quality of local governance
Political determination of the local government
Cooperation between local governments: methods and instruments
Traditional
Specific Project
Cover needs or improve specific aspects
Not focused on consolidating LPP or on institutional strengthening
Asymmetry between the actors
Limitations and shortcomings
Differences between specific project and public policy
Time horizon
Origin of resources
Main Objective
Managment of actions
Genesis and decision- making process
Specific Project. Decisions in financing made by the local government’s leaders without the involvement of a participative process.
Specific Project. Resolve some of the specific needs of a group of beneficiaries or cover particular need the local institution has.
Specific Project. Limited time frame (1-3 years).
Specific Project. Large proportion of external resources.
Specific Project. Delegated to operators from outside the local institution artist specifically created these additions designed to last for the duration of the project.
Public Policy. creation and lunch by local democracy, public information and participation of opposition political groups, members of adversary councils and other local stakeholders.
Public Policy. provide a sustainable response to a problem that affects the group for the general population.
Public Policy. Medium or long term.
Public Policy. Mobilizes resources mainly from the local institution itself.
Public Policy. Direct responsibility on one of the central lines of action of a Department within the local institution.