Planning from Below. Marta Harnecker
c) Budget
CHAPTER IV. NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR DECENTRALISED PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
1) Creation of suitable geographic planning units
2) Decentralising competencies
4) Technical Teams to promote the development of the process
5) Raising awareness among the population and key participants
c) Raising awareness among key participants
d) The Internet and its limitations
7) Prioritize according one’s own resources
5) Generating a useful and accurate database
9) Information and transparency
CHAPTER V. PHASES IN THE PLANNING PROCESS
First Step: Defining the desired changes (aspirations)
Second step: Setting out priorities
Third step: Explore alternative courses of action for implementing the changes
Fourth Step: Coming up with projects
Fifth Step: Drafting the Development plan, the Annual plan and the immediate action plan
2. IMPLEMENTION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS
1) Implementation and monitoring
2) Evaluation of their results
3) Consolidating of what has been achieved
PART II. INSTANCES AND ACTORS
CHAPTER VI. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1) Combination of direct democracy and delegated democracy
a) Direct democracy and its limits
b) Delegated democracy assemblies and direct democracy assemblies
c) Delegation strengthens democracy
d) How to avoid a separation between the grassroots and their representatives
e) Citizens’ participation in communities: a system of direct democracy
2) Public Forums
a) Thematic forums
b) Service forums
3) Training workshops
CHAPTER VII. ENTITIES AT THE HIGHER LEVELS
1) A Start Up Team
a) Legal framework
b) Identification of the geographical units where the process should be carried out
c) Guidelines for the decentralization
d) Formation of the municipal technical teams
2) Governmental coordination team
3) Distinguished Advisors Committee
4) Team of volunteer professionals and technicians
CHAPTER VIII. ENTITIES AND ACTORS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
1. TECHNICAL SUPPORT INSTANCIAS AND PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THEM
1). Planning and Budgetary Teams
a) At municipal, territorial and community level
b) Preparatory tasks of the Municipal Cabinet of Planning and Budget
c) Preparatory tasks of the Planning and Territorial Budget Teams
d) Preparatory tasks of the Community Planning Teams
e) Tasks of the Planning and Budget Teams during the process
2) Team of Animators
a) In the three levels
b) Preparatory tasks of the Teams of Animators
c) Tasks once the Planning Councils and Assemblies have been established
3) Territorial and Community Coordinators
4) Municipal Line Departments or Secretariats and other state entities
II. CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION ENTITIES
1) Planning Assemblies
a) Community Assemblies
b) Planning Assemblies based on a system of delegation
c) Tasks
d) Functioning
e) Sessions of the Assemblies
■ Constituent session to begin the process
■ First moment: to approve a