A monitoring system for the social development program in Colombia |
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Authors: | Angela Espinosa |
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Institution: | (1) Universidad de los Andes, Calle 19A No. 1-37 Este, Bloque W, A.A. 4976, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia;(2) Calle 19A No. 1-37 Este, Bloque W, A.A. 4976, D.C. |
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Abstract: | This paper describes and analyzes “the Social Solidarity Network” (SSN), which is an agency of the Office of the President
of the national government of Colombia. Its purpose is to promote self-development programs in the poorest communities in
the country, as well as to improve their local public decision-making and other organizational mechanisms. The workings of
the “monitoring system” used by the SSN, whose design has been inspired by Beer's ideas of monitoring and control, are introduced
and discussed (Beer, 1979/1981a,b; Espejo and Harnden, 1989). The paper also offers a brief analysis of the structural mechanisms
currently in use for communicating among local government agencies and the other departmental, regional, and national levels
of government. This analysis indicates that the national authorities design and supervise the local planning and control mechanisms
too closely and often ignore the existence and views of the intermediate recursions of government and the priorities of the
local communities. The paper concludes with an assessment of the multi-university-based monitoring system used to follow up
the activities and results of the SSN. |
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Keywords: | monitoring systems social development programs organizational cybernetics Colombia |
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