La participación ciudadana en Chile. El caso de los Consejos Comunales de la Sociedad Civil en la región del Biobío

Abstract

This article focuses on the implementation process of the Chilean law 20.500, published in 2011, in relation with the citizen participation in public management and, in particular, on one of the mechanisms established as mandatory for local public administrations, such as the Community Councils of Civil Society (COSOCs), specifically on the councils of the Biobio region, in Chile. In addition, this article inquiries about the opinion of relevant actors in this matter, regardingboth the process and the law itself. This work concludes that there is evidence of an inconsistency between the spirit of the law and the actual attributions of the COSOCs.