Analysis of assessment variable of transparency in the administration of municipalities

Abstract

This article aims to identify the variables that define transparent municipal administration, so as to assess the degree of transparency of the municipalities. Today, in Latin America, there has been progress in relation to the search for transparency in municipal administrations, and different ways of achieving it, but in many municipalities is not working, neither has been made in the concrete achievement of greater transparency yet, and in the assessment of the same in the negotiations. Therefore this paper seeks, from the analysis of different cases raised in Latin America for seeking transparency, define endpoints of transparency, in order to develop at a later stage a model of transparent management to be implemented in the municipalities. For this first analysis, the advantages of transparency for municipal management, then, through the study of various government initiatives towards transparency, from different countries, conceptualize it and define variables and indicators allowing its valuation. Then, with the defined variables and indicators to assess transparency, it will be possible to subsequently advance the definition of a model to achieve transparent municipal administrations, or allows to improve transparency in municipal management.