Analysis of communication planning as a tool for the Communication Direction of the GADM- Riobamba from January to June 2019". Communication planning is atransversal and integral process which allows institutions and companies to develop communication skills in order to reach a higher position through the image and strengthen of the union identity. Therefore, GADM-Riobamba, through the Communication Department, establishes activities and strategies for the dissemination of information to reach its audiences; nonetheless, those activities are not planned on the basis of needs or objectives. That is why a percentage of the Riobamba’s population is not unaware of Municipality’s management. Consequently, for carrying out this research, a quantitative and qualitative analysis were executed through surveys for external and internal audiences, as well as interviews with experts in the field. The information gathered helped identify the main causes and consequences generated by the absence of a communication plan within the institution. Then, a solution for this problem was to propose a Strategic Communication Plan for the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Riobamba Canton.Analysis of communication planning as a tool for the Communication Direction of the GADM- Riobamba from January to June 2019". Communication planning is atransversal and integral process which allows institutions and companies to develop communication skills in order to reach a higher position through the image and strengthen of the union identity. Therefore, GADM-Riobamba, through the Communication Department, establishes activities and strategies for the dissemination of information to reach its audiences; nonetheless, those activities are not planned on the basis of needs or objectives. That is why a percentage of the Riobamba’s population is not unaware of Municipality’s management. Consequently, for carrying out this research, a quantitative and qualitative analysis were executed through surveys for external and internal audiences, as well as interviews with experts in the field. The information gathered helped identify the main causes and consequences generated by the absence of a communication plan within the institution. Then, a solution for this problem was to propose a Strategic Communication Plan for the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Riobamba Canton.UNACH,Sede Ecuador