Innovación para el monitoreo y seguimiento estratégico de los planes de desarrollo municipales

Abstract

SUMMARY

One of the main challenges that the municipalities face today in Colombia, is the consolidation of administrative and strategic processes that should help ensure excellent public management. To achieve this, it is necessary to implement comprehensive actions for monitoring, tracking, and evaluation in administrative, fiscal, and operational variables, as well as in planning instruments. However, this goal is hindered by a shortage of financial resources and technological equipment, as well as a lack of trained professionals to conduct real-time and short-term monitoring, tracking, and evaluation of Development Plans, the primary instrument for realizing public management. Furthermore, the limited support from the National Planning Department (DNP) complicates the structuring and compliance of a local methodological route that enables reliable and timely decision-making since, although tools such as the Territorial Planning Kit (https://portalterritorial.dnp.gov.co/kpt/) exist to facilitate the formulation and monitoring of the Development Plan, they are not in real-time, and therefore decisions are not always timely or the most accurate. In this context, this document proposes the use of a data analysis tool (Power BI) to enhance the strategic monitoring, tracking, and evaluation of the Development Plan in territorial entities, with the premise that it facilitates the process and allows the analysis of results in a short period, ensuring that the decisions derived from the analysis are relevant and, above all, timely. This approach aims to address the problems associated with insufficient and untimely measurement of various indicators related to development plans, such as Outcome and Output indicators. With this proposal, the aim is to strengthen municipalities' capacity to implement sustainable development and improve the quality of life for their residents. By adopting advanced technologies and a robust methodology, it will facilitate informed decision-making and promote transparency in public management.