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  • High public management of the government
    No. 75 (2018)

    La transformación, la actualización y la modernización son aspectos fundamentales para asegurar la innovación en el fortalecimiento de las capacidades institucionales de las instituciones públicas; contribuyendo a la construcción de un Estado ágil y dinámico, que brinde la capacidad de promover bienes y servicios públicos de calidad hacia las poblaciones. En tal sentido, a Revista Centroamericana de Administración Pública constituye un espacio especializado de reflexión, pensamiento y debate sobre una compleja diversidad de temas que inciden en la gobernabilidad y gobernanza de la región centroamericana.

    Las demandas democráticas, requieren de una ingeniería de Estado y de un ejercicio de gobierno, que sean capaces de articular el complejo andamiaje institucional con la atención de prioridades y acciones, que vayan más allá de lo coyuntural y de la inmediatez. Estamos frente al desafío de integrar esquemas de gestión presidencial prospectiva y con una alta capacidad de construcción narrativa.

    La edición de la Revista Centroamericana La Alta Gestión Pública de los Centros de Gobierno abre un abanico mayor de conceptos, enfoques y experiencias para la innovación de la gestión estratégica y prospectiva de los Centros de Gobierno; contribuyendo a un diálogo de alto nivel orientado al mejoramiento de la gobernabilidad y la gobernanza de los Estados miembros del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, como de América Latina en general.

  • Governance and governability of the Central American Integration System: towards an effective rationale
    No. 74 (2018)

    Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública -ICAP- , headquartered in San José, Costa Rica, is published every six months. It publishes issues on Public Administration and Central American Integration with the objective of promoting a better understanding of governmental affairs, public administration and the integration of the Central American Isthmus; the content is aimed at all currents of administrative, public and regional integration thought that advocates the development of knowledge in and about Central America.
    The Central American Journal of Public Administration requires authors to grant the ownership of their copyrights, so that their article and materials may be reproduced, published, edited, published, posted, communicated and transmitted publicly in any form or medium, as well as its distribution in the number of copies required and its public communication, in each of its modalities, including its availability to the public through electronic, optical or any other technology, exclusively for scientific, cultural, dissemination and non-profit purposes.

     

  • METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH MODELS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
    No. 73 (2017)

    Research in public management and the development of methodological approach models are a tool for the specialization and improvement of institutions in the Central American region. This type of approach represents one of the answers to the need for these institutions to innovate in order to be increasingly efficient, effective and better able to adapt to change.

    Based on this logic, the Central American Institute of Public Administration -ICAP proposes an approach to the methodological and research processes of public management in Central America, developing this issue of the Central American Journal of Public Administration that provides content on methodologies for the evaluation of programs and projects on specific topics, as well as basic tools for research in public management, seeking that these serve as a guide to improve the competencies of public institutions in related topics.

    Public management research can function as a tool to identify the impact of public policies, but it goes beyond and expands on the continuous modernization and improvement of the performance of such management, which is why the promotion of research can encourage Central American institutions to develop greater specialization and, based on this, mechanisms for cooperation can be built.

    In any case, it should be clear that this type of research requires a greater level of detail, since a construction is needed that is adapted to the objectives of the organization, program or project to be studied, therefore, it is preferable to have a methodological toolbox that serves as a guide but that allows for adaptation and therefore the construction of other research processes. ICAP hopes that this issue will function as a window where some methods for public management research can be identified and from which many other spaces can be built.

    Thus, the Central American Journal of Public Administration number 73 is structured as follows: the first section presents the editorial that deals with the importance of public management research in Central America, followed by articles that address the topics and that in this case study the methodological approach to research in public management, for example, a series of methodological models are presented to study specific topics such as the evaluation of life skills programs or the methodological approach to the approach of productive chains. Subsequently, a section of documents is included, where various topics on Public Administration and Management are addressed. Finally, bibliographical references and publication guidelines for authors are presented.

  • Intelligent Cities in New Public Management
    No. 72 (2017)

    Since its conception, the Central American Institute of Public Administration has acted as a driving force for the updating of public management issues in Central America, which is why it has been concerned with promoting spaces where research is a reflection of the changes taking place in the region, the institution has opted to go further and seeks to discuss innovative topics that promote the evolution of Central American models and allow the region to know and adapt to the growing changes that are being experienced, an example of this is the theme of this magazine that deals with Smart Cities and the spaces that these offer in order to generate an evolution in the models of urban management in the region.

    Smart Cities open the doors to different forms of management, seek to create environments where technology is a tool to solve citizens' problems and make available to their inhabitants the expanded use of ICTs, offering better spaces for urban planning and mechanisms to make the governmental function more efficient, incorporating performance measurements and indicators.

    The bet of smart cities is to apply existing technology to see beyond the benefits that are enjoyed today, it is a bet to adjust the technological inputs to improve the quality of life of people and build more equal and integrated societies, this is a long-term premise that needs construction and discussion, which is why it is imperative that from the academy to promote discussion and dissemination of the subject.

    For this reason it is important to know the benefits and propose the adaptability of these models for the Central American reality, in addition to studying how to manage the existing spaces in order to aim in the long term to the establishment of this type of approaches that result in better levels of development and function as mechanisms of integration from the development of a city, where the more equal benefits that it attracts will promote dynamism in the country and subsequently in the region, promoting new mechanisms of knowledge, good practices and more efficient management that will be made available to other Central American cities, to offer the opportunity to grow from local efforts that become regional results.

    Thus, the Central American Journal of Public Administration number 72 is structured as follows: the first section presents the editorial on the importance of smart cities for public management models in Central America, followed by articles that address the topic and study elements such as the contribution of public-private partnerships to these mechanisms, tools for the management of smart cities and notes on opportunities for the construction of Smart Cities. Subsequently, a section of documents is included, where various topics on Public Administration and Management are addressed. Finally, bibliographical references and publication guidelines for authors are presented.

  • Prospective as a Strategy for Decision Making
    No. 71 (2016)

    We live in an era in which the constant is change, which happens at a speed and intensity never seen before. This means that decision making processes are affected by volatile political, economic, social and environmental conditions, and therefore it is no longer possible to continue planning and making decisions based on the now, but rather it is essential to think about tomorrow. Undoubtedly, today more than ever we need a medium and long-term vision that allows us to foresee problems and act before they worsen and become uncontrollable.

    This is why a tool such as foresight becomes a valuable ally for decision making in all areas, but certainly in the public sphere it is of great value. In the region, knowledge about the mega-trends that are shaping the world of the future is scarce; even less is there recognition of the impact that this will have on regional integration processes; somehow it is still thought that the national and regional agenda is an endogenous process, that is to say that the region is a kind of closed system.

    For the future of Central American integration, strategic foresight is central, as it would help to move towards convergence, strengthening common positions that reflect regional priorities vis-à-vis the world and other blocs. This requires knowing and analyzing the macro-trends of the future and reflecting on the possible effects for the region. Likewise, having a tool such as foresight would help enormously in strategic planning as it would make it possible to visualize the benefits of collective action on issues such as infrastructure, energy, migration policies, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the fight against organized crime and, of course, post-2015 development commitments, linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    Foresight offers strategic planning the possibility of conceiving future alternatives and understanding the major transformations that will occur in the future.
    alternatives for the future and to understand the major transformations of society, thus anticipating the inertia of classic governmental action, which is generally repetitive and routine, and this generally leads to a high degree of citizen dissatisfaction, a worrying aspect insofar as all public policy has as its maximum objective the satisfaction of the citizen's needs.
    needs of the citizen.

    Specifically, foresight applied to public management becomes a highly valuable tool due to its cognitive nature, since it generates the possibility of constructing scenarios and therefore visions of the future. It also favors strategic planning, since it favors medium and long-term decision-making processes and, depending on the method applied, it is a tool for citizen participation that legitimizes decision-making processes.

    Thus, the Central American Journal of Public Administration number 71 is structured as follows. The first section presents an editorial on the importance of strategic foresight for decision making, followed by articles that address the subject of foresight from the conceptualization, methodological approach and practical cases. This is followed by the section on documents, which deals with various topics on Public Administration and Management. Finally, bibliographical references and the authors' guidelines are presented.

     

     

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