Transparency of local governments in Colombia
The case of the historical districts
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https://doi.org/10.51915/ret.190Keywords:
transparency, participation, public administration, governance, local governmentAbstract
The transparency of public administrations plays a fundamental role in democratic governance as it provides intangible values such as credibility and reputation. In order to evaluate information published on the websites of the mayoral offices of the districts of Colombia —the most important municipalities and with special conditions— the Infoparticipa method, which was previously developed to assess transparency and quality of information, was adapted to the Colombian legislation and the characteristics of its local governments. The results, which showed a very low level of compliance, were compared with those obtained previously in the analysis of municipality websites in Spain and Ecuador using the same methodology. They demonstrate that there is a lack of proactive attitude in the three cases, which undermines democracy and its institutions. We conclude by stating that transparency laws are used as a political artifice, since their obligations and principles are not put into practice, thus undermining the right of citizens to have access to public information.
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