La organización barrial en el fortalecimiento de la participación ciudadana en la Ciudadela 18 de Octubre de Machala año 2023

Abstract

The present research deals with neighborhood organization in the strengthening of citizen participation, takes as its object of study the 18 de Octubre neighborhood. The scenario presents problems of disintegration on the part of the inhabitants, weak community leadership, and low interest in participating in activities that are beneficial to their locality, situations deepened by an under-strengthened a neighborhood leadership without significant representation.The main objective of the research is to determine the incidence of neighborhood organization in the strengthening of citizen participation in the 18 de Octubre neighborhood of Machala. Given that the main problem is the lack of organization and the limited involvement of residents in participatory processes and the scarce leadership that develops consequences for the site, as a lack of management and activities to improve the quality of life of local residents. The methodology has a mixed approach since the research is both quantitative and qualitative, by means of methods such as deductive and inductive, techniques and instruments were used, such as the survey, which was addressed to a population of 194 people with an admissible margin of error of 7%, applying questionnaires to obtain the necessary information to obtain the results of the problems affecting the community and the interview which was directed to the president of the citadel. On the other hand, the results of the research show that 56% of residents are unaware of the existence of neighborhood leaders and 73.7% do not recognize their neighborhood representatives, in terms of the factors that have an impact on poor administrative management, personal interests and poor leadership predominate, giving a total of 55%. Likewise, 54% of the population is not aware of the processes of citizen participation and social control. As a consequence, individuals do not participate in the mechanisms of participation in order to make decisions and build a democratic community. Given the information obtained, a plan of action for the strengthening of citizen participation and social cohesion processes in the 18 de Octubre neighborhood is established as a proposal to be implemented, where they propose activities such as trainings, talks by GAD Cantonal authorities and community workshops with the aim of integrating the community, to promote participation and create social cohesion in individuals in a way that will allow the locality to become stronger and collectively empowered, where a place is built with leading people wo can tackle local problems.