Planes de Desarrollo y Ordenamiento Territorial como instrumento para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible local. Caso de estudio cantón Loja, parroquias Jimbilla, Santiago, San Lucas

Abstract

Abstract: In Ecuador, starting with the constitutional reform (2008), the Development and Territorial Ordering Plans (PDOT) are the planning instrument for the territorial management of the Decentralized Autonomous Governments that guide the actions and interventions of both the public and private sectors and his compliance promotes sustainable development. The monitoring and evaluation of the PDOTs is a process of vital importance to measure and assess the results and the fulfillment of the objectives set, which is one of the main weaknesses of the GADs at the parish level. In this context, this research based on the analysis of three case studies: parishes of Jimbilla, Santiago and San Lucas of Loja Canton, confirms that there is no adequate process for monitoring and evaluating the plan by linking the goals of the PDOT and sustainable development indicators. The results obtained support the proposal of a system of indicators that allows the parish GADs to assess the performance of the plan through objective parameters, and to carry out the process of monitoring and evaluating of the PDOTs as a strategy that contributes to the sustainable development of the territories.