Institutional performance and municipal environmental management, an analysis from the perception of community environmental actors

Desempeño institucional y gestión ambiental municipal, un análisis desde la percepción de los actores ambientales de la comunidad

The changes brought about by the actions taken by the institutionality of a territory in the exercise of its environmental management can negatively affect various aspects of the local community if there is not an adequate articulation between the perspective of those who trace and execute the environmental policies of the municipality with what the villagers think in terms of the use and conservation of their environmental heritage.
In this research, the institutional performance of the municipality of Filandia (Quindío) is analyzed during the 2016-2018 period in the management of different environmental development programs from the perspective of environmental actors from various sectors. For this, an exploratory cross-sectional descriptive study of mixed methodology is carried out, with surveys and interviews applied to actors representing various rural and urban interest groups in the municipality. The results show the persistence of multiple problems that prevent the performance in the management carried out by the institutions from being considered efficient, establishing the need to adjust local action strategies where efforts and resources are routed efficiently, involving the knowledge and environmental participation of the community, to achieve the management of a sustainable territory in the socio-economic and environmental aspects.