Information Technology, Participatory Planning and Descentralization:
Lessons learned from strategic planning proccess at the local
and national level in the Dominican Republic.
Remedios Ruiz
ALEPH, Dominican Republic
What kind of information did people at the community
level request to get involve in the strategic planning process
at national and local level? Why did the need this information?
What kind of empowement did they get? Whats were the challenges
to involve public and private sector in the participatory planning
process? Why do the reques it? What kinds of strategic did planner
choose to increase collaboration and coordination amongst sectors
during design process? The author would answer the above questions
and explain the lessons learned from her experiences while coordinating
and facilitating the process of designing an HIV/AIDS strategic
plan at national level involving different sector and people from
community level. She would also explain the process and of designing
the HIV/AIDS action plans at the local level following the national
strategic plan.