Indicators system for municipal cultural policies: an assessment tool

Abstract

The evaluation of public policies and social and cultural policies in particular, continues to be an objective in the modernization of local government. Theaim of this paper is to provide a tool for applying in evaluation process. The toolis a system of indicators to cultural empowerment policies. A proposal thatallows us not only to obtain information regarding the management of local governments, but one which also contributes to producing change and high lighting possible intervention strategies for said governments. Our proposal is based on areview of the literature and a process of expert validation, the results of whichare applied to a Spanish municipality by means of a case study. The research wehave conducted provides evidence of a lack of evaluative instruments in thedomain of public policies. It also proposes and describes a system of indicatorsaimed at municipal managers and politicians interested in evaluating the actionsand strategies they implement in this domain of local empowerment policies. Atthe same time, this instrument should also make it possible to identify requirementsand orientate future lines of action with a view to improving such policies,thus encouraging the development of municipal policies in this domain