Implementación de los Instrumentos de Financiación Urbana como Mecanismo para la Ejecución de Proyectos de Infraestructura. Caso: Municipio de Prado, Tolima

Abstract

Colombia is a developing country that despite the complex dynamics social, political and economic does not have sufficient resources for investment in fundamental sectors such as health, education, physical infrastructure, housing, roads, and recreation areas; this mainly originated in social inequality and the lack of opportunities for economic growth. Despite the efforts made by the national government in various investment projects, these are not enough to achieve a more equitable and egalitarian society. In order to contribute to the country's territories, the Planning Plans were created Territorial according to Law 388 of 1997, as a territorial planning tool strategically, in which strategies, policies, programs, plans and goals to manage the development of land and land use; supporting the local administrations in the management of resources at the international, national, departmental and municipal. In turn, within the aforementioned law, include financing instruments, which, when analyzed, the administrations municipalities can implement them according to the classification and use of the land. The present investigative work will have its development in the municipality of Prado, department of Tolima; It is located in the southeast of the department of Tolima, 108 km from the city of Ibagué; According to DANE information, it has 8,605 inhabitants. (DANE, 2018), with the majority of the population residing in the Rural sector. I know highlights that the municipality has the Darío Echandía dam, which qualifies it as one of the main tourist places of the department of Tolima (Municipal Mayor de Prado, 2021). The municipal administration of Prado - Tolima intends to make physical and social investment that improves the quality of life of its citizens with resource management, but for this community participation and the promotion of equitable strategies are required in project development. So that the municipality of Prado becomes one of the main attractions tourism in the country, investment in physical infrastructure is required, but achieving this objective and materialize the projects requires considerable investment of resources. Therefore, financing mechanisms must be appropriated for the leverage of these projects, for which cooperation and participation is sought of the entire community. Although these projects constitute a challenge for administrations, there are financing instruments proposed by the national government through Law 388 of 1997 (Presidency of the Republic, 1997), which constitute an effective system financial system of public law for the financing of urban infrastructure works and rural area of ​​general interest, which bring benefit to certain areas of the territory and increase in the value of public and private property. These financing instruments must be implemented in the municipalities to advancing in the investment of large projects; the territorial entities do not have the sufficient resources for this type of work; otherwise they would have to use the budget resources endangering the other programs of the administration limiting the collective needs to be satisfied. Therefore, in the present investigative work, the implementation of financing instruments in the municipality of Prado - Tolima, taking into account the advantages that these processes can bring to the economic and social development of the territory, as well as achieving greater recognition of this at the departmental level and National. Therefore, a description of the collection mechanisms and financing identifying the effectiveness of these, the adjustment and adaptation that must be given according to the needs of the municipality to achieve the goals outlined in the Plan of Territorial planning and in the municipal development plan.