Kultura-kudeaketa Beran: eredu parte-hartzailea

Abstract

In Bera, Navarre, after the 1979 elections the authorities at that time came out in favour of coming up with a participation-based municipal government by working with publically open committees in which town counsellors, citizens, as well as members of grass-roots organizations could take part in municipal committee meetings. However, the heady feeling at the outset as well as participation of citizens gradually died down. The Town Council itself did little to foment such a policy. That initiative soon disappeared altogether although the Culture Commission somehow held on to such an arrangement. In the meantime, there was no big cultural movement in the town and there were few organizations concerned with cultural matters. Nevertheless, after the 1999 municipal elections, there was a pronounced political shift in the Town Council which facilitated things and which lent greater importance to cultural affairs. Thus, creation of culture by citizens is sought by activists through direct participation which goes beyond being a mere spectator.