Resumen

ARCONADA RODRIGUEZ, Santiago. Six Years Later: Technical Roundtables for Water Problems and Community Councils for Water (Notes for a Balance of the Experience Accumulated). Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales [online]. 2005, vol.11, n.3, pp.187-203. ISSN 20030507.

The author defines the Technical Roundtables for Water Problems as the response of the organized community in the face of any problem or deficiency in the services of drinking water and drainage. The Community Councils for Water are simply the point of confluence of TRWPs that share a common hydraulic system. Promoted by the Chávez government since the first year of the administration, these instruments for community participation have now been functioning for six years and the article is dedicated to relating the accumulated experiences, highlighting the successes and indicating the errors committed.

Palabras clave : Water; Technical Roundtables for Water Problems; Community Councils for Water; Administrative Policy; Community Participation; Venezuela.