Multilevel management
Introduction
Coordination is a broad concept that consists of the action of "connecting means, effort, objectives, functions, etc. for a common action" and/or coordination is called "the ability to order seemingly disparate elements to achieve a specific objective. Thus, it is possible to refer to motor coordination, the coordination of a work group, grammatical coordination, economic coordination, coordination in intergovernmental relations, etc."[1].
Within intergovernmental relations (IRG's), we also find coordination as an extremely important element. The RIGs can be systematically defined as William Anderson defined them: "an important contingent of activities or interactions that take place between government units of all types and territorial levels of action",[2] and which require that there be a good intergovernmental coordination mechanism.
Intergovernmental coordination is understood as a harmonization mechanism between different levels of government. There are multiple dimensions (political, technical and legal), participatory and concerted, vertical and horizontal, and of different scopes (macro, meso and micro), involving different actors and sectors, in order to articulate efforts, create synergies that favor the achievement of strategic objectives, avoid duplications and omissions in the exercise of the administrative functions of each public entity so that they are carried out in a rational and orderly manner. It also makes possible reciprocal information, technical balance and joint action of the authority in the exercise of their respective powers in order to achieve the integration of the entire system.
Coordination
Coordination has different meanings, but the ones closest to the intergovernmental context or multilevel government, focused on the relationships between levels of government and administration, both national and inter/supranational, are the following:
• - According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Coordination is an instrument to achieve consistency and comprehensiveness of policies in the field of intersectoral and intergovernmental intervention, resorting to mechanisms of both “governance” and organizational change. Therefore, coordination occurs at different levels (vertical and horizontal) and with different degrees of complexity (interdependence of objectives, functions and resources between different entities).