ABSTRACT
Scientific and academic agents and the majority of organisations and institutions recognise the relevance of citizen participation when preparing public policies. Citizens shift from being passive subjects to becoming active players in decisions regarding environmental, climatic, demographic, social and economic dimensions of their municipality. The participatory action research method establishes distances with respect to a classic approach from the beginning of the research because the establishment of the demand and the research objectives are the result of a process of triangulation of actors. The citizenship table considers it unlikely that cultural offerings would constitute a municipal strength since the available activities are directed to some but not all population groups. Citizen participation is often incorrectly translated with participation originated from external data, that is, outside citizenry, the use of which is common in generalist surveys. The research team is responsible for offering different means so that the groups that participate in the process can express and reach conclusions freely.
