How do we think about citizen participation from our role as public/political managers? Do we give participation the relevance it requires? Do we understand that networking, institutional articulation, transversality of actions, are the essence in the cities of the future? If we want our democracies to be strengthened, if we want the populations to assume the protagonism that we ask of them, going from being simple voters to being citizens who are part of and doers of their communities, we must consider participatory tools and methodologies. The Triennial Participatory Plan stands as a very good option, which requires adjustments and improvements, but which should not fail to be read and considered by any consultant, manager, student or neighbor.