these plans are not necessarily implemented by the gore but it is conceivable that intendentes will try to combine these centrallevel strategies with the regional development strategies developed by gore the central government s strategic regional plans lack a solid connection to the regional government s own development strategy and having been prepared for the fouryear presidential term could run into obstacles associated with the electoral cycle the responsibility for regional planning was transferred from the ministry of planning while consultative or participatory processes are often included as part of the planning cycle as in many countries the robustness of this process has been questioned by actors at various levels in chile