Tramas en la construcción de la intersectorialidad para atender la primera infancia

(analytical)This article presents the results of qualitative research carried out from an interpretative-historical perspective, to understand the construction of intersectoral relationships in the program of earlychildhood care in Medellin between 2004 and 2014. Documentary analysis and participant observation were used in public policy management spaces, and semi-structured interviews with government and non-government officials were implemented. The  data was analyzed from three interdependent dimensions: ideological, political, and administrative. According to the results, intersectoral actions are favored by the adoption of the rights approach, the implementation of public policy instruments, and the search for the positioning of services in the community. However, these aspects are traversed by tensions derived from the attempt to articulate different views, power relations, and administrative actions. Keywords: Early childhood, social policy, management policy, local administration, government policy, intersectoriality.