  In this paper we propose a continuous-time, dissipative Markov dynamics that
asymptotically drives a network of n-dimensional quantum systems to the set of
states that are invariant under the action of the subsystem permutation group.
The Lindblad-type generator of the dynamics is built with two-body subsystem
swap operators, thus satisfying locality constraints, and preserve symmetric
observables. The potential use of the proposed generator in combination with
local control and measurement actions is illustrated with two applications: the
generation of a global pure state and the estimation of the network size.
