Governança: a atuação do conselho de saúde do município de São José dos Campos

Abstract

The present work deals with the performance of the Municipal Health Council of São José dos Campos as part of the process of governance of public management in the perspective of expanding the processes of civil society participation and social control over public management. It seeks to understand how the participation of civil society is formed, taking as a model the actions developed by the citizens' councils in the development and implementation of public policies, thereby contributing to strengthening participatory democracy and developing confidence in public administration. It stresses the importance of adapting the governance structure of the councils to encourage the participation of citizens, directly or indirectly, in the decisions of the public administration. Governance in this context is understood as the adoption of clear rules of deliberation, transparent and democratic methods, effective external control, equal rights of participation of members and citizens, competence to reflect and debate the difficulties of the community, not reducing the debate to a narrow group of influential actors or the government.