Governança pública municipal na administração, gestão e planejamento para o desenvolvimento local

Abstract

Brazilian municipalities have faced problems since their creation and most of them remain unsolved, while new problems arise and the issue of social inequality worsens. A possible solution depends on (i) the political will of the Mayor and senior managers and (ii) the administration and management. Even though criticized, it is this administration that ensures that public agents act within the law, combats deviations, and can improve services and results for the population. Public governance comes as a great ally to elevate administration and management to new levels of efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness: it organizes and strengthens administration and management, provides strategic direction, preserves public-social interest, guides planning, opens space for the participation of local actors, and monitors that services and results meet the needs of interested parties. However, the lack of scientific content regarding public governance applied to administration and management undermines its understanding, and causes it to be misunderstood, poorly implemented and misapplied, reducing or nullifying the positive impact it could cause. The thesis proposed as a guide for the study is that good municipal governance leads to better administration and management, opens space for the participation of interested parties, and guides the construction of planning for local development. The general objective is to propose a guide for the implementation of municipal public governance. The research is qualitative, applied, descriptive and exploratory, with bibliographic and documentary data collection, and content and documentary analysis, using the deductive method in the research and inductive in the results. The results clarified important points of public governance, such as the foundations and essence, the hierarchy in governance, the segregation between governance and administration, the connections and roles of public governance; as well as a structure for the municipal governance and public administration system was presented, and the application of governance in strategic planning for local development was demonstrated. The thesis’ greatest contribution, however, was to propose a path to guide the application of municipal public governance. In conclusion, Governing/ Administering/Managing is more than following models or rules, in the same way that good governance and excellence in management depend less on laws, standards, techniques and technologies, and more on the political will of the Mayor and Senior Management, added to the ethics and commitment of public managers, who must use resources to promote the public interest and the common good of the local community. Thus, if there is political will to implement municipal public governance, and good managers who ensure its adequate functioning, the mayor, public institutions, citizens, and the entire local community win.