A participação do Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional no orçamento da união (2003/2013)

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyze the participation of the National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (Consea) in the public budget. To do so, a brief review of the budget process was carried out in Brazil and initiatives to promote social participation in public budget of the Union. This context, rescued the history of the struggle against hunger and poverty and the contribution of movements for the creation of social Consea and its positioning in the structure of the federal public sector. The study identified the effort of the Board in building the food and nutritional security and budget, from mapping the set of their explanatory memoranda addressed to the President of the Republic, classified and analyzed the contributions to the public budget, its content and the timing of events, considering the cycle of the budget process in the Executive and the Legislature. The study shows the predominance of the deliberations on the budget Consea Plan Safra Family Farming and its main instruments, such as the Food Acquisition Program (PAA). Describes the new institutional arrangement given by the creation of the National System for Food and Nutrition Security and discusses expectations about the Interministerial Chamber of Food and Nutritional Security (Caisan), the construction of the National Food and Nutritional Security and the outlook of Consea for this scenario.