Financiamento e políticas públicas de esporte e lazer: uma análise da gestão no município de Santarém/PA (2005-2012)

Abstract

The process of analyzing a public policy from a governmental management perspective thus requires an appreciation of institutional engineering, plus understanding of the distinguishing traits of the formulated and implemented programs, projects and actions, which above all, involves the discovery of what governments actually do, why they perform such actions and the differences these governments actually make, inasmuch that such public policies are able to influence the lives of everyone affected by such issues at both public policy and political level, with the processes and results of such policies involving various social groups. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze financing of public policies in the municipality of Santarém, in the Brazilian state of Pará between the 2005 and 2012 management period. We conduct qualitative research through a combination of bibliographical, documental and field research studies. The documents analyzed were: Reports and Planning of the Sport and Leisure Office (AEL), magazines with messages from the former mayor of the Municipal Council, Annual Budget Laws, the Multi-annual Plan, and the Government “change will advance” Plan. The instruments used for the collection of data in the field were a series of semi-structured interviews with a total of 12 (twelve) managers. The details were then analyzed using the content analysis technique. With financing being provided for the development of AEL activities, with significant development having taken place and investments having increased, albeit in a less than ideal manner, in accordance with statements of the interviewed subjects. We found that although studies show a greater investment in high performance sport, especially at the federal level, the analyzed municipality has invested a significant amount of resource in sports participation and educational. Finally, it was possible to identify the amount invested by the Ministry of Sports through social programs and projects for sports and leisure.