Orçamento participativo da criança e do adolescente: formação e participação social em gestão de políticas públicas

Abstract

This present paper aims at discussing the importance of popular participation in the construction of public policies that enforce the rights, and especially, if these public policies meet the social desires and if they are effective. The reference for this research on direct participatory democracy was the draft of the Participative Budget of Children and Adolescents of Belo Horizonte (OPCA / BH), which is the object of this study and theme of this analysis , in order to identify the main actions that put in operation the deliberative processes of this experience. A mixed methodology was used, with quantitative and qualitative methods. Initially, at a qualitative approach, the bibliographical research was used, with the study of articles and published books, later questionnaires on the application of OPCA / BH were used in the Municipal School Acadêmico Vivaldi Moreira, the draft was delivered to 29 (twenty-nine) students of 7th grade. Finally, the documents made available by the school board were analysed and also those available on the internet. After analyzing the data, it was verified that the OPCA / BH is the opportunity to leverage participatory democracy in Belo Horizonte, since the child and the adolescent receive the formation and the incentive for the exercise of citizenship, in their school, with the objective of improving the conditions of their school environment, making decisions about the allocation of public resources for the benefit of a community. By observing the proposed model, failures were detected in the implementation of the OPCA / BH, because some points, addressed by the students, present an outcome that did not fully reach the satisfaction of the public involved, therefore, it deserves a study to search for alternatives that are actually effective and that make possible the changes that are in line with the proposal of this instrument.