A importância e percepção da população sobre o orçamento participativo: um estudo de caso no município de Pedro Régis-PB

Abstract

With the democratization process initiated by the enactment of the 1988 constitution, methods of public participation emerged to resolve social issues. The participatory budget (PB) is one such instrument of popular participation in which several municipalities have been using it to prepare the public budget. Seeking to evaluate the involvement of popular participation and democratic management through the PB, this research aimed to analyze the importance and perception of the population about the Participatory Budget in the municipality of Pedro Régis in the State of Paraíba. Specifically, it is intended to: a) identify the elaboration and execution process of the municipal participatory public budget; b) study the importance of implementing the participatory budget for the population of the municipality of Pedro Régis; and c) Map the population's perception of the participatory public budget. The methodology used in this research is characterized as descriptive as to the objectives, with a quantitative and qualitative approach being carried out through a case study, applied through questionnaires to the population of Pedro Régis-PB. The results achieved show the importance and positive participation of the population regarding the participatory budget in the municipality of Pedro Régis. It was verified that the development of management in the last PB public hearings has contributed to the development of a more collective and participative management. As well as negative elements were found in the population's perception of the role of municipal management in the OP. In this case, the importance of clearer municipal policies in the planning and execution of the participatory public budget is emphasized.