Internacionalização da educação : análise dos contratos e demais instrumentos jurídicos do Instituto Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

Public contracts are essential instruments for the Public Administration to achieve its purpose through effective management and in compliance with legal precepts. In this context, contracts related to internationalization actions stand out, as they play a fundamental role in the development and learning of the academic community in the face of the globalized economy. Monitoring the implementation of these actions and the resources allocated to them is extremely necessary in any educational institution. In view of this, the aim was to analyse how the contracts signed between 2019 and 2023, within the scope of the Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Paraíba (IFPB), were aligned with the axes of the Institutional Internationalization Policy. To this end, this research involved surveying the internationalization contracts signed during this period at the IFPB, as well as identifying the axes of the Institute's internationalization policy. It was necessary to survey the contracts, the companies and the partners involved, in order to analyse how the contractual objectives were aligned with the axes of the Institute's Internationalization Policy. In this sense, the research was of an applied nature and adopted a qualitative approach. In terms of objectives, it was a descriptive study, and in terms of technical procedure, it was documental. The documents were obtained from the IFPB's electronic portals, from the Ministry of Education and from the relevant legislation. At the end of the research, a situational report was drawn up on the contracts relating to internationalization actions, presenting the results of the analyses carried out and suggesting improvements in the alignment of the management of these contracts with the objectives of the Institution's Internationalization Policy.