Reforma do estado e escolas de governo: o caso da ESPEP

Abstract

The managerial reform of the Brazilian state, implemented since 1995, has reinvigorated the discussion about the need for qualification of public bureaucracy so that the professional qualification of civil servants in all spheres of government, has been occupying a prominent position in the national and state politics. In summary, the argument was about the lack of qualification of the servers, that to made difficult the process of changing the government, because the reconfiguration of the state would need a well-trained staff, capable of undertaking the guidelines formulated by the reform. Amid the necessity for training of the existing bureaucracy and even training of new staff, the figure of the School of Government to stood out, institute generally responsible for train professionals for the public sector, in order to provide the improvement of government performance. Initially, the government schools were restricted to the federal government, but quickly were extended to the state. This research is devoted to analyze one of its state examples, the ESPEP (Escola do Serviço Público do Estado da Paraíba). The purpose is to present the School and reflect how it relates with the assumptions of management reform in Brazil