O princípio da participação no Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional - PDI (2016-2022) da Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA)

Abstract

The constitutional principles of Public Administration, notably that of participation, contribute so that the administrative acts of public bodies and intuitions are carried out in line with collective interests. This dissertation analyzes the observance of the Principle of Participation within the scope of the Institutional Development Plan University of Cariri (UFCA). For that, it had as specific PDI (2016/2020) of the Federal objectives: to describe the process of elaboration of the Institutional Development Plan and its participatory mechanisms; to map the actors that participated in the process of elaboration, execution and evaluation of the PDI and their performed roles; id entify institutional actions that induce participation in the PDI elaboration process; to verify the limiting factors for promoting the participation of the academic community and society in the elaboration of the PDI. It used as a theoretical basis the co ncepts of participation and its classifications and also on participation in government management. A descriptive research with a qualitativequantitative approach was carried out. Using the case study as a strategy, having the Federal University of Cariri as a unit of analysis. For data collection, documental research and survey techniques were used with the application of questionnaires to the actors who participated in the PDI elaboration process (20162020), whose data were analyzed, respectively, throu gh Functional Descriptive Analysis and Basic Statistical Descriptive Analysis. The results indicate that UFCA held seminars, working groups and meetings to prepare the PDI (20162020) as mechanisms that sought to encourage the participation of the academic community and civil society. 120 teaching staff and administrative technicians were identified, representing academic and administrative units who participated more actively in the process of preparing the Plan, assuming roles in the definition of objecti ves and goals, in the provision of data and information, in the construction of projects and in the writing/review of the final document. In addition, UFCA held sectorial meetings, public consultations, surveys, reports via emails, publicity on the instit utional website and social media, among other actions to encourage participation. However, the lack of knowledge about the PDI, the availability of participation and the recent creation of the university constituted the main limitations for participation, despite the recognition of the contributions of participation to the legitimacy of the PDI, the involvement of people in the execution of proposed actions, increasing the level of knowledge about the PDI, aligning goals with the needs of the sectors, amongothers. It is concluded that the Principle of Participation was observed in the Institutional Development Plan PDI (2016/2020) of UFCA, but participation was more restricted to actors representing academic and administrative units, and only at an inform ative level to other members of the community academia and civil society. It is hoped that this work can contribute to the improvement of participatory processes at UFCA, through its Institutional Development Plan; and with the exception of institutional s pecificities, which may bring elements that encourage reflection on this theme in other federal educational institutions in the search for effective participation in university management.