Participação popular nos processos de gestão pública e saneamento básico: um estudo de caso na elaboração do projeto de saneamento rural do município de Japeri-RJ

Abstract

Since the process of redemocratization in Brazil, national legislation has achieved notable advances in relation to popular participation in social control, which is considered a structuring axis in recent legislation. In this sense, the present work analyzed the popular participation in the elaboration process of the basic/executive projects of sanitary sewage of the rural and periurban areas of the municipalities of the Hydrographic Region II - Guandu, with emphasis in the municipality of Japeri-RJ. The methodology included participation in meetings and plenary sessions of the popular collectives of Japeri and the Guandu Committee, a bibliographical review with national articles elaborated in the last two decades and documental research at national, regional and municipal levels with the theme of popular participation and social control regarding the water resources, focusing on rural sanitation. The analysis of the bibliography and the participation reveals that there are still many gaps to be filled in terms of representativeness of the popular layers in the Councils and the like, as well as the guarantee of the effective participation of these social layers. As obstacles for popular participation in the decision-making process of public management to be fully implemented in the sanitation sector, the lack of municipal councils, the lack of training of councilors, the low perception of the population in relation to meeting their demands can be observed. and the gradual emptying of participation, allied to the lack of a political culture of decentralized management by the executive branch. As a product, a series of cards were generated for dissemination via the internet, addressing popular participation with a focus on basic sanitation in rural areas.