Análise da materialização da participação comunitária no conselho local de Localidade de Michafutene, 2008 á 2011

Abstract

The present study analyzes community participation in the local council of the locality of Michafutene, with regard to the verification, in practical terms, of some principles of participation evident in the guide for the organization and functioning of local councils. The main objective of this study is to analyze the materialization of community participation in the local council. The theoretical and conceptual framework develops approaches to community participation and local councils in the light of the functionalist and systemic perspectives. Analysis of community participation in the Michafutene locality council we note that there were constraints in the functioning of the locality council, due to the lack of training of members when it was created, which made it difficult for its members to understand the real purpose of the existence of this body. The other element that we were able to conclude concerns the weak participation in terms of representativeness and inclusion, as the local council of Michafutene in this period from 2008 to 2012 did not focus on the real desires of the population, because having been created within the scope of the development fund, the focus of the members focused on aspects related to the reception, evaluation and approval of the projects of the different members of the community of that locality, which hurts with the good functioning of this organ, shaped by the Law and its regulation. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)