Análise da percepção dos munícipes acerca do orçamento participativo implementado na cidade de Sumé - PB.

Abstract

The Participatory Budgeting refers to a tool of great value to the local context in which it is applied, due to its concern to meet the demands present in the community. Thus, as a problem the research presents the following question: As for the process of implementing and carrying out the Participatory Budget introduced in the municipality of Sumé - PB in 2019, has its conduct been efficient? The general objective is: to analyze the Participatory Budget in the municipality of Sumé-PB in terms of government conduct and decision-making and allocation of public resources. Then, it presents as specific objectives: to investigate the participation and perception of citizens regarding the Municipal Democratic Budgets; identify the main difficulties in implementing this instrument in the municipalities and discuss the relevance of this practice for the quality of local democracy. As for the methodology, this article is a case study, with descriptive and quali-quantitative character, through a bibliographical research with primary and secondary sources. The results are that: a good part of the local population knows about the Municipal Democratic Budgets, through social media and also through the newspaper, radio or sound car, which are the means closest to the population of this region. It is concluded that: according to the respondents, most are satisfied with the municipal government, but through them it was found that there is a small approximation of citizens in relation to participatory budgets, thus there is a possibility of improvements , which could contribute even more to the satisfaction of people towards the municipal administration.