The Program

In Brazil, particularly in the North and Northeast, there is a shortage of professionals with expanded and in-depth training in the management of public organizations, as well as in the implementation, conduct, and evaluation of public policies. Additionally, and considering that these activities are no longer restricted to local environments, it is necessary to train professionals with a broad view of the global scenario, in which the relationships between the different actors and agents involved in projects, actions, and public policies are established.

Based on these assumptions, by inserting the International Cooperation component in dialogue with Public Management, it is expected to contribute with a unique formation that allows the graduate to understand how the contemporary State interacts uniquely with the international spheres of governance. It is about understanding and analyzing how, in the current world, a huge number of domestic public policies arise from initiatives discussed in international forums. Examples are the policies implemented by developed and developing nations in the health sector, led by WHO (World Health Organization), in the food and agricultural sector, led by FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization), in the development area, influenced by several institutions such as the WTO (World Trade Organization) and the World Bank. Furthermore, this proposal will also provide the graduate with the possibility of understanding public policies implemented by international organizations, such as humanitarian actions in regions plagued by armed conflicts, food assistance policies for areas of extreme poverty, technical cooperation with governments and states, among other public policies implemented and managed by international agencies to strengthen the state.

 

The academic areas of public management and international cooperation, as well as the other areas, were affected by the changes in academic, scientific, and operational paradigms of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Therefore, adopting ontological, epistemological, and methodological assumptions of an academic view appropriate to contemporary times is essential to the success of actions linked to public management and international cooperation processes. In this sense, the creation of PGPCI is justified by the possibility of contributing to the training of professionals to work at a higher level (something particularly necessary in the Northeast, given the great expansion of the higher education network and the lack of professors with a master's and doctorate degrees) and for the development of advanced research (considering the possibility of building interdisciplinary research projects reflecting on the regional dimension without losing reference to the global scenario.

 

Lines of research

 

 

 

The PGPCI Lines of Research are part of the Public Management and International Cooperation Area

Aligned with the design of the studies of General Administration and Public Administration, according to the construction implemented in Brazil, the PGPCI concentration area is multidisciplinary since it brings together approaches from the human and social sciences

 

applied in the public sector, but with a complementary emphasis in the international context. The proposed concentration presupposes, therefore, the adoption of multiple theoretical-methodological approaches, which converge from a concept of training that integrates the domains of theoretical, epistemological, and methodological knowledge, teaching, and research practice, written production and of the practical universe. All of them are applied to the understanding and practice of public management and international cooperation, with an emphasis on promoting good governance practices, international cooperation networks, and the development of sustainable public policies.

 

Lines of research

 

 

The implementation of the proposal covers three lines of research, with emphasis on certain sub-areas of knowledge and which characterize the Program's field of action.

 

Line 1: International Cooperation

 

This line is dedicated to studying International Cooperation in its theoretical, historical, and operational aspects in an integrated manner, whether bilateral or multilateral, to deepen knowledge about the reasons for success or failure of Cooperation opportunities and projects between foreign political units. From a theoretical point of view, the processes and cooperation between States and their subunits on the international stage are studied, besides theories on integration and regional and global governance. At the historical level, it focuses on the various international models and systems of Cooperation, integration, and governance and how they are inserted in the debates on the process of formulating public policies at the domestic level, considering contextual issues, negotiating processes, and results achieved. In the operational field, mechanisms to formulate international cooperation policies are researched, focusing on regulatory frameworks, legal, and administrative processes and analyzing the influence of the various actors and interests that convert bilateral projects and multilateral organizations into national and international public policies. The line favors studies on International Cooperation practiced by Brazil at the administrative levels at the federal, state, and municipal levels.

 

This line discusses transformations in public interest management and its implications for society, with an emphasis on the processes of formulating and implementing strategies, policies, and innovation in management in the various spheres of government and civil society, with an emphasis on transformations in people management in the public sector and the impact of public management on the quality of services provided to society. The line also involves the assessment of actions to regulate market practices (consumption and competition). Also, it addresses aspects related to social management, with an emphasis on participation and social control of public management, accountability, participatory budgeting, local and regional development policies, as well as employment, work, and income policies, solidary economy, food safety, social movements, and public-private partnerships. It is expected that the actions of study, teaching, and research in this line will provide an opportunity to improve the governmental capacity of the State and the contribution of civil society, collective actions, and social movements in the construction of political and democratic participation in relationships between the state and society.

 

Line 3: Public Policies

 

This line of research provides the opportunity to generate knowledge about public policy cycles in federal environments, by providing subsidies for increasing the institutional capacities of local, regional, and national governments. The actions of study, teaching, and research in this line will contribute to the development of institutional policy designs that are capable of mitigating barriers between the successful allocation of public resources and the effectiveness of state actions, at the municipal, state, regional, and national levels. Some topics involving the line include models for formulating, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and making public policy decisions; federalism and public policy systems, regulatory agencies and implementation of public services; impacts of public policies on the internationalization of the State; quantitative and qualitative methods applied to the study of government management and public policies. It also analyzes the implications of globalization on public policies.