Instâncias e mecanismos de participação da sociedade: análise e contribuição à Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres

Abstract

The participation of society in public administration is a prominent element in the functionality of a state constituted under democratic precepts. It is a relevant aspect for the quality of public management, which acquires practical dimension through institutionalized instances and mechanisms in bodies and entities. The presented work analyzes the instances and mechanisms of society participation established by the Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres - ANTT; It does so from the perspective of binding legislation and management and societal paradigms, supported by theoretical references. To this end, a descriptive and exploratory research was undertaken, of theoretical and empirical character, with qualitative approach and applied nature, from data obtained from bibliographic and documentary sources. It was verified that ANTT, through the instances and mechanisms established by it, is a Public Administration entity that introduced the participation of society in its scope. However, as also verified by the research, the concept of society participation contemplates distinct modalities, conceptually delimited: the social participation and the social control, which are made possible, each one, through instances and mechanisms suitable for each purpose. The analysis made by the work identified the possibility of improving the participation of society within the scope of ANTT from the assimilation of the strict and delimited character of the concepts in question. It was found pertinence and opportunity to institutionalize instance and mechanism that was concerning the specific exercise of social control. The figure of a Council, as an instance and mechanism for the company's participation in the Public Administration, represents this management element with the property of enabling the required exercise of social control. Sectoral spectrum councils, as proposed by the paper, projected on ANTT represent adequacy and symmetry in relation to its regulatory activity.