Parceria comunitária e desenvolvimento sustentável local em Moçambique

Abstract

Inserted in the context of the socio-economic transformations that have been taking place since 1987 in Mozambique and with the introduction of the economic restructuring program (PRE), the adoption of certain mechanisms of community involvement for the implementation of local development programs has been part of the political strategies of the Government and of several foreign partners. This study aimed to analyze and understand the constraints that result from the implementation of political strategies aimed at promoting local sustainable development, identifying and characterizing the nature and function of the main institutions of community involvement, with emphasis on peasant associations in the districts of Muecate and Nacarôa having shown to be one of the fundamental alternatives for promoting local development, within the framework of the political values ​​instituted in the country (liberal democracy). However, within the scope of local socio-cultural influences, associativism tends to contradict certain management principles of institutions of local origin and which condition the legitimacy of the powers of the respective leaders. This reality points to the need for accommodation and conciliation of different interests in local communities in the intervention of any extra-community partner, including the State. To that end, it requires an approach methodology that allows a better understanding of the advantages of socio-economic associations, as a source of promotion of cooperative competition, a fundamental condition for the creation of entrepreneurial capacity, both collectively and individually. The role of the Government should be understood in this way, as that of promoting community partnerships through institutional mechanisms (the administrative apparatus) that allow a frank and open negotiation of social preferences at the level of local communities.