Administração local do Estado-1975-2002 : Processo de articulação dos Òrgãos locais do Estado com as autoridades comunitárias no âmbito do decreto 15/2000 de 20 de Junho (caso do Distrito de Chinde)

Abstract

This work is part of the evaluation process within the requirements for obtaining a degree in Public Administration (AP) at UEM / UFICS. The development of this theme resulted from the attentive monitoring of the debates that have been taking place in the country about the role of Traditional Authorities (TA) and the need for their inclusion in the functioning of Local State Administration (ALE). These debates are part of the efforts that the government has been carrying out through research studies, seminars and consultations with civil society with a view to finding alternatives for improving the ALE functioning process and guaranteeing the good provision of services to Local Communities. (CL). The same efforts are being made by the Assembly of the Republic, which is working through the ad hoc commission on constitutional revision on the need to introduce the issue of Traditional Authorities (AT) and Local State Organs (OLE) into the Constitution. With regard to TA, the Assembly of the Republic advanced when Law No. 3/94 of 13 September was passed on municipal districts where it advocates the coordination of policies within its framework and organization by municipal districts. This process is due to the political changes recommended in the 1990 Constitution, which opened the space for the participation of Mozambican civil society in the debate of issues that concern communities, such as the role of TA in Public Administration (PA). It was in this context that the government, in order to create legal conditions for the participation of communities in solving their problems, approved Decree No. 15/2000, of 20 June, which establishes the forms of articulation of OLE with Community Authorities (AC) that is the object of the present study.