O processo de descentralização em Moçambique: relação entre o Município e a comunidade local; um estudo de caso do Município de Nampula e a gestão do lixo.

Abstract

The present work has as main object the analysis of the participation of the communities in the governance process of the new local structures. For the present work, we start from Law 2/97 of 18, of February 1997 - which approves the legal framework for the implementation of local authorities, which creates conditions for communities to participate in governance. The Decentralization process has not created mechanisms that increase the degree of participation of citizens in the decision-making process. Local communities are unaware of the advantages of the decentralization process; As a methodology for carrying out the present work, we use bibliographic research and fieldwork to collect information, using semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The members of Organs municipal bodies, community leaders and the local community. As a result of the research, we can see that the decentralization process creates mechanisms for community participation, but the community does not have sufficient knowledge of this process, which leads it to not actively participate in the governance process, implying a weak relationship between the municipality and the local community.