Participação comunitária e desenvolvimento Municipal: o caso dos Municípios de Manica e Catandica- 1998-2003

Abstract

The work presented has the theme '‘Community Participation and Municipal Development', and consisted of a case study in two municipalities (Manica and Catandica) in the period between 1998-2003. This theme has been the subject of several debates in the scope of the definition of strategies aimed at promoting municipal development, mainly from the 90's with democratization and autarcization in Mozambique. The main objective of the study was to analyze how the municipal bodies of Manica and Catandica promote community participation in municipal development, within the scope of the municipalization process in the country. We started from two hypotheses, which guided the work, namely the first, according to which, despite the municipalization, the conditions are not yet created for citizens to actively participate in the municipal development process and, the second, that non-participation of citizens in this process may compromise you, as it may not reflect the real interests of those (citizens). Various bibliographic sources and direct observation were also used. As a data collection instrument, semi-structured interviews were applied, applied to a previously selected sample. It was concluded that, in both Manica and Catandica, the participation of communities is weak and is not yet comprehensive, and has as competing factors: the exclusion and self-exclusion of the various actors in the development process; the disrepute of the populations in relation to Organs autarchic organs; the question of the legitimacy of some community leaders; the lack of political will on the part of local authorities; the demotivation of some local administrative structures; the non-opening of municipal bodies to community participation, among others. The hypotheses were confirmed, with the exception of the first which was refuted only in Manica. Some suggestions were proposed to the LGA with a view to fostering community participation, through the identification of appropriate mechanisms to promote community participation. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)