O Orçamento como Instrumento de Planejamento na Gestão de Políticas Públicas: O caso da Assistência Estudantil na UFRRJ

Abstract

This work brings a synopsis of the studies about the State of the art of public policies, the evolutionary process of planning and public budget and the trajectory of the Brazilian higher education student assistance. Its purpose was to carry out a critical analysis of procedures for the management of public policy inherent in student assistance UFRRJ to provide subsidies for their improvement, whereas the budget as a planning instrument. Initially, the review of the literature on the core issues served to build the theoretical bases of the study that allowed advance toward the achievement of the goals established. Later, the work used the method of case study, carried out in the sectors responsible for student assistance policy and budget planning of UFRRJ, bounded in the period 2006 to 2010. This is an exploratory research with quanti- approach qualitative. For data collection were used the techniques of direct observation, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. In qualitative data analysis strategy was used the method of analysis of quantitative data and content, used descriptive statistical methods. And finally, the results presented from perceptions of managers, coordinators and students assisted, indicated the need for improvement in budget planning and management of public policies for student assistance developed by UFRRJ, from the resources made available by the National Program of Student Assistance