O controle social e a transparência na gestão dos recursos públicos: o caso do Observatório Social de Santa Maria

Abstract

This work it is a case study about social control and transparency in the management of public resources. The research aimed to identify how the Social Observatory of Santa Maria performs the monitoring of the management of public resources of the City of Santa Maria and how it passes this information to the company. To do so, sought the bibliographic references relating to current legislation on transparency and fiscal responsibility, raised the monitoring methodology and monitoring used, interpreted and analyzed the monitoring methodology applied, which verified the information compiled and interpreted and analyzed how they are provided to society. Due to the limitations of financial and human resources, the Social Observatory of Santa Maria is limited to partially monitor the bidding process, conducted pala Municipality of Santa Maria, involving purchase of goods and the information is not passed on to society, however, found was found that the Social Observatory of Santa Maria could be much more active if there was greater participation of santamariense society.