PLANO DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE UMA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA DE ESPORTE PARA O EXECUTIVO MUNICIPAL

Abstract

Sports have always been more acclaimed for their results than for their organization or importance within society. Even though some recognition is given for being a tool for social transformation or even as a certain antidote to comorbidities. With the implementation of the Federal Law and the State Law, both aiming to transform sports from the previous scenario to a National and State Sports System. These two laws facilitate this transformation; however, the key actors in this whole process are the municipalities. The municipalities, in turn, have mayors at the forefront who, when elected, choose their Sports Secretaries or Department Heads, in most cases, more for political indication than technical expertise. This choice results in actions without proper planning regarding the real needs of the sports community. Involvement of the Sports Community is essential to change this situation. And the formulation of a Municipal Public Sports Policy is the means for such transformation, which, among other points, brings the need for discussion with the sports community. As a result, actions and activities carried out in municipalities will be able to meet the real needs of the citizens. For a Sports Public Policy to strengthen and achieve its objectives, it needs a Municipal Sports Council, composed equally between the Public Power and non-governmental organizations linked to Sports. The problem is found in twenty municipalities that do not have the necessary knowledge to formulate a Public Sports Policy, as well as to establish their Municipal Sports Council and implement their Municipal Sports Fund. To reverse this situation, visits were made to the municipalities, leading to the need to hold Training, Advisory, and Monitoring meetings with a practical and empirical methodology. Therefore, training sessions were held with practical exercises on the preparation of their Public Sports Policies, their Councils, and Municipal Sports Funds. Thus, the innovative intervention proposed is not in the training itself, but in what the Public Policy represents with the character of Social Innovation. The discussion, debate, interaction, and participation of the Sports Community at all stages of the formulation and implementation of Public Sports Policies is the theoretical principle presented, that is, Social Innovation applied to municipalities. The training conducted in the municipalities, the advisory assistance, and monitoring, the goals of the work can be considered achieved, as the municipalities of Pinhão, Candói, Goioxim, Nova Laranjeiras, Espigão Alto do Iguaçu, and Rio Bonito do Iguaçu developed their Public Sports Policies with the participation of the entire sports community. Of these, the municipalities of Pinhão, Candói, Nova Laranjeiras and Rio Bonito do Iguaçu established their Municipal Councils and, with the exception of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, managed to implement their Municipal Sports Funds, becoming able to integrate the National and State Sports System.