Benefícios financeiros e não financeiros na atuação dos observatórios sociais na região sul

Abstract

This article aimed to analyze the reports made available by the Social Observatories of the municipalities in the Southern Region of Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, referring to the monitoring of tenders and control actions carried out in 2020. In the reading review, relevant themes were developed, such as: Public Administration, Budget Execution, Social Control and Social Observatories. The study is characterized in terms of the nature of documentary research, in terms of descriptive objectives, regarding the qualitative and quantitative approach, regarding the data collection procedures of the Social Observatories in 2020, where the financial benefits and non-financial benefits of the 28 Social Observatories were analyzed in the reports.The highest percentages of economy in public purchases in the municipalities stand out: São Leopoldo with 19.88% (Rio Grande do Sul), Brusque with 46.96% (Santa Catarina) and Paranaguá with 34.39% (Paraná) actions of Social Observatories that contribute to the management of public resources. Regarding non-financial benefits, the reports were analyzed, reaching a number of 5,485 actions referring to the Southern states (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná). Highlighting the 5 actions with the highest performance, monitoring of bids with 1,198 actions, request for information from the Executive with 594 actions, request for information from the Legislature with 398 actions, monitoring of daily expenses in the Legislature with 397 actions and virtual meetings with 339 actions , respectively. It is concluded that the actions of the Social Observatory contribute to managing public resources and improving Public Administration practices