O modelo de excelência em gestão pública para análise da efetividade de gestão de unidades de conservação: estudo na estação ecológica de Caetés, Pernambuco, Brasil

Abstract

The establishment of protected areas in Pernambuco is a challenge for public managers and requires that new ways be aimed at making them more effective, compliant to your goals and recognized by society. Among the current experiences to improve the performance of protected areas in Brazil, using the Model for Excellence in Public Management (MEGP) stands on the national scene for the results that has achieved in improving the effectiveness of management of Amazonian protected areas. This model, developed by the National Program for Public Management and Debureaucratization (GesPública), drawn from the premise that one of the greatest public service issues are managerial order, provides parameters for assessment and improvement of management systems of organizations aimed at obtaining better results and thus contributing to the improvement of public service. The objective was to analyze the applicability of the Model of Excellence in Public Administration, as a management tool to improve the effectiveness of state conservation units. Therefore, we had the object of study the Ecological Station Caetés, located in the Paulista municipality, in Pernambuco. This area was chosen because it is the oldest state parks administered in the state, with the management plan since 1998, revised in 2012 and counsel acting manager. Bibliographic and documentary research that supported the theoretical deepening necessary to understand the historical universe in which it operates the Brazilian public policy and environmental management was held and the issue of protected areas management in Brazil and in the state of Pernambuco. To verify the applicability of the model to units of Pernambuco, primary data collection was conducted in the Ecological Station of Caetés, technical workshops with team unity participation, where we applied the Public Management Assessment Tool 250 points adapted to state reality. Through self-assessment, considering the criteria of excellence, research identified gaps related to ignorance and no use of administrative management tools. The research concludes that the Model of Excellence in Public Management as a management tool to support the management can be successfully used, providing managers management tools that can improve their performance and the effectiveness of management of protected areas Pernambuco, getting more visible results for society in terms of biodiversity conservation