GOVERNANÇA NO COMITÊ DE BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO BAIXO PARAÍBA DO SUL E ITABAPOANA: efetividade da lei e importância do tema para a agenda pública

Abstract

This article seeks to investigate and discuss the results produced by the Lower Paraíba do Sul and Itabapoana River Basin Committee (CBH BPSI) in respect to the institutional environment: the effectiveness of the law and the importance of the theme for the public agenda. The methodological procedure involved documentary research, technical notes, resolutions, management reports, among other documents produced by CBH and / or its basin agency. The primary data were collected from non-participant observation as preponderant technique and unstructured interview in a complementary manner to demonstrate the assimilated governance aspect and the results presented by CBH BPSI in the three biennia studied - corresponding to the period from 2011 to 2017. Data indicate that CBH BPSI has been shown to be an institution that tends to be effective in water governance, even though it has limitations associated with the system design and the context in which these institutions operate.

Keywords

• governance
• waters
• effectiveness
• public policies