Revista Gestão Universitária na América Latina (Jan 2011)
A IMPORTÂNCIA DA TRANSPARÊNCIA NA GESTÃO DE RECURSOS PÚBLICOS, EM FUNDAÇÕES DE APOIO A PESQUISA E EXTENSÃO
Abstract
Given the growth of the Third Sector, this work aims to highlight the importance of transparency in the entities covered by it, given that these institutions and they are financed by private companies, also receive and manage public resources. The third sector covers the non- profit bodies and have the interest of the community. The focus of the study are the Foundations of Support for Institutions of Higher Education. The methodology used for the development of the work is of an applied nature because it is a field research and analyze the Web sites and reports on Foundations of Management Support in search of data showing the transparency of their actions. Regarding goals is exploratory and descriptive, as the procedures are documentary and field and approach the problem is performed under the qualitative aspect. Since the entities discussed play of social services and that much of the population has no acces to the Internet , the dissemination of activities conduceted and the results should be carried out in media accessible to cociety at large. The results showed a significant number of projects and public funds administered by the Foundations of Support, so it was found that social control is essential and that the information from the websites of foundations should be established with more objective and clear, allowing the analysis and understanding of all stakeholders.
