Controle social em tempos de pandemia da COVID-19 no município de Arcoverde-PE

Abstract

Social control can be understood as a form of social participation in the supervision of the actions of political and social actors, in the use and use of public resources. The objective of this research was to investigate how budget actions were carried out in the municipality of Arcoverde-PE, during the covid-19 pandemic period, referring to 2021. The methodological procedures were based on the quali-quantitative approach of research, the data were of secondary order and obtained from the Transparency Portal of the Federal Government, and the data analysis was based on content analysis and frequency distribution analysis. The results revealed that arcoverdense budget actions in 2021 occurred as follows: the highest frequency of financial transactions was related to three budget actions linked to the program "Direct Money at School for Basic Education"; the main movements of financial transfers were "legal, voluntary and specific" transfers; the most favored with municipal transfers were public funds; and the highest amount transferred to the municipality had no identification of the expenditure element. It was concluded with the research that the budgetary actions carried out in the municipality of Arcoverde-PE in 2021 and arranged in the Transparency Portal of the Federal Government were aimed at meeting the needs of arcoverdense society, because they are related to municipal management programs, even to cope with the public health emergency of international importance resulting from Coronavirus; and it was perceived the existence of budgetary actions without elements of expenditure.