Políticas públicas para o desenvolvimento sustentável: avaliação do Fundo Estadual de Combate à Pobreza (FECOP) do estado do Ceará

Abstract

The eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable development are today's central challenges, especially in contexts of socioeconomic vulnerability. Since the 1980s, more and more governments and international organizations have institutionally defined as a goal the search for forms of development that do not harm future generations, considering the limits of the planet and the extreme inequalities faced by the entire world. Thus, strategies seeking sustainable development have been created by international mechanisms and adopted by several countries. It is pointed out by several authors that sustainable development and sustainability have been swallowed up by the current economic system, thus their practice differs completely from the correct concept. Based on this perspective, this paper evaluates how the Ceará State Fund for Combating Poverty promotes sustainable development and combating poverty, with a cutout of the physical financial reports for the years 2022 and 2023, pointing out the fund as examples of performance indexes. Understanding this fund as a public policy that seeks to combat poverty, this research aims to evaluate it in this function. The aim was to verify the contribution of this fund to the goals of Sustainable Development Goal 1, the eradication of poverty, which is part of the 2030 Agenda, by providing data on the projects and programs financed and their impacts. The research design follows an exploratory qualitative approach, based on bibliographic and documentary research. In addition, the Sustainability-Based Assessment (SBA) was used as an evaluation method, which considers sustainability as a set of inseparable dimensions, namely the economic, environmental, social, and institutional- political dimensions. These dimensions need to be integrated to promote sustainable development. For data collection, existing physical and financial reports, regulations, legislation, and research on sustainable development, poverty, and the State Fund for Combating Poverty were used. It was concluded that the fund in question promotes sustainable development and the fight against poverty, not only through income transfer programs but also through assistance and structuring projects that seek to change the status of the poor and extremely poor. Despite the relevance of the fund and its objectives, public policies face challenges related to integration, investment, monitoring, and evaluation. It is therefore recommended that the fund incorporates qualified public managers and adopts new evaluation and monitoring methods, such as ABS, to improve its effectiveness and impact.