Mecanismos de controle econômico e social para o Programa Seguro-Desemprego Pescador Artesanal

Abstract

In 1992, an unemployment insurance benefit named „Seguro-Defeso‟ was established to give support to artisan fishermen who work individually or in a household system form, and have to stop fishing temporarily due to the fishing ban for preservation of the species. Despite the fact that the implementation of this benefit dates back to more than 20 years ago, a first external evaluation had its results presented only in 2010. It suggested that the Ministry of Labor identify and propose procedures of management and control to prevent the irregular allocation of resources. In this context, this study analyzes the process of granting the benefit and its correlations with the macroeconomic variables. This is done by identifying problems that arise from the absence of evaluation, and by suggesting indicators that can be applied in real cases. At the end, it concludes that the solution may lie in the balance among these partnerships - state, society and the state‟s own organizations - and social control in the broadest sense.