ARE CONSORTIUMS A PATH TO ARTICULATION IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF SÃO PAULO?

Abstract

The paper seeks to contribute to a debate on the possibility of consortium being a path for inter-federative articulation in Metropolitan Regions. From a qualitative approach, it presents a bibliographic and documental analysis of the constitution of Metropolitan Regions (MRs) in Brazil and discusses their governance, especially after the promulgation of the Metropolis Statute (2015) and presents the public consortium (instituted by Federal Law 11.107/2005) as an instrument for managing the development of these regions. It also presents, in an exploratory and descriptive way, the existing public and administrative consortium in the MR of São Paulo (identified from January to June 2019), the joint actions developed and the challenges of sharing decisions. It highlights the capital's non-participation in the identified consortium and reflects that metropolitan management depends on the cooperation of municipal entities that are little stimulated and unaccustomed to maintaining cooperative management. It concludes by pointing out that this instrument can facilitate the shared actions, which are necessary to solve the governance problems of the MRs, especially regarding the Public Functions of Common Interest, but it is still necessary to create a more efficient system of governance in the metropolises, articulating all entities federatives involved.