SOCIAL MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

the case of the Association of Family Farmers of Brumadinho - ASPRUB

Abstract

In Brumadinho-MG, family farmers were significantly affected in the short and long term by the collapse of the mining company Vale's B1 dam, which occurred in January 2019. Consequently, actions and projects are being developed aimed at resolving the damage caused and which, to date, still afflict the impacted population. Taking into account the importance of social management carried out with intersectorality so that local development is achieved in its integrity, the objective of this article is to present the concepts of social management, intersectorality and local development and their application in the implementation of public policies to highlight the relationship between them, in the context of family farmers in Brumadinho affected by the collapse of the B1 dam. To this end, a bibliographical research was carried out on the concepts mentioned above to construct a narrative-type literature review, in addition to a data collection through semi-structured interviews carried out with the Department of Agriculture of Brumadinho – MG and with family farmer’s members of the municipality, associated with ASPRUB. Such information made it possible to understand the situation in which these family farmers from Brumadinho find themselves, after the tragic collapse of the B1 dam, the mining company Vale and the actions and projects that were carried out by the public authorities there. The results of this research showed that social management encompasses intersectorality and can be the way to achieve local development. However, the actions, plans and projects implemented by the local public authorities in conjunction with the mining company Vale, responsible for the disaster in Brumadinho, were structured in a vertical manner and, even with the participation of ASPRUB in decision-making, these were governed by individual’s interests to the detriment of the collective. It was concluded that the still precarious situation in which family farmers in Brumadinho find themselves is probably the result of the lack of intersectorality and truly effective social management when developing the actions carried out on site after the dam collapse.