Intersectoriality from the environmental education stand point: a case study

• Autor(a) principal: Junqueira, Rodrigo Gravina Prates
• Data de Publicação: 1998
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/7702
• topic: environmental education; social policies; intersectionality; municipal management.; educación ambiental; políticas sociales; interseccionalidad; la gestión municipal.; educação ambiental; políticas sociais; intersetorialidade; gestão municipal.

This paper discusses environmental education as a social policy integrated to the other policies by means of an intersectorial action. First, it presents the evolution of environmental education since the end of the 60's, from the standpoint of its implications to the world scene and to the concepts of nature. It emphasizes the Agenda 21, placing environmental education within the intersectorial contexto Then the paper presents the case study of the municipal  administration of Pedro lI, a town in Northeastem Brazil, where a project integrating education, health, agriculture, and environmentis being implemented. Using participa tive planning, permanent forums were established in order to allow the local Agenda 21 to define integrated public policies.