Pintadas network

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz, Maria do Carmo Meirelles T.
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/cgpc/article/view/44057

The Pintadas Network has been organized in Pintadas, a small municipality (11.254 inhabitants) in Bahia, located in the semi-arid region. It has been composed by civil society organizacions (social, productive, cultural and religious organizations and a credit cooperative), with support from the local town hall and from national and international institutions. The Network is a space for articulation, which intends to formulate, execute, follow-up, inspect and evaluate the municipal public policies. The general goal of Pintadas Network is to promote the local sustainable development of the municipality. The Network has created a process of articulation between the civil society organizations and the public Power. It potentializes the resources, democratizes the relations, widens access to services and the population participates in the search of alternatives for sustainable development.