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No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO MARIA DO SOCORRO CORDEIRO SIQUEIRA.pdf: 1325268 bytes, checksum: 16ed5c361371deb80b6827263a55d4d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-05 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The 90s were characterized by an intense expansion of the role of the private sector in some sectors of the economy, which act in the public service, they are considered essential to society. The use of public-private partnerships, in the broad sense, in the area of Brazilian education, especially at university, became more frequent to enable the implementation of public policies and the effective guarantee of the constitutional right to quality education. The Brazilian government has been unable to properly perform public services and works, undergoing renovations and transformations since the 90s An example of this is the education currently offered by the State, which presents problems, many of them resulting from inefficiency, and they can be mitigated through partnerships with competent and efficient private entities. Thus, this thesis has as main objective to analyze the impacts of the implementation of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the UEA and Samsung Ocean Center and specific objectives meet the terms of this partnership, as well as raise the level of investment applied and identify the benefits of implementation. The theme of Public- Private Partnerships (PPPs) in education sector is gaining visibility on account of innovative projects launched worldwide. The projects have a range of scopes, ranging from the delegation of the construction, maintenance and non-educational activities operation to include, as an obligation of the private partner, the development of training courses for faculty improvement, promotion of lectures in the sectors community of interest where the school is located, among others. The methodology used to achieve the proposed objectives was the qualitative and quantitative research, with exploratory and descriptive. From this, it was found that the company-university partnership projects always need special attention in relation to contractual aspects, management and behavioral. The benefits can be observed according to the actors involved: the company, there is the Brand of return, general mapping skills in the region, the number of affected people, increased use of Samsung's development tools, increased supply of content , government relations, among others. For the university, it has to complement curriculum of students, improvement in business-university relationship with Samsung and other companies, generating value by creating products. As for the government, it has been the creation of skills in the region and regional development. / A década de 90 caracterizou-se por uma intensa expansão da atuação do setor privado em alguns setores da economia, que por atuarem no fornecimento de serviços públicos, são considerados essenciais à sociedade. A utilização de Parcerias Público-Privadas, em sentido amplo, na área da educação brasileira, especificamente na universidade, passou a ser mais frequente para viabilizar a implementação de políticas públicas e a efetiva garantia do direito constitucional à educação de qualidade. O Estado brasileiro se mostrou incapaz de realizar adequadamente serviços e obras de interesse público, passando por reformas e transformações desde a década de 90. Um exemplo disso é o ensino atualmente oferecido pelo Estado que apresenta problemas, muitos deles resultantes de sua ineficiência, e que podem ser mitigados através de parcerias com entes privados competentes e eficientes. Desta forma, a presente dissertação tem como objetivo geral analisar os impactos decorrentes da implementação da Parceria Público-Privada (PPP) entre a UEA e a Samsung Ocean Center e como objetivos específicos conhecer os termos desta parceria, bem como, levantar o volume de investimento aplicado e identificar os benefícios resultantes da implementação. O tema das Parcerias Público-Privadas (PPPs) no setor da educação vem ganhando visibilidade por conta dos projetos inovadores lançados em todo o mundo. Os projetos têm uma gama de escopos, variando desde a delegação da construção, manutenção e operação de atividades não pedagógicas até a inclusão, como obrigação do parceiro privado, de desenvolvimento de cursos de formação para aprimoramento do corpo docente, a promoção de palestras nos setores de interesse da comunidade em que a escola está inserida, dentre outros. A metodologia utilizada para alcançar os objetivos propostos foi a pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa, com caráter exploratório e descritivo. A partir disso, constatou-se que os Projetos de parceria empresa-universidade sempre necessitam de atenção especial em relação aos aspectos contratual, de gestão e comportamental. Os benefícios podem ser observados de acordo com os atores envolvidos: para a empresa, tem-se o retorno de Brand, mapeamento geral de competências na região, número de pessoas impactadas, aumento no uso de ferramentas de desenvolvimento da Samsung, maior oferta de conteúdo, relacionamento governamental, dentre outros. Para a universidade, tem-se a complementação curricular dos alunos, melhora no relacionamento empresa-universidade com a Samsung e outras empresas, geração de valor através da criação de produtos. Já para o governo, tem-se a criação de competências na região e desenvolvimento regional.

A utilização de mecanismos inteligentes e com suporte legal como a Operação Urbana Consorciada implementando o “Potencial Adicional de Construção”, permite à iniciativa privada o desenvolvimento de empreendimentos imobiliários modernos, com usufruto por toda comunidade local, propiciando benefícios nas vias públicas, drenagem, transporte coletivo e habitações de interesse social. As Operações Urbanas podem ser implantadas nas mais diversas regiões, induzindo o progresso já encontrado na região sudoeste da cidade de São Paulo, melhor direcionando os vetores de crescimento, objetivando um melhor equilíbrio urbanístico. A viabilidade econômica de empreendimentos imobiliários incentivados por Operações Urbanas, possibilitando a parceria público-privada com a flexibilização e racionalização no uso e ocupação do solo, constitui-se no objetivo desta dissertação. / The use of intelligent mechanisms and legal support such as the Urban Operation implementing a better Construction’s Additional Potenciality enables free enterprise to develop modern building enterprises, allowing their fruition by the whole local community, propitiating benefits to public roads, draining, collective transportation and dwellings of social interest. The Urban Operations can be implanted in the most different regions leading to the progress already found in the southwestern part of the city of São Paulo, improving the growth vectors’ direction, looking to a better urbanistic equilibrium. The economic viability of this enterprise, encouraged by the Urban Operations enabled the public/ private partnership to flexibilize the rationality of earth occupation use and is the main objetive of this work.

Orientador: Luiz Carlos de Freitas / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T21:00:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Amaral_MariaClaraEde_D.pdf: 4551720 bytes, checksum: 20e74f515381a6232cc5b9fb8d8cdfc8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a implementação de duas parcerias público-privado entre a Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Mato Grosso e as seguintes entidades: Fundação CESGRANRIO, no ano de 2006, e o Instituto Ayrton Senna, entre 2007 e 2008. Dentre os referenciais teóricos selecionados para análise, destacam-se autores que tratam da reconfiguração do papel do Estado a partir da década de 1990, da diminuição de sua atuação no campo educacional, de organizações do Terceiro Setor em substituição ao papel do Estado e de parcerias público-privado na área educacional. Além disso, utilizamos os conceitos de neoliberalismo e de Terceira Via, qualidade social e suas relações com a Avaliação em Larga Escala e o IDEB. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de cunho qualitativo, cujos instrumentos de coleta de dados constaram de entrevistas individuais, grupos focais e análise dos dados do SAEB/Prova Brasil e IDEB, utilizando-se para análise e organização dos dados, a partir da triangulação de métodos de coleta, a análise de conteúdo. Este estudo teve como campo de investigação os municípios de Cáceres/MT e Cuiabá/MT e compõe-se de três diferentes instâncias da rede: a) a Secretaria de Estado de Educação - SEDUC; b) os CEFAPROs dos polos de Cáceres e Cuiabá; c) as escolas da rede nos dois municípios sede que estiveram envolvidas nas parcerias. Os resultados apontam as contradições que envolvem a relação público-privado na implementação de políticas públicas, sinalizando para seu aspecto dinâmico e intricado; a falta de transparência na contratação das parcerias; a forte precarização e intensificação do trabalho docente, em especial na parceria com o IAS. Por fim, a análise dos dados da Avaliação Nacional mostrou que não podemos afirmar com convicção que as parcerias por si só elevaram a proficiência e os índices do IDEB / Abstract: This study aims at analyzing the implementation of two public-private partnerships between the Department of Education of the State of Mato Grosso and the following agencies: CESGRANRIO Foundation in 2006 and Ayrton Senna Institute (IAS) in 2007 and 2008. As theoretical references selected to support the analysis, the study has relied on authors that have addressed the reconfiguration of the role of the State from the 1990s, its decreased action in the educational field, the replacement of the State with Third Sector organizations, and public-private partnerships in the educational area. In addition, we have used the concepts of neoliberalism, Third Way, social quality and their relations with the Large-Scale Evaluation and IDEB. This is a qualitative research whose instruments for data collection included individual interviews, focus groups and analysis of data from SAEB/Prova Brasil and IDEB, with the use of content analysis for data analysis and organization with a triangulation of collection methods. The study was carried out in the cities of Caceres/MT and Cuiaba/MT and involved three different network points: a) the State Department of Education - SEDUC; b) CEFAPROS of Caceres and Cuiaba; c) the schools engaged in partnerships in both cities. The results have pointed out contradictions in the public-private relationship along the implementation of public policies, thus signaling their dynamic and intricate features; the lack of transparency in partnership agreements; the strong precarization and intensification of teacher work, particularly in the partnerships with IAS. Finally, the analysis of data from the National Evaluation has shown that it is not possible to firmly state that partnerships alone have increased proficiency and IDEB indexes / Doutorado / Ensino e Práticas Culturais / Doutora em Educação

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No. of bitstreams: 2 KRÜGER, Edelbert.pdf: 4914902 bytes, checksum: ed7933f6b99cdb09527429d4c5d42b43 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-11-07 / Sem bolsa / A presente pesquisa tem como tema central examinar as consequências e efeitos decorrentes da transformação das Escolas Técnicas Federais (ETFs), Agrotécnicas Federais (EAFs), Centros Federais de Educação Tecnológica (CEFETs), Escolas Técnicas e Colégios Técnicos e Agrícolas vinculados às Universidades Federais em campi dos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, em decorrência da Lei 11.892/2007, enfocando o caso do Campus Pelotas do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-Rio-Grandense (IFSul), ex-Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Pelotas (CEFET-RS). A metodologia baseia-se na pesquisa bibliográfica e documental de obras clássicas da História da Educação Brasileira, principalmente daquelas com enfoque na Educação Profissional e Ensino Técnico, e da legislação, periódicos, anais de congressos e imprensa. Como aporte teórico foram considerados os autores que dialogam com a História do Tempo Presente, como Alberti, André, Banazzi, Chartier, Ferreira, Ludke e Pesavento. Para o tema da Educação Profissional, apoiaram o trabalho Azevedo, Castro, Ciavatta, Cunha, Fonseca, Frigotto, Haidar & Tanuri, Hilsdorf, Kuenzer, Leher, Lemme, Machado, Manfredi, Nagle, Nascimento, Paiva, Peçanha, Prado Junior, Ramos, Ribeiro, Romanelli, Sander, Saviani, Schwartzmann, Weinstein, Werebe, dentre outros. Através da análise e investigação da evolução destas instituições de ensino profissionalizante durante o período republicano, sobretudo nos anos de 1990 a 2013, concluiu-se que as políticas públicas educacionais para a educação profissional brasileira foram impulsionadas pelas agências multilaterais, indo ao encontro da ideologia neoliberal que defende o Estado Mínimo, ocasionando um novo reordenamento político-jurídico-institucional para estas instituições, mudando totalmente suas identidades, concepções e objetivos históricos, alertando para sua possível transformação em entidades ou fundações estatais de direito privado. Demonstrou-se também, que apesar da expansão da rede de educação profissional, científica e tecnológica a partir do ano de 2008 na modalidade de campi dos Institutos Federais, houve um procedimento de privatização nas ofertas de matrículas e nas modalidades de educação profissional, reforçando as parcerias público-privado. / This research analyzes the consequences and effects of the conversion of Federal Technical Schools (ETFs), Federal Agrotechnical (EAFs), Federal Centers for Technological Education (CEFETs), Technical Schools and Technical and Agricultural Colleges (originally linked to Federal Universities) into campi of Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology, according to Law 11.892/2007. The main subject of this study is the Campus Pelotas of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology South Rio Grande (IFSul), formerly known as Federal Center of Technological Education of Pelotas (CEFET-RS). The adopted methodology is based on literature and documents of classic works in the history of Brazilian education, especially focused on Vocational and Technical Education as well as legislation, journals, conference proceedings and the press. The theoretical foundation includes the work from authors involved in the dialogue with the History of Present Time, such as Alberti, Banazzi, Chartier, Ferreira, Ludke and Pesavento. The theme of Professional Education was based on the work from several authors including Azevedo, Castro, Ciavatta, Cunha, Fonseca, Frigotto, Haidar & Tanuri, Hilsdorf, Kuenzer, Leher, Lemme, Machado, Manfredi, Nagle, Nascimento, Paiva, Peçanha, Prado Junior, Ramos, Ribeiro, Romanelli, Sander, Saviani, Schwartzmann, Weinstein and Werebe, among others. Through the analysis and research of the evolution of the aforementioned types of training institutions during the Republican period, especially in the years 1990-2013, this work demonstrates that the main drivers of the educational policies for the Brazilian professional education were established by multilateral agencies, according to a neoliberal ideology which advocates minimal state. This has led to a new reordering of the political-legal-institutional framework for these institutions, totally changing their identities, conceptions and historical purposes. An important consideration is made regarding their possible conversion into entities or state foundations of private law. It also demonstrates that in spite of the expansion of the network of vocational education, science and technology in the form of federal institution campi since 2008, the professional education went through a privatization process, enhancing public-private partnerships.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Since the advent of South Africa's democracy in 1994 there have been several changes in the policy and legislative arena specifically promoting public-private-partnerships in the health sector. These initiatives have given rise to opportunities for inter-sectoral policy transfer under the rubric of ―best practices‖. This exploratory study examines the character, obstacles and contested nature of a selection of policy transfers between private and public health institutions in a single province of South Africa. The study looks at the dynamics at play around envisaged, current and past transfers of policies and organisational practices in relation to administrative systems and technologies used in four different hospital settings – two public and two private hospitals in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This thesis explores the views of managers and labour organisations about policy transfer focusing on local contexts, and how various parties construct policy transfer, hence providing a perspective of policy at the ―plant‖ level. In this research, special focus is placed on different agents' role and understandings of their contexts and how and why policies move and contradictions of these developments. In-depth interviews were conducted at four major Eastern Cape hospitals. The thesis argues that in practice, policy transfer is messy, politicized and traversed by power and vested interests and that organised labour plays a key role in policy transfer process. The thesis focuses on the different philosophical/ideological underpinnings, socio-political values and operational environments in each sector. This study is designed to contribute to existing knowledge on practices particularly between the public and private sectors in order to widen the understanding of the complexity of transferability.

This dissertation serves as a contribution to the larger ongoing debate on the role of religion in development in an effort to move beyond an instrumental approach. The aim is to study the role of religious agents in development through the prism of contractual partnerships between church organisations and the Tanzanian state in healthcare delivery. Three Christian denominations are included in the study: the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania (Tanzania Episcopal Conference), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and the Free Pentecostal Church of Tanzania. Three theoretical perspectives are applied to the study of religion and development: (1) an instrumental perspective; (2) a bottom-up perspective and (3) an integral perspective. In order to operationalise the three theoretical perspectives to function adequately for health sector development research, three analytical concepts are included in the framework, namely resource dependency, linking social capital and intangible religious health assets. The methodology is based on an abductive qualitative approach with the use of case studies on the three church organisations (Catholic, Protestant and Pentecostal). Three key methods have been used for collecting data: policy analysis, semi-structured interviews and participant observation. Each organisation is analysed in terms of their Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreements and collaborative models, their relation towards the state, their internal health policies and their motives for delivering health services. Moreover, by including one local hospital per organisation (Turiani, Selian and Mchukwi), it is also possible to integrate the local implementation level into the study. In order to capture the views of public authorities, interviewees from the national Ministry of Health and local Council Health Management Teams have also been included. By entering into PPP health agreements, church organisations have moved to centre stage and gained more influence following the latest political and economic reforms. Their attraction as service providers follows from their existing infrastructure and previous experience and capacity in the health sector. The analysis shows that faith is a key motivator and a central factor in the running of church health services. However, the fact that church organisations are becoming increasingly dependent on the state has implications in terms of their role as a critical voice in the public debate and could potentially threaten their independence as faith-driven civil society actors. Church organisations are also becoming more vulnerable financially, as they are not compensated according to the PPP contracts. The current situation where church organisations are dominating the PPPs in health has implications on both the Tanzanian model of secularism, with its emphasis on Muslim and Christians being treated equally, and the local governments’ strive towards national ownership with their favouring of public healthcare over private alternatives. It is therefore necessary to further study the role of religion beyond an instrumental approach in order to get a deeper understanding of the religious dynamics in the PPPs in health in Tanzania. / The Impact of Religion: Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy

M.Phil. / Economic growth and the provision of adequate infrastructure are highly interrelated. Infrastructure- plays a critical role in promoting economic growth through enhancing productivity, improving competitiveness, reducing poverty, linking people and organisations together through telecommunications and contributing to environmental sustainability. Population growth and rapid urbanisation have placed enormous pressure on existing infrastructure, thus presenting a daunting challenge to governments worldwide The scope of global demographic, public health and safety needs, as well as economic development goals, translates into infrastructure requirements far in excess of currently available financing resources. While the degree of this funding backlog differs from country to country, it extends from the poorest to the richest of nations. This is true even in the United States, which enjoys the full benefits of decentralized government responsibility and an extensive domestic debt market. Recognition of this funding gap has resulted in a nearly universal acceptance that the private sector can and should play a larger role in the financing of infrastructure in partnership with the public sector [35]. The 1990s saw a revolution in the provision of infrastructure services as governments worldwide turned to the private sector for financing and management expertise. In developing countries in 1990 —2001, nearly 2,500 infrastructure projects involved private participation, attracting investment commitments of US750 billion [40]. South Africa has an estimated infrastructure backlog of R 170.7 billion [3]. In addition there is increasing demand for much-needed new and improved infrastructure such as water supply and sanitation systems, affordable housing and electricity supply, health care facilities, schools, roads, tourism infrastructure, airports and harbour facilities, to name but a few [4]. With the private sector organisations having a large pool of sources from which they can seek funding from both local and international financial markets and the government having fragmented expertise over different state departments, debilitating red tape and bureaucracy, more pressing needs for funding elsewhere and inability to roll out projects, private sector involvement in infrastructure provision has been widely considered and implemented as a preferred method of financing infrastructure provision. This collaboration between public and private sectors is crucial in order to increase the sources of funding available for infrastructure and reduce the pressure on fiscal budgets. This has resulted in an increased collaboration between the public and private sectors in order to meet a country's infrastructure requirements. Consequently, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement method of undertaking large infrastructure projects

Magister Legum - LLM / This research paper, therefore, will focus on (i) the challenges and opportunities presented by hard infrastructure and (ii) the potential scope of public-private partnerships in alleviating such challenges and responding to the opportunities. This research paper, as a secondary objective, cautions against missing an opportunity to advocate for the deployment of capital in a manner that benefits the region and gives sufficient returns to investors. Simply put, such a failure has the potential to derail the regional integration project in Southern Africa. This would translate to consumers and market participants being subjected to a finite market, less competition, higher prices and less innovation. In responding to the above analyses, this research paper undertakes a thorough study of the current legal framework and practices in SADC which allow for participation of the private sector in public-private partnerships. In this regard, this research paper will consider which between institutionalisation or the ad hoc participation of the private sector in public-private partnerships is a viable policy goal.

Magister Economicae - MEcon / The 21st century marked the beginning of an era in which countries became increasingly dependent on information and communication technology (ICT). Technological change has not only become one of the key contributors to economic growth, it is also regarded as an essential element to enhance the general welfare of society (Hu, 2006). Not surprisingly, even governments of developing countries undertake various activities aimed at internalising the positive external impact of technological innovation in order to enhance the development of knowledge-based economies. Examples are the provision of basic information services, such as telephone- and internet services as well as distance learning technologies to make education more generally accessible. Another instrument that recently gained worldwide interest is the development of science parks, also known as information technology (IT) parks, techno parks or cyber parks. The rationale is to promote technological change, regional and/or urban development and to facilitate the diffusion of knowledge and technology through the establishment of knowledge networks. In 2004 there were approximately 600 science parks in the world, 70 percent of which were situated in the United States of America, Europe and Asia, but there is a growing trend towards its establishment in developing countries. However, the financing of such mega-projects in developing countries is especially problematic. A science park can be provided as a pure public project or pure private or through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Pure public financing is usually found in countries that have strong public sectors, such as China and India. On the other hand, in countries with well-developed private sectors they are mostly privately financed. In the case of most developing countries, private sectors are generally not developed enough and the public sectors cannot afford to finance projects of such a nature on a sustainable basis. These countries have no other option but to investigate the possibility of some other variation of a public-private-partnership (PPP) model.The Mozambican government acknowledges the urgency to enhance the development of a knowledge based economy and regards the establishment of a science park as a necessary policy intervention to provide the institutional basis for the diffusion of technological and communication innovation. As a result the country launched its first science park, to be developed in different stages, in 2008. But the real challenge for Mozambique lies in the financing of the park. It was estimated that only the first phase will require about 25 million USD. These funds were secured from the Indian government in the form of a loan. However, the government of Mozambique relies to a large extent on foreign aid to balance the national budget and there are no surplus funds to secure the sustainability of a project of such magnitude. This study firstly explored the economic rationale behind the establishment of a knowledgebased economy and the development of ICT. It then focused on science parks as institutions to secure the diffusion of technological innovation in Mozambique and also on empirical evidence from countries that have benefited greatly from investment in science park projects. The study also investigated the possibility to use a PPP-type of project to finance the science park in Mozambique and pointed out very important determinants for the successful implementation of PPP-projects. The study showed that the government of Mozambique is serious in its efforts to develop a knowledge-based economy although many projects are still in their 'infant' stages. It is strongly recommended that policy makers in Mozambique should study the outcomes of empirical research on various science parks projects in other developing countries. The study shows that Brazil seems to be successful in its use of a PPP for the country's science parks. Policy makers should also pay careful attention to other PPP-projects in Mozambique. Although they are mostly used for infrastructural projects, some failed, while others seem to be functioning efficiently and important lessons can be derived.

Beekeeping and Public Private Partnerships (PPP) are the key words in this study. The study investigates the effectiveness of the use of PPP for the development of commercial beekeeping for the small-scale beekeepers in selected rural areas of the Amathole District Municipality. The small-scale beekeepers do not seem to be achieving the required results of meeting market demands for honey and other bee by-products, due to challenges associated with production and marketing of these products. Significant investment (physical, human and financial) is required to develop the capacity of the small scale beekeepers in order to generate honey for the market and associated revenue in any significant quantity. While job creation and poverty alleviation are key issues on the government’s service delivery agenda, specifically through entrepreneurial development, government alone does not have the capacity to provide all the necessary resources for the establishment of commercial beekeeping to the resource-poor small-scale beekeepers. Based on the results of this study, all respondents (beekeepers and officials) in the study had a general understanding of “Public Private Partnerships”. However, the general interpretation of PPP was where government, business and civil society are working together in areas of mutual interest to achieve common or complementary goals than the regulated PPP arrangements guided by the specialized Treasury PPP Unit, whereby contractual obligation between different role players is paramount. In the context of small-scale beekeeping, all respondents were in support of type of PPP, whereby the association or partnership would involve the transfer of substantial financial, technical and operational risks. Besides the numerous limitations faced by the small-scale beekeepers in the running of their beekeeping operations, the study identified the following as the major factors believed to be compromising and limiting the proper functioning of PPP.