<p>German regional policy has changed from a strategy of redistribution to a regional growth focused policy- strategies, which are often seen as opposites. Both policies, however, still have to relate to the constitutional objective “to achieve equal living conditions for the country’s citizens.”</p><p>This paper examines what effects a political change may have had on the interpretation of the German constitutional objective. Its aim is to examine German regional policy and its relationship to justice, using John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice. My research is a critcal ideology analysis, made up of a qualitative text analysis of the German government’s last annual report on the German reunification. I will also discuss whether there is any evidence of this change of policy- mentioned above- in the annual report. My conclusion is that there is some evidence of this change of policy in the report, and that the government is still very aware of the constitutional objective, though it interprets it differently today. Today there is a stronger political focus on creating growth and on trying to secure the welfare state. The government is focusing on a policy, which aims to secure a high- though most likely unequal- standard of living, rather than on one that would only be able to guarantee a low, but more equal, standard of living.</p>

Purpose – The purpose of this thesis is to identify the critical competitive priorities and capabilities that enables competitive manufacturing in the high cost environment of Sweden and how these can be improved to increase manufacturing performance. Method – The purpose of this thesis was achieved through two main research methods. First a systematic literature review was conducted in order to condensate the existing literature on competitive priorities and capabilities. Secondly a case study was conducted in order to examine the identified competitive priorities and capabilities in the context of a high cost environment. Findings – Initially, a set of articles were identified and included in the literature review. Through an analysis of the included articles, a framework was created including competitive priorities and competitive capabilities. A comparison between the framework and the empirical data collected at the case company identified a number of priorities and capabilities considered critical for competitive manufacturing in a high cost environment. The literature review revealed a set of improvement actions and methods that could be used to improve the identified critical competitive priorities and capabilities in order to increase manufacturing performance. Implications – The thesis makes a theoretical contribution by condensing the existing literature on competitive priorities and capabilities in a high cost environment, and creates a starting point for future research. Further it makes a practical contribution by providing awareness for practitioners regarding priorities and capabilities, what may be important in the future, and how these could be improved. Limitations – This study identifies how critical priorities and capabilities can be improved, however, it does not specify how they can or should be applied and used. Additionally, the inclusion criteria in the systematic literature review did not include improvement actions and thus other suggestions for improvements may not be included. The case study was limited to one company, making the result difficult to generalize.

Magistro darbe nagrinėjami pagrindiniai strateginio valdymo aspektai, išanalizuoti ir susisteminti teoriniai bei teisiniai mokslo, studijų ir verslo integracijos ypatumai. Siekiant atskleisti mokslo, studijų ir verslo integracijos tendencijas, atlikta išorinių ir vidinių veiksnių, SSGG analizė. Dokumentų analizės ir ekspertų apklausos metodais atlikti empiriniai tyrimai apie verslo inkubatoriaus veiklos, skatinant mokslo, studijų ir verslo integraciją, vertinimą Lietuvos bei Šiaulių regiono mastu. Tyrimas parodė, jog mokslo, studijos ir verslo integracijos procese, sukurta viešųjų paslaugų verslui infrastruktūra, kuriai priskirtinos įvairios ne pelno įstaigos: savivaldybių įsteigti informacijos centrai, Verslo inkubatorius, Regiono plėtros agentūra ir kt. Tačiau mokslo, studijų ir verslo integracijos strateginiams prioritetams įgyvendinti trukdo tai, jog daugiausia dėmesio skiriama fizinei įstaigų infrastruktūrai plėtoti, techninei jų bazei stiprinti. O paslaugos verslo įmonėms yra nepakankamos, neišplėtotos specializuotos paslaugos. Be to, inkubuojamų įmonių ir mokslo institucijų tarpusavio bendradarbiavimą stabdo skirtingi įmonių ir mokslo institucijų tikslai ir abiejų įstaigų iniciatyvos stoka. Apibendrinus tyrimo rezultatus paaiškėjo, jog pagrindinės problemos yra tai, jog įmonės ir mokslo institucijos veikia daugiau individualiai nei integruotai, o taip pat aiškios mokslo, studijų verslo integracijos valdymo politikos trūkumas. / Master’s work deals with main aspects of strategic management, analyses and systematizes theoretical and legal peculiarities of education, research and business integration performance. In order to disclose integration trends of science, education, and business, external and internal factor, SSGG analysis has been performed. There has been made an empirical researches of the document analysis and expert survey methods in order to carry out the methods of business incubator activities, that promotes education, study and business integration, and the assessment on the extent of Lithuania and the region of Siauliai. The analysis showed that in the education, study and the process of business integration, a public business service infrastructure has been created, which is attributable to various non-profit institutions: information centers set up by local governments , business incubators, regional development agencies and others. However, science, study, and the strategic priorities of business integration has been hampered by the development of physical infrastructure agencies, the focus is based on the strengthening of their technical base. while the services for business are inadequate, specialized services are not expanded enough. also, the objectives of different companies and study institutions and lack of initiative of incubated companies and academic institutions hinders cooperation between them. When the results were summarized, it showed that the main problem is... [to full text]

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Previous studies have identified the barriers foodservice directors encounter when developing and implementing nutrition policies (40- 44). However, no research has compared Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP) goals to the priorities of foodservice workers after implementation. This study used observations, surveys, and interviews to determine strengths and weaknesses of Harrisburg Middle School's LSWP and compare them to priorities of that school's foodservice workers in providing healthy meals. Although nutrition policies exist and were considered an important priority among school foodservice workers, enforcement was lacking due to priorities of maintaining a clean and organized lunchroom. Attention to school wellness was indicated at Harrisburg Middle School by the lack of competitive foods and beverages available to students, however healthy menu items and variety in food selections were lacking. These findings are important when approaching school foodservice workers about improving nutrition standards within their lunchroom. In order to bridge the gap between nutrition professionals and school foodservice workers regarding changes in the lunchroom, suggestions should be made with respect to their priorities, such as keeping their lunchroom clean and efficient.

A presente tese objetivou identificar as contribuições do Programa Pesquisa para o SUS: gestão compartilhada em saúde - PPSUS para o processo de descentralização do fomento em ciência, tecnologia e inovação no setor saúde. E, ainda, construir, a partir do Modelo Lógico do PPSUS, uma estratégia que facilite a incorporação, pelo Sistema Único de Saúde (local e nacional), das tecnologias geradas pelos projetos de pesquisa financiados. De posse dos dados obtidos nos documentos constitutivos do PPSUS, nos convênios celebrados entre CNPq/FAPs e nas atas de julgamento do Comitê Gestor, além daqueles observados na literatura especializada, a presente tese produziu três grupos de resultados: 1) publicações que abordam, dentre outros aspectos, a implantação do programa nas Ufs, incluindo o aporte de recursos, o processo de definição de prioridades de pesquisa; o sistema de julgamento; o sistema de A&A e as subagendas mais pesquisadas; 2) contribuições do PPSUS para o aprimoramento do processo de fomento descentralizado, as quais foram agrupadas nas seguintes categorias: instrumentos jurídicos; previsão e execução de recursos; definição temas e linhas de pesquisa prioritárias; sistema de seleção de projetos de pesquisa; sistema de acompanhamento e de avaliação; sistemas de ciência e tecnologia e sistema de saúde dos estados e pesquisadores e gestores do SUS (pesquisa versus serviços e; 3) estratégia de incorporação de tecnologias, denominada EIT-PPSUS, constituída de cinco fases que englobam toda a execução do programa e os caminhos pertinentes à incorporação de tecnologias no Sistema Único de Saúde, nas suas dimensões local e nacional. Tanto as diretrizes do programa, quanto seu processo operacional, estão consolidados e são aceitos pelos partícipes do PPSUS, assim como pelos pesquisadores. A execução do programa teve o mérito produzir tecnologias aplicáveis ao SUS, constituir-se num canal formal que possibilitou a aproximação dos sistemas de C&T e de saúde estaduais, além conectar as comunidades acadêmicas e de gestores do SUS nas UFs. A execução descentralizada do programa mostrou-se um mecanismo viável de financiamento de projetos de pesquisa, com foco no estado, com a devida observância à vocação e a capacidade instalada nas UFs, tanto de equipamentos, quanto de recursos humanos, com potencial de criar e manter uma massa crítica de pesquisa no campo da saúde enraizada no estado partícipe do programa. / The present thesis aimed to identify the contributions of the Research Program for SUS: shared management in health - PPSUS for the decentralization process of the promotion of science, technology and innovation in the health sector. And, also, to build, from the Logical Model of the PPSUS, a strategy that facilitates the incorporation, by the Unified Health System (local and national), of the technologies generated by the funded research projects. With the data obtained in the PPSUS constitutive documents, in the agreements signed between CNPq / FAPs and in the Evaluation Committee's jugedment minutes, in addition to those observed in the specialized literature, this thesis produced three groups of results: 1) publications that, in addition to other aspects, approach the implementation of the program in the UFs, including the contribution of resources, the process of setting research priorities; the judgment system; the A & A system and the most researched sub-agendas; 2) PPSUS contributions to the improvement of the decentralized development process, which were grouped into the following categories: legal instruments; forecasting and execution of resources; definition of priority themes and lines of research; system selection of research projects; monitoring and evaluation system; science and technology systems and health system of the states and SUS researchers and managers (research versus services); 3) technology incorporation strategy, called EIT-PPSUS, consisting of five phases that encompass the entire execution of the program and the paths pertinent to its incorporation by the Unified Health System, in its local and national dimensions Both the guidelines of the program and its operational process are consolidated and accepted by the PPSUS participants, as well as by the researchers. The execution of the program had the merit to produce technologies applicable to SUS, to constitute a formal channel that allowed the approximation of state C&T and health systems, in addition to connecting SUS academic and management communities in UFs. The decentralized implementation of the program has proved to be a viable mechanism for funding research projects, with a focus on the state, with due regard to the vocation and installed capacity in UFs, both of equipment and human resources, with the potential to create and maintain a critical mass of research rooted in the state participating in the program.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-01-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:54:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rosa_ab_me_bauru.pdf: 1587121 bytes, checksum: 202c33a3ac47182a2956e9db8a5dbf1f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / No mercado atual, a competitividade vem se acirrando cada vez mais, fazendo com que as empresas busquem meios de sobrevivência. Nessa busca, torna-se fator estratégio a procura pro vantagens competitivas na função produção e a manufatura enxuta aparece como abordagem de gestão que tem proporcionado aumento de competitividade às organizações que dela fazem uso. O objetivo deste trabalho, é identificar nas empresas da região de Bauru, localizado no interior do estado de São Paulo, quantas possuem práticas e ferramentas de manufatura enxuta implementada, ainda que parcialmente, e verificar se as prioridades competitivas da produção destas empresas influenciam na adoção dessas práticas e ferramentas de manufatura enxuta. A pesquisa de cunho quantitativo desenvolveu-se a partir da realização de uma pesquisa survey junto às empresas da regiãode Bauru associadas ao CIESP (Centro das Indústria do Estado de São Paulo) regional Bauru, com a utilização de um questionário de múltipla escolha, com escalas Likert, aplicado aos gestores da produção dessas empresas. Inicialmente, foi realizada uma revisão da literatura sobre manufatura enxuta e sobre as prioridades competitivas e, posteriormente, foram enviados os questionários para a obtenção de dados para as análises e conclusões deste trabalho. Técnicas estatísticas foram empregadas para a análise do relacionamento entre as empresas que adotam práticas de manufatura enxuta e as prioridades competitivas. Dentre os principais resultados encontrados, destacam-se: (a) as empresas pesquisadas da região de Bauru possuem um baixo nível de implementação de ferramentas e práticas de manufatura enxuta implementadas; (b) as empresas pesquisadas da região de Bauru não possuem definição estratégia de prioridades competitivas para a criação de vantagens competitivas; (c) há uma tendência de que as empresas... / In the current market, competition has been intensifying more and more, causing companies to seek means of survival. In this quest, it becomes a strategic factor demand function for competitive advantages in production ans lean manufacturing appears as a management approach that has brought increased competition to the organizations that employ them. The objective is to identify companies in the region of Bauru, in the interior of São Paulo, many have practices and lean manufacturing tools implemented even partianlly, and verify that the competitive priorities of production of these companies influence the adoption of these practices and tools of lean manufacturing. The research focused on quantity evolved from the realization of a survey among firms in the region of Bauru associated CIESP (Center of Industries of São Paulo) regional Bauru, using a multiple choice questionnaire, with Likert scales, applied to the production managers of these companies. Initially, we performed a literature review of lean manufacturing and on competitive priorities and then were sent questionnaires to obtain data for the analysis and conclusions of this work. Statistical techniques were employed to analyze the relantionship between companies that adopt lean manufacturing practices and competitive priorities. Among the main finding are highlighted: (a) companies surveyed in the region of Bauru have a low level of implementation of tools and practices implemented lean manufacturing: (b) the companies surveyed in the region of Bauru not have a Strategic of competitive priorities for creating competitive advantage; (c) seems to be a trend that companies that were seen as companies lean value over competing priorities as a whole in relation to companies do not lean (d) there is a tendency to lean more about the company is considered, the lower the priority of the criterion competitive cost... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-05-14Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:54:28Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 bilibio_dg_me_bauru.pdf: 969240 bytes, checksum: 4ea0b1dd12852dcfdc98f05c5c45c836 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O ambiente competitivo e de mudanças dinâmicas ao qual as empresas brasileiras estão inseridas exige que estas adotem estratégias, para que suas ações sejam previstas e, sua estrutura seja adequada para o ambiente que se deseja atuar. A indústria de confecção, além deste ambiente competitivo, possui a particularidade de ser, em parte de sua cadeia, envolvida com grande diversidade e mudança de seus produtos, implicando diretamente em seus processos de produção, o que acentua ainda mais a necessidade de alinhamento das estratégia de produção. O presente trabalho objetivo analisar o alimento das estratégias competitivas e de produção em empresas produtoras de confecção, pertencentes ao Arranjo Produtivo Local Moda Sudoeste (APLMS). Como objetivo secundário, busca-se examinar o alinhamento entre a estratégia de produção a partir de suas prioridades de produção, e as áreas de decisões estruturais e infra-estruturais do processo produtivo que suportam estas prioridades competitivas. Desenvolveu-se um estudo de caso descritivo a partir de uma pesquisa de campo com seis empresas. Os resultados desta pesquisa revelaram que as empresas são em sua maioria de pequeno porte, e atuam em duas estratégias competitivas. As produtoras de calças em modinha jeans possuem a estratégia competitiva de diferenciação, e as produtoras de calça social possuem a estratégia competitiva de menor custo. As prioridades de produção encontradas entre as empresas com estratégia competitiva de diferenciação são principalmente a qualidade e a flexibilidade, e das empresas com estratégia competitiva de menor custo são qualidade e custo. Observe-se ainda, a identificação da falta de alinhamento prático entre a estratégia competitiva e de produção das empresas pesquisadas, sobretudo pela grande oportunidade de implementação de técnicas e práticas que desdobrem as prioridades de... / The competitive and dynamic changes to which Brazilian comapanies are included demands tahth they about strategies so that their actions are planned, and it structure is suitable for the environment you want to act. The clothing industry, in addition to this competitive environment, has the distinction of being in part of their supply chain involved with diversity and change their products, resulting directly in changing their production processes, which further accentuates the need alignment of strategies and competitive production strategy. This paper aims to analyze the aligment of competitive strategies and production companies producing clothing, belonging to the Arranjo Produtivo Local Moda Sudoeste (APLMS). As secondary objective, we seek to examine the alignment between manufacturing strategy through its production priorities and areas of structural decisions and infrastructure of the production process that support these competing priorities. We developed a descriptive case study through a filed with six companies. The results of this survey revealed that companies are mostly small, and act in two competitive strategies. The producers of pants fad jeans have the competitive strategy of differentiation, and the social production of pants have the competitive strategy of lowest cost. The priorities of mainly the quality and flexibility, and business and competitive strategy are the lowest cost quality and cost. Data were also obtained, to identify the practical lack of alignment between competitive strategy and manufacturing companies surveyed, especially the great opportunity to implement techniques and practices that deploy competitive priorities of those companies in structural decisions and infrastructure that are active and competitive strategy aligned to them

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:52:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 869.pdf: 1727649 bytes, checksum: b95834e18fed6283154a61f1d9b51e4a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-15 / This research concentrates in the analysis of the strategic consensus in operations, having as starting point the perceptions of the competitive priorities of managers, middle managers and technical managers. These professionals work in marketing, sales, product development and manufacturing areas. The word consensus is defined as the similar understanding of these managers regarding the importance and the performance of the strategic priorities. The case study method was adopted due to the necessity of examining the operations strategy in the intra-plant basis, through the perceptions in different functional areas of one same company. It aimed to understand the deficiencies of such strategy through a meticulous investigation in one of the establishments of a corporation that is world widely known in the writing, painting and cosmetics businesses. The use of the Importance-Performance matrix of Slack (1993) as an analytical instrument, and the development of a methodology that will interrelate the perceptions with the functions and the hierarchical levels, allowed this work to contribute to the business unity researched through the divergences noticed in the priorities order, through the inconsistent perceptions on the disaggregated priorities, through the relative dispersions of the perceptions between functions and levels; ultimately, through the understanding of how the operations strategy is interpreted in the company. The practical relevance is presented by the inferences that considerably influence the perception of the competitive priorities, and which can improve the practice in other companies, making them aware of the importance of the strategic consensus in the operations: the organizational protection that contributes to determine the interaction/intermediation ratio; the accessibility of information, especially those relating to competitors, the non-communicating of objectives, the inability to operationalize the strategy through the disaggregated priorities management and the products manufacturing policies make-to-stock, make-to-order, assembled-to-order, etc. Ultimately, besides the utilized methodology and the assessment of the consensus extended to middle management and to technical management, the research also contributes to the knowledge of the operations strategy area, proposing the systematization of the integration of activities that will promote consensus in managing the competitive priorities, since that is a challenge to the whole hierarchy of strategies, being of main importance to attain a sustainable success in its implementation. The following steps are suggested: the contextualization of a reality, the exploration of perceptions of such reality; the suppositions that orientates investigations; the search for reliable information; the birth of new perceptions; the discussion of the trade-offs; the negotiating of an explicit collective consensus, and the checking of this consensus among the social actors. / Esta pesquisa centra-se na análise do consenso estratégico nas operações a partir das percepções de gerentes, médios gerentes e gerentes técnicos das áreas de marketing, vendas, desenvolvimento de produtos e manufatura sobre as prioridades competitivas. O termo consenso é definido como entendimento similar desses gerentes em relação à importância e à performance dessas prioridades estratégicas. Adotou-se o método de estudo de caso devido à necessidade de se examinar a estratégia de operações na base intraplanta através das percepções de diferentes áreas funcionais de uma mesma companhia. Objetivou entender as deficiências de tal estratégia por meio de investigação minuciosa de uma das organizações de um grupo empresarial que atua mundialmente nos segmentos de escrita, pintura e cosmético. O uso da matriz importância/desempenho de Slack (1993) como instrumento analítico e o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia que inter-relaciona as percepções com as funções e os níveis hierárquicos permitiram a contribuição deste trabalho para a unidade de negócios pesquisada pelas divergências constatadas nas ordens das prioridades, pelas inconsistências das percepções sobre as prioridades desagregadas, pelas dispersões das percepções entre funções e níveis, enfim, pelo entendimento de como a estratégia de operações é interpretada na organização. A relevância prática é apresentada pelas inferências que influenciam consideravelmente as percepções sobre as prioridades competitivas e que podem melhorar a prática de outras empresas, e sensibilizá-las para a importância do consenso estratégico nas operações: a proteção organizacional que contribui na determinação da razão interação/intermediação, a acessibilidade das informações, especialmente em relação ao concorrente, a falta de comunicação dos objetivos, a inabilidade de se trabalhar a estratégia através da gestão das prioridades desagregadas e a política de fabricação dos produtos make-to-stock, make-to-order, assembled-to-order etc. Por fim, além da metodologia utilizada e da avaliação de consenso estendida à média gerência e a gerência técnica, a pesquisa também contribui para o conhecimento na área de estratégia de operações propondo a sistematização da integração de atividades que promovam consenso quanto à gestão das prioridades competitivas uma vez que isso é desafio para toda a hierarquia das estratégias e fundamental para se obter sucesso sustentável na implementação. Os seguintes passos são sugeridos: a contextualização de uma realidade, a exploração das percepções dessa realidade, as suposições que orientam investigações, a busca de informações confiáveis, o nascimento de novas percepções, a discussão dos trade-offs, a negociação de um consenso coletivo explícito e a verificação desse consenso entre os atores.

A presente tese objetivou identificar as contribuições do Programa Pesquisa para o SUS: gestão compartilhada em saúde - PPSUS para o processo de descentralização do fomento em ciência, tecnologia e inovação no setor saúde. E, ainda, construir, a partir do Modelo Lógico do PPSUS, uma estratégia que facilite a incorporação, pelo Sistema Único de Saúde (local e nacional), das tecnologias geradas pelos projetos de pesquisa financiados. De posse dos dados obtidos nos documentos constitutivos do PPSUS, nos convênios celebrados entre CNPq/FAPs e nas atas de julgamento do Comitê Gestor, além daqueles observados na literatura especializada, a presente tese produziu três grupos de resultados: 1) publicações que abordam, dentre outros aspectos, a implantação do programa nas Ufs, incluindo o aporte de recursos, o processo de definição de prioridades de pesquisa; o sistema de julgamento; o sistema de A&A e as subagendas mais pesquisadas; 2) contribuições do PPSUS para o aprimoramento do processo de fomento descentralizado, as quais foram agrupadas nas seguintes categorias: instrumentos jurídicos; previsão e execução de recursos; definição temas e linhas de pesquisa prioritárias; sistema de seleção de projetos de pesquisa; sistema de acompanhamento e de avaliação; sistemas de ciência e tecnologia e sistema de saúde dos estados e pesquisadores e gestores do SUS (pesquisa versus serviços e; 3) estratégia de incorporação de tecnologias, denominada EIT-PPSUS, constituída de cinco fases que englobam toda a execução do programa e os caminhos pertinentes à incorporação de tecnologias no Sistema Único de Saúde, nas suas dimensões local e nacional. Tanto as diretrizes do programa, quanto seu processo operacional, estão consolidados e são aceitos pelos partícipes do PPSUS, assim como pelos pesquisadores. A execução do programa teve o mérito produzir tecnologias aplicáveis ao SUS, constituir-se num canal formal que possibilitou a aproximação dos sistemas de C&T e de saúde estaduais, além conectar as comunidades acadêmicas e de gestores do SUS nas UFs. A execução descentralizada do programa mostrou-se um mecanismo viável de financiamento de projetos de pesquisa, com foco no estado, com a devida observância à vocação e a capacidade instalada nas UFs, tanto de equipamentos, quanto de recursos humanos, com potencial de criar e manter uma massa crítica de pesquisa no campo da saúde enraizada no estado partícipe do programa. / The present thesis aimed to identify the contributions of the Research Program for SUS: shared management in health - PPSUS for the decentralization process of the promotion of science, technology and innovation in the health sector. And, also, to build, from the Logical Model of the PPSUS, a strategy that facilitates the incorporation, by the Unified Health System (local and national), of the technologies generated by the funded research projects. With the data obtained in the PPSUS constitutive documents, in the agreements signed between CNPq / FAPs and in the Evaluation Committee's jugedment minutes, in addition to those observed in the specialized literature, this thesis produced three groups of results: 1) publications that, in addition to other aspects, approach the implementation of the program in the UFs, including the contribution of resources, the process of setting research priorities; the judgment system; the A & A system and the most researched sub-agendas; 2) PPSUS contributions to the improvement of the decentralized development process, which were grouped into the following categories: legal instruments; forecasting and execution of resources; definition of priority themes and lines of research; system selection of research projects; monitoring and evaluation system; science and technology systems and health system of the states and SUS researchers and managers (research versus services); 3) technology incorporation strategy, called EIT-PPSUS, consisting of five phases that encompass the entire execution of the program and the paths pertinent to its incorporation by the Unified Health System, in its local and national dimensions Both the guidelines of the program and its operational process are consolidated and accepted by the PPSUS participants, as well as by the researchers. The execution of the program had the merit to produce technologies applicable to SUS, to constitute a formal channel that allowed the approximation of state C&T and health systems, in addition to connecting SUS academic and management communities in UFs. The decentralized implementation of the program has proved to be a viable mechanism for funding research projects, with a focus on the state, with due regard to the vocation and installed capacity in UFs, both of equipment and human resources, with the potential to create and maintain a critical mass of research rooted in the state participating in the program.