A política de financiamento da Universidade do Estado do Amapá no período de 2007-2020

Abstract

This research had as object of study the funding policy of the Universidade do Estado do Amapá in the period from 2007 to 2020. In this focus, the investigation was dedicated to analyzing the funding policy of that institution in the indicated period, critically observing the transfers of resources from the state government to UEAP, through the document entitled Balanço Geral Orçamentário (BGO), as well as raising funds from other sources of income. We consider in the analyzes that the counter-reform movement of the Brazilian State and the consequent reconfiguration of Brazilian higher education after the 1990s has affected the daily life of State Universities. The methodological path consisted of three steps: 1) bibliographic survey; 2) document analysis; and 3) data collection, systematization and analysis. The analyzed data showed that the funding policy implemented by the State Government in relation to the UEAP is unstable and is characterized mainly by the annulment of the allocation values annually set forth in the Annual Budget Guidelines Law (LOA) throughout the analyzed period, resource contingencies , absence of monthly transfers in some years, prioritization of payment of public debt as well as other bodies of the Executive Branch in this same interstice and, absence of revenue for investments in works and installations, expenses that were only possible with access to federal resources. In summary, based on the research carried out, it is possible to state that the UEAP funding policy over the last 14 years promotes the State's lack of responsibility for the integral maintenance of this institution, weakens the support of the teaching-research extension tripod, and leads it to the adoption of strategies to diversify funding sources, affecting its financial management autonomy. In addition, the last two years analyzed - 2019/2020 - reveal signs of the commodification of teaching at the institution with the offer of self-financed specialization courses, with agreements and incentives for the materialization of public-private partnerships.