THE INFLUENCE OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: RIBÁUÈ 2020-2022

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.216412402019

• Palavras-chave: District Advisory Council; decision making.

• Keywords: District Advisory Council; decision making.

• Abstract:

  This article under the theme ´´The Influence of the District Advisory Council in the decision-making process: Ribáuè 2020-2022``, results from the preparation of a master's thesis in Project Management and Development, submitted to the Faculty of Education and Communication of Catholic University of Mozambique. Its starting point is the following question: What is the influence of the Ribáuè District Advisory Council in the decision-making process? And its central objective is to understand the influence of the Ribáuè District Advisory Council in the decision-making process. With this main objective, we specifically sought to: i) Identify the types of Local Consultative Councils and their respective roles in communities; ii) Describe the decision-making process in the District Advisory Council; iii) Evaluate the local economic development process from the perspective of the members of the Advisory Council. The study was developed based on a qualitative methodology with an interpretative paradigm, involving 8 participants of both sexes. Empirical data were collected using semi-structured interview techniques, non-participant observation and document analysis, and were analyzed using the content analysis technique. Fundamentally, the study concludes that the Ribáuè District Consultative Council exerts minimal influence, that is, little notable, that is, it is not consolidated, since in practice, they end up performing almost only a merely consultative function or even is characterized as legitimizing previously taken decisions.