Capital social e o desempenho institucional na gestão dos recursos hídricos: um estudo com o Comitê de Bacia Hidrográfica Rio Sepotuba - Mato Grosso/Brasil

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.4612407032

• Palavras-chave: Cooperação; Arranjos institucionais; Poder deliberativo; Gestão hídrica.

• Keywords: Cooperação; Arranjos institucionais; Poder deliberativo; Gestão hídrica.

• Abstract: The study demonstrates the influence of social capital on the institutional development of the Sepotuba River Watershed Committee (CBH) for consolidation in the management of water resources in Mato Grosso. To this end, a questionnaire, semi-structured and documentary interviews were used as a collection. CBH Sepotuba has an organizational structure that allows a satisfactory institutional performance, especially regarding the time of operation and the mobilization of members to seek financial resources. However, the study identified that the Committee has not yet established the basin plan, which hinders the management of water resources, resulting in a lack of deliberative power. There was also a level of participation of the members in meetings and events of the Committee being from regular to low, evidencing a deficit in the dialogue between the members. As for the existence of cooperation, trust, solidarity and reciprocity, they were not evident, however, the committee has been performing its function as an institution to manage water resources in the best possible way, organizing and executing actions in favor of the common interest.