Políticas públicas de preservação do patrimônio: análise econômica do investimento do Programa Monumenta - Pelotas/RS.

Abstract

The present study aimed to conduct an economic analysis of the public investment in the Monumenta Program on the patrimony of the city of Pelotas/RS and took as its objectives: to analyze the financial influx on the patrimony enrolled by the Monumenta, as well as carry out an economic analysis of the preservation of the contemplated assets in relation to the future investment projection. Also sought to verify the evolution, composition and use of the Municipal Fund of Preservation, check whether there are any planned actions geared to tourism, whether they are generated revenue, if there were an increase in the number of visits and if there was an increase in the number of direct jobs in the patrimony covered by the Monumenta. Finally, it aimed to compare the proposed use and the degree of utilization these properties. To achieve the objectives, a review was made on public policies for preserving the heritage in Brazil; after that, it was made a description of the main federal programs of preservation, and finally it was made a comparative economic analysis of the impact of the Monumenta program in the city of Pelotas, through the financial balance indicators, tourism, employment and use. In the analysis of the indicator financial balance, it can be concluded that the Public Market is one of the public properties covered by the Monumenta which presents revenue and, being a surplus, this feature should be fully implemented in its own heritage. The remaining patrimonny, since do not have money income, do not have source code bound, being used for its costing the source of free resource of the city of Pelotas. About the indicator Tourism, there has been a significant increase of actions taken and were more of them are predicted on this patrimony. In addition to the number of actions geared to tourism, the Monumenta reflected in an increase in the number of tourists. In respect to the employment indicator, there was an increase of direct jobs in the properties studied. As the indicator Use, it showed that, when compared the proposed use and the actual use, it was found that almost all the properties covered by the Monumenta had 100% utilization. It was demonstrated through the thesis the need of development and the deepen of studies on economic analysis of the Heritage in the city of Pelotas, once the city has a historic heritage with national representation, and it is up to the public managers to preserve it, since history is embodied in its heritage and this is a profitable investment.