Proposta de aperfeiçoamento de Política Pública : Lei Nº 7.516/2022 - Promoção da Cultura Oceânica na cidade do Rio De Janeiro

Abstract

In 2017, the United Nations proclaimed the decade 2021 to 2030 as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, as a global effort to promote the sustainable management of activities in the ocean. However, as highlighted in the 1998 report “The Ocean... Our Future”, by the Independent World Commission on the Oceans, the discussion about oceanic space should not only be in high politics, defending public awareness and participation on how to use it respectfully and preserve it for future generations. Between these two periods, the promotion of Ocean Literacy emerged in the USA, which expanded internationally, whether in national or subnational programs. It is in this context that laws to promote Ocean Literacy emerge in Brazil, mostly at municipal level. Motivated by the construction and implementation of the Ocean Literacy as public policy in the local reality and by the subject studied “Public Policies Directed to the Sea”, the case of Law No. 7,516/2022 of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, which provides for the promotion of oceanic culture in institutions of teaching in the municipal public network, was selected. Based on the methodology developed by the Observatory of Maritime Policies (Brazilian Naval War School), for Analysis, Evaluation and Proposal of Public Policy, the objective of this work sought to propose the improvement of the mentioned law. Throughout the process, deficiencies in its construction and application were identified, as well as the potential for growth in the relationship with Environmental Education and its legal framework. Finally, it was recommended to expand its scope in the improvement, beyond the exclusive form in public schools, using the city's own space to promote Oceanic Literacy