CHILD, YOUTH AND PUBLIC POLICY IN PORTO ALEGRE

Abstract

This article will be held a reflection on childhood, youth from some public policies

implemented by the municipality of Porto Alegre in the period 2001 to 2007. The sources used

for this work will rely on the research in books and articles that address these issues. Search will

be the implementation of these policies in Porto Alegre, from the Project for Urban Security in

Porto Alegre and Project "Opening Space": School Open. The Children and Youth are concepts,

invented earlier time, if we take into account the time of development of society. It was in the

nineteenth century and XX that occurred the emergence of childhood as a social issue. Tornado

is the subject of public policies of the state from the Code of Children of 1979 that says less is

what is private subexistenciais conditions, health and compulsory education, representation and

assistance, because of lack, action or omission or manifest impossibility of parents or guardians.

And only from the half of the twentieth century is that they perceive the implementation of

public policies aimed at children and youth. School Open Program is a project of education,

culture, sport and work for the youth and the Project for Public Security of Porto Alegre enables

us to think portoalegrense the ability of society to organize itself. As result of the experience of

the Participatory Budget, seen as a pioneer in the country. This project is aimed at combating the

trafficking of arms and drugs for youth, crimes against equity, violence against women and

children, the reintegration of Community egressos the prison system, the construction of a studio

or multimeios experimental station of popular cultural invention , in addition to providing an

environment that contribute to the pool circuit Peace through workshops on education: sports,

environmental, and conservation of cultural heritage.