Resumo:
This research aims to investigate the political-organizational model and operational methods of the Northeast Consortium, an experience that emerged in a context of political tension and federal conflicts, also characterized by a simultaneous economic and social crisis, exacerbated by the political landscape that emerged with the election of Jair Bolsonaro as President of the Republic. The Consortium arose with the objective of promoting the social and economic development of the Northeast Region, symbolizing a new form of political organization of the regional political-administrative elites, since it was launched as a way to establish minimum consensus around the articulation for the implementation of public policies. Recognized as a voluntary association of the nine regional governors, the Consortium had its first test in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, an opportunity in which the governors were able to demonstrate cohesive action, resulting in the Northeast Region presenting the best pandemic management, thus lending credibility to the political-administrative organization of the Consortium.In this sense, the central objective of this research is to understand the main characteristics of the Consortium's political-organizational model and its forms of action within the Brazilian federative context. The central question motivating the investigation is whether the CNE is merely a political organization that serves as a platform for specific actions by governors within the context of the competitive brazilian federative pact, or whether it has the potential to become a regional agency capable of becoming an effective reference for regional development. This research seeks to frame the Consortium's experience within its own historical context, considering that the region has already undergone the significant experience of SUDENE as a factor in the modernization of regional elites between the 1950s and 1970s. In this sense, the research also aims to establish some differences between the two experiences mentioned, with the objective of highlighting how the distinct economic and political contexts prevailing in each historical period motivated regional elites to adopt different political-organizational models around a regional development project.
