Assessing the government capacity: reflections on the experience Award "Municipalities that Make More Render" (2010 and 2011)

This article examines conceptually the experience Award "Municipalities that Make More Render", developed by researchers at the Center for Studies in Public Administration and Government of the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, in two stages: in the Southern states in 2010 and in the state of São Paulo in 2011. From the concept of "triangle of government," developed by Carlos Matus in his construct of the Strategic Situational Planning analyzes especially the "capacity to govern" -- one of the vertices of the triangle -- the municipalities included in the Award. The article describes the assumptions that inform the Award, as well as the criteria and methodology adopted, and reflects on the choices made to reward municipalities to analyze the challenges of evaluating municipal administrations. Finally, the article analyzes specific counties, which implies establishing parameters for comparing very different contexts and managements.