Regional development: an analysis about the structure of a consortium of municipalities

The regional development comprises an effort of local societies in the formulation of regional policies in order to discuss the issues that make the region responsible for its development process. This paper aims to describe, through the analysis of the governance structure, how the Consortium for Sustainable Development of Quarta Colônia (Condesus) promotes the coordination of the cities for regional development. For this, it was developed a qualitative research, with an exploratory and descriptive nature, and the design of a case study. As the result, it was found that the Condesus represents a case in which predominates the public administration, constituting a public association of private law, whose administrative structure consists in the Presidency, Council of Mayors and Executive Secretariat, and develops projects focused on the development of the Quarta Colônia, from the municipal cooperativism. Knowing the governance structure of Condesus, is possible to understand the original dynamics by which is expected to understand the regional development process.