CHALLENGES IMPOSED BY THE SPECIFICITIES OF BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICY

Abstract

In 2017, the rector of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) created a Working Group to prepare the Institutional Security Policy (PSI). It was an initiative of the UFPE process office and, as a representative of the administrative unit responsible for university security, I was faced with the challenge of presenting the first draft of the PSI, considering the specifics of university governance. In this essay, I report the trajectory of this elaboration, from the research of how other Universities acted, which areas of knowledge had relevant contributions and how I myself needed to reframe social representations to apprehend the need to share a priori divergent principles; but, in the end, complementary: the defense of institutional interests and the protection of the academic community