The implementation of public programs is a complex task, often involving interorganizational relations at several levels of government and among a variety of public and private institutions. The challenge is to establish a format for these relationships that permits achievement of intended results. This paper examines the interorganizational arrangements established for the 1998 Program for Literacy and Training of Young People and Adults coordinated by the Superintendency for Developoment of the Northeast of Brazil (SUDENE). This study, employing qualitative methods for the collection and analysis of data, found that the configuration of the interorganizational relations for the implementation of that Program took the form of an hierarchical, centralized, organizational set with little or no interaction among most of the elements. This format was seen to be inadequate for achievement of the objectives of the Program. Recommendations are made with respect to configuration of interorganizational networks for public programimplementation appropriate to the achievement of intended results.
Implementation; Interorganizational Arrangements; Public Program
