O programa de preparação e educação para a aposentadoria (PPEA): desafios e possibilidades da sua implementação na Universidade Federal De Juiz De Fora (UFJF)

Abstract

This study investigated Retirement Preparation Programs (PPA), focusing on the format developed by the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), which began in 2012. The program emerged from the institutional identification of a need for care and guidance directed at its employees for the retirement phase, considering the difficulties faced in this new stage of life. In its 2024 edition, the program was named Preparation and Education for Retirement (PPEA), and it showed that the high number of civil servants receiving a retention bonus at the institution contrasts with the still modest interest in the program. Furthermore, these numbers revealed that it is common to delay retirement when civil servants meet the requirements. The PPEA has the potential to be a program that assists in a reflected and planned decision-making process regarding the prolongation or termination of work activities. Such programs have as their reference and main justification Ordinance No. 12 of November 20, 2018, from the Secretariat of Personnel Management. The conceptual framework highlighted some concepts considered central to the development of the studied theme, such as Work, Aging, and Retirement, which underpinned the development of the proposed research. The general objective is to describe and analyze the implementation of the PPEA at UFJF and to propose strategies that can be adopted for its improvement. The following specific objectives were established: to describe the actions aimed at retirement at UFJF focusing on the PPEA; to analyze the challenges of the PPEA at UFJF; and to propose strategies capable of improving the program within the scope of personnel management at UFJF. These aimed to answer the following question: How is the Preparation and Education for Retirement Program implemented at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, what are the main challenges faced, and what strategies can be adopted to improve it? The proposed methodology made use of documentary sources, consulting documented projects, actions, and programs within the scope of retirement, current legislation, and materials produced in the latest edition of the PPEA. The database used was the Integrated Academic Management System (Siga). The research also utilized instruments such as questionnaires and interviews, in addition to investigating other PPAs from all public federal universities in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, as well as from Fiocruz. The data obtained provided a basis for the development of strategies capable of improving actions within the scope of retirement preparation and education at UFJF, which materialized in the creation of the Educational Action Plan (PAE).