Economia solidária e extensão universitária: uma experiência no Território do Sisal

Abstract

The Brazil from the 1990s, shows the share of solidary economic enterprises as organized segments of collective, cooperative and self-managed form as an alternative to the problems faced by the population of the working class, especially in relation to extreme concentration of income, casualization of jobs work and social exclusion, both in urban and rural areas. However, the challenge of strengthening and sustainability of solidarity economic enterprises permeates coordinated actions among the various players in the national and international level. In this sense, it is understood that the field of solidarity economy consists of solidary economic enterprises (organized in a diversified way), by supporting organizations, advisory and promotion (university incubators, non-governmental organizations, trade union movement, church / pastoral, among other ) and government organizations (local, state and national). This study aimed to analyze the experience of consultancy and fostering a network of supportive economic enterprise formed for women located in the Territory of Sisal, from the Regional Cooperative of Artisans fibers of the Hinterland, the relationship with the university extension of the Entrepreneurial Incubator University of Solidarity Federal Reconcavo of Bahia, as an example of one of these agents - held at the Women Fiber Project: Strengthening Regional Territory Craft in Sisal. Thus, we sought to observe the activities undertaken advisory and funding the network that makes up this solidarity project, as well as to analyze its contribution in strengthening solidarity practices, focusing on the use of social technologies with idealized methodologies to combine capabilities and initiatives activities conducted through interaction and exchange of knowledge between the members and supporters of the projects. Results were achieved in the institutional strengthening of the experience of supportive economic enterprise network, facing the emacipatória autonomy regarding decision making and income generation from sustainable practices, but also the contribution of university extension of formative processes for scholars in relation to research and university education. Of course, the self-managed enterprises bring significant benefits to society, either by socio-productive inclusion is by strengthening the processes of citizenship for women backcountry, but also in relation to the university as a guy who can contribute and have contribution to the processes of generation knowledge and learning focused on territorial development.