Criação de programa de difusão do conhecimento em propriedade intelectual e empreendedorismo na Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

Abstract

The entrepreneurial culture and the dissemination of knowledge related to intellectual property and innovation are themes that universities aim to achieve. In this context, institutions seek to train their professionals, as well as their student body, especially to understand the demands of the globalized world. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to create a university program for the dissemination of knowledge about intellectual property and entrepreneurship at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). As specific objectives, we sought to: carry out a diagnosis of the entrepreneurial profile of students of the Interdisciplinary Bachelor's Degree in Energy and Sustainability; promote actions with students, professors, administrative technicians and the external community through activities that touch on topics such as entrepreneurship, innovation and intellectual property and collaborate with the establishment of a technical cooperation agreement between the University and the Innovation Hub of Feira de Santana, from the perspective of consolidating the generated product. For the development of this work, Action Research was used as a methodological procedure to support the improvement of an empirically based social practice. Thus, during the research, data were collected through questionnaires and five (5) activities were developed within the program. The results showed that there is, among BES students, a potential entrepreneurial profile to be worked on. The activities carried out had the participation of the Institution's internal and external public and showed the need for further deepening of the basic concepts related, especially, Intellectual Property, a topic that is still little discussed in the academic sphere. The product presented a step by step, on how to formalize, create and register a Program at UFRB, pointing out potentialities and vulnerability / weaknesses of UFRB/CETENS in relation to the extension process. It is concluded that universities are spaces for the formation of subjectivities, that is, it is a place for the formation of human capital that will feed the productive system, based on competitiveness, individuality, in general. Therefore, the product created goes beyond a simple academic formation, and will be used as a tool for the elaboration of proposals in the curricular reformulation of the undergraduate courses at UFRB/CETENS.