SILVA, K. C. O.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2192423444108356; SILVA, Kátia Cimone de Oliveira.
Resumo:
In recent years, there has been an important advance in initiatives conceming Solidarity
Economy and socioeconomic measures to implement the active cooperation of small
autonomous producers with their families in rural and urban areas. All with the purpose of
offering them marketing, credit and service delivery opportunities related to production and
consumption activities. lnitiatives like this are significant and of great importance because they
provide individuais with a new reality anda different mode of economy that includes the less
favored and those who are tired of attempts to enter the capitalist labor market. The Solidarity
Economy expresses a new way of organizing production, commercialization, finance and
consumption that privileges the self-management and cooperation of collective undertakings.
The present study aimed to verify the actions and contributions ofthe University lncubator of
Solidarity Economic Developments o f the Education and Health Center, Campus Cuité I PB,
during the pre-incubation process and a part o f the incubation of Solidarity Economy for the
group of Artisan Women of the Site Bujarí in the Municipality of Cuité I PB. And in a more
specific way, it sought: a) To know the form of work ofthe artisans, the confection, the sales,
and to make the relation with the Solidary Economy; B) Record activities carried out by
JNCOSOL I CES I UFCG during the period of the research; C) List economic and social
perspectives o f Knit Tree Artisans concerning their enterprise. It is concluded that there were
severa! actions and contributions of IN COSO L ICES. As for the way ofworking all the artisans
work, their parts are manufactured manually, and ali participate in sales. lt is a self-managed
group, united, and supportive, except for the purchase o f materiais and the division o f leftovers.
Its economic and social perspectives were to expand the enterprise, to put more stores, to seek
partnerships, and to recognize and value its work. It is suggested, therefore, that to increase the
enterprise, it is necessary that more people enter to be part of the group. Or maybe the group
will form an association, ora cooperative, to facilitate more access to some improvements.
Ultimately, it is your empowerment that is essential for ali people, and for informal groups. For
informal groups, persistence is irrelevant until the moment of desincubation and emancipation
is achieved.