Políticas públicas: contextualizando a Casa de Economia Solidária de Sant’Ana do Livramento

Abstract

Thanks to the Department of Solidarity Economic and Support to Micro and Small Enterprises ( SESAMPE ), it was inaugurated the First House of Solidarity Economy of Rio Grande do Sul, in Sant’Ana do Livramento. The place aims to host and develop the state's public policies linked to the solidarity economy. Therefore, the research aims to analyze the context of the creation of the House of Solidarity Economy and its economic and social potential in development for the city of Sant’Ana do Livramento. The adopted methodology is the empirical research, through field survey with questionnaires targeted to the workers of the place and another one aimed at the coordination office of the House seeking to identify the socio-economic profile of the people that work there, the potential contribution of House to the life of these people and how the place works. After analyzing the collected data, it was found that solidarity economy public policies are effective, because, in fact, it generates employment and income for their workers. However, the income is low, not allowing the affirmation to be able to live on the earnings from the solidarity economy, which must still overcome challenges to be considered a maximizing of socio-economic development of the municipality.