{"id":636,"date":"2019-07-16T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demositoweb.it\/progettosud2021\/2019\/07\/16\/support-to-the-organization-of-development-hubs-for-mineral-handicraft-in-bahia-brazil\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T18:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:28:30","slug":"support-to-the-organization-of-development-hubs-for-mineral-handicraft-in-bahia-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progettosud.org\/en\/2019\/07\/16\/support-to-the-organization-of-development-hubs-for-mineral-handicraft-in-bahia-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Support to the organization of development hubs for mineral handicraft in Bahia – Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FIELD OF INTERVENTION: <\/strong>Socio-economic Development, Capacity Building, Professional Training<\/p>\n

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GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:<\/strong> Latin America, Brazil, State of Bahia<\/p>\n

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: <\/strong>The project is in line with the overall action, following a poverty reduction strategy, taken by the national and federal governments, as well as by the World Bank, which promoted intervention programs in rural areas of the State of Bahia, particularly in the semi-arid region. The action is intended to address those factors causing a condition of \u201cpoverty trap\u201d, namely those factors preventing poor areas or communities from finding a mechanism of autonomous development and from being involved in a development process affecting other neighboring areas or communities. The aim of the project is to carry out training programs on cooperativism, designed to create employment and to support associationism in the production system, dedicated to Bahia\u2019s craftsmen and based on a training proposal focusing on solidarity, participation and human and civil rights. The proposed action aims at the creation of 5 development hubs for mineral handicraft across the territory, diversified on the basis of specific characteristics of production, which are already existing or have to be developed based on market needs, and the creation of a Consortium for marketing of products.<\/p>\n

OBJECTIVES: <\/strong>The general objective is to contribute to the fight against poverty, to social inclusion and to the reduction of child labor in the poorest semi-arid area of the State of Bahia, through the creation and strengthening of an economically sustainable handicraft production network for processing minerals in the State of Bahia, which is a major manufacturer in this sector. Specific objectives are: \u25cf Find a way out of the \u201cpoverty trap\u201d for about 3000-3500 families, through the development of production and entrepreneurial skills for about 2000 craftsmen working in the mineral processing sector and through the impact on satellite activities related to the extraction of minerals and marketing of products. \u25cf Provide a permanent organization and coordination ability for mineral handicraft on a cooperative basis, to support training, technological development, market penetration and financial assistance in the production and marketing stages. \u25cf Fighting child labor in the mineral handicraft and extraction sectors and promoting basic and professional training.<\/p>\n

ACTIVITIES: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n