A importância da rede social e a implementação de projetos para o desenvolvimento local: um estudo de caso na cidade de São José dos Campos

Abstract

A Social Networks are formed by a group of people that get together to exchange experiences and knowledge to promote actions and projects that contribute both to the community and to local development. This work comes through bibliographic and exploratory research, informal interview, in order to present the development process of a social network. The project is based on the Social Network São José dos Campos, where were made a research on the available materials on the internet, besides an in-person interview with a member of the Social Network, the same one also answered a semi-structured questionnaire by e-mail, and a participation as a listener in one of the meetings. In addition to the process to former a social network, also was presented what is a social network, the importance of it to the city, and how it contribute for the local development. Also were shared a few of many projects and activities that already were done. In this final project, you can see that the formulation process of a Social Network happens when the population decides to stop complaining about the problems and difficulties and by themselves, without waiting for the government and responsible agencies, which always is a lengthy return, they cooperate and collaborate with each other to exchange experiences and knowledge, so together they will find out solutions to improve the population lives from a specific area/ region. Over the 11 years of activity and hard work of the Social Network São José dos Campos, many people have been benefited directly or indirectly by the actions and projects promoted by the Social Network.