1.1 |
Project submission |
Access to various projects (secondary data) |
It forces collective thinking |
1.2 |
Borrowing raw materials and exchange of labor among AVA’s enterprises. |
“Right now, we had two courses offered by Natura. They are helping. One was on safety at work and the other on first aid” (Interviewee 1) “...even with training courses on good food production practices, it is necessary to inspect.” (Interviewee 11) |
It strengthens the relationships among the partner enterprises established in AVA. |
1.3 |
Community garden in the indigenous areas and in other communities. |
Report on the dissemination of the results of the Sentinelas da Floresta project (1st edition), visit in loco, and images (secondary data). |
It expands community relationships and benefits food subsistence. |
1.4 |
Technical courses with the community’s participation (digital inclusion; workshops on nut processing and use of fruits, vegetables and devitalized wood, etc.). |
“Right now, we had two courses offered by Natura. They are helping. One was one on safety at work and the other on first aid” (Interviewee 1) “...with training courses on good food production practices...” (Interviewee 11) |
It expands social relations and spaces to socialize the competencies acquired at work daily. |
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Practice description - technical work |
Evidence (excerpts from interviews) |
Impact on the creation of the institution |
1.5 |
Exchange of experiences among other organizations, excursions to the community to learn about what is developed at AVA (schools, other organizations, public administrators, students, etc.). |
Report on the dissemination of the results of the Sentinelas da Floresta project (1st and 2nd editions) (secondary data) |
It promotes experience and brings prospective partners. |
1.6 |
Field days with the community in areas of extractivism or vegetable gardening and planting of seedlings. |
Report on the dissemination of the results of the Sentinelas da Floresta project (1st and 2nd editions) (secondary data) Project submitted in partnership with the university (UNEMAT) on Environmental Education (secondary data). |
It promotes the exchange of experience and reflections between members of the community. |
1.7 |
Submission of projects to compete for awards offered by support agencies. |
Millennium Development Goals Award - ODM BRAZIL (2013). Website: <http://www.ipea.gov.br/desafios/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2966:catid=28&Itemid=23> Banco do Brasil Foundation Award for AMCA in 2014. Website: https://www.cidadenova.org.br/editorial/inspira/577-mulheres_impulsionam_geracao_de_renda_no (secondary data) |
It improves the community’s knowledge on the work developed at AVA and its benefits. |
1.8 |
External professionals’ technical work as support to the enterprises (COOPAVAM; AMCA, four native associations). |
“Then these reports from visits by each technician, in each property, every day, are inserted in the final report with the signatures of all those involved.” (Interviewee 2) |
This practice occurs while there are projects being sponsored. However, it improved the enterprises’ knowledge and workers’ learning. |
1.9 |
Promotion of events to raise awareness of the environment in public schools. |
Report on the dissemination of the results of the Sentinelas da Floresta project (1st and 2nd editions) (secondary data) Project submitted in partnership with the university (UNEMAT) on Environmental Education (secondary data). |
It raises the community’s awareness of environmental issues and the value of the work developed in the region. |
1.10 |
Master theses and doctoral dissertations on the case: CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (Costa Rica); POLICYMIX (Norway); Federal University of Mato Grosso, State University of Mato Grosso, and Federal University of Goiás (Brazil) |
“...currently the experience here in the state of Mato Grosso draws attention from academia, including studies of foreign universities such as CATIE and POLICYMIX, as well as works by UFMT and UNEMAT” (Interviewee 2) |
It offers analyses from different viewpoints on the experience, which may contribute to the replication of social innovation practices. |
1.11 |
Exhibition of the products in national and international fairs. |
Evidence on COOPAVAM’s institutional website (secondary data) |
It improves product commercialization and knowledge on other experiences. |