Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: DOUGLAS RODRIGUES FEITOSA

FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL? PROPOSAL FOR A CONSTRUCT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNESCO WORLD GEARARAR ARARIPE

Entrepreneurship. Innovation. Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark. Local Development. Indicators

Recognizing entrepreneurship and innovation as a strategy for promoting local development is the driver of this research in the territory of Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark, which currently total 161 territories with this denomination distributed in 45 countries. The geopark is a prime object of cooperation and strategy for the protection of geological heritage, enabling geoscientific knowledge, but also promoting the sustainable development of these territories and the communities involved. Thus, the objective of this study is to develop and validate a system of indicators that allows to assess the level of entrepreneurship and innovation in these regions. As a methodology, in a first moment bibliographic research will be carried out through the critical analysis of the literature pertinent to the object of evaluation described in the theoretical basis, after this moment variables will be chosen that identify the object of the research so that weights can be attributed to them. The variables identified will be determined later. With such information, it is possible to create a mathematical model to identify the level of entrepreneurship and innovation in the parks. Thus, the collection of primary and / or secondary data from the geopark will begin, which will promote the recognition of such characteristics in these territories. This research differs at a global level by the pioneering methodological nature, since the entrepreneurial aspect is something new in the conduct of these territories as a tool of belonging and promotion of these environments.