The innovatory dimension of Social Technology
Jesus Carlos Delgado Garcia
ITS – Instituto de Tecnologia Social
Our Mission
”To promote the generation, the development and
the use of Technologies oriented for social purposes
and to aggregate the conditions to the mobilization
of the knowledge to answer to the populartion’s
demands.”
ITS seeks for building effective “bridges” from the
demands and needs of the people to the
knowledge production of the country, wherever it
had been produced (universities, NGOs, popular
movements, public sector, etc.)
Our Work
Applying the
methodology
in NGOs
Mapping STs
Knowledge
(Production, Access,
and Management)
Mobilization
Betterment
of
quality of life
An initiative from
Partners
and
A set of innovations...
Three key ideas
Social
Technologies
and
Corporate Social
Responsibility
in a
Network
A new way to promote skill building and
empowerment of the social actors to the
development of actions and the self
management of the network.
Social Technology concept:
“The range of transforming techniques
and methodologies developed and/ or
applied in the interaction with
communities and comprehended by
them which represent solutions for
social inclusion and betterment of
quality of life”
Examples of Social Technologies
Soro Caseiro
Projeto Menarca
Café com Floresta
(Ipê)
Cisternas (ASA)
FEBRACE
Emprego com Apoio
Acelera Brasil
Banco Palmas
Projeto Abelhas Nativas
APAEB (Beneficiamento
do Sisal. Valente. Bahia)
A new tool for diagnosis, analysis, strengthening
Social Technologies.
Dimensions and characters of Social Technology
Social relevance
•Effectiveness
•Sustainability
•Social transformation
Knowledge, Science,
Technology, and Innovation
•Aim to solve a social demand
•Organization and systematization
•Degree of innovation
Education
•Pedagogic process
•Dialogue between different
knowledge
•Appropriateness/ empowerment
Participation, citizenship, and
democracy
•Democracy and citizenship
•Participatory methodology
•Diffusion/ dissemination
Radar Chart Projeto Menarca
Histogram: Profile of the entities
Filtered data: Receive private grants = Companies
1 – Civil Association / NGO;4 – Degree and technical
studies institution;11 – Cooperatives;0 - Other
An innovation in the use of
information and communication
technologies.
Releasing
Curitiba, July 5th 2007
During the 6ª Mostra de Ação Voluntária
www.redeinovacaosocial.org.br
A network of actors from civil society,
corporations, NGOs, educational and
research institutions, articulated around a
project.
Members
•Sesi-PR
•Centro de Ação Voluntária
•Coopercostura Vila Verde
•Rede Esperança
•Petrobrás
•Associação Arayara
•Tecpar
•Bosch
•Aditepp
•Aliança Empreendedora
•DoriAlimentos
•Sinduscom
•Masisa
•Sadia
•Volvo
•CAEMMUN
•Copel
•Universidade Tuiuti
•ITS
•ABDL
•Voluntários: Lourdes e Rogério
Vision
To be a reference in Social Technologies and in the
articulation of partnerships that can enable the
fulfillment of sustainable development.
Mission
To inspire, to articulate, and to promote actions among
the society sectors aiming to map, to disseminate, to
replicate, to improve, and create Social Technologies
oriented to the sustainable development.
Contact ITS
Instituto de Tecnologia Social - ITS
Rua Rêgo Freitas, 454 - cj. 73 - República
CEP 01220-010 São Paulo – SP
Tel.: (11) 3151 6499 / 3151 6499
E-mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.itsbrasil.org.br