As Tessituras do Arranjo Produtivo Local Coureiro Calçadista de Campina Grande-PB no Enredo das Teorias do Desenvolvimento Local

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the fabric of the Local Productive Arrangement Coureiro Calçadista and its contribution to the local development process of the municipality of Campina Grande-PB. For this, the assumptions underlying the APL theory were used, a theory that defines the arrangements, such as agglomerations of companies with the same productive specialization and which are located in the same geographical space. They are favorable environments among APL companies that maintain links of articulation, interaction, cooperation and learning with each other, also with the support of local institutions. Therefore, it is in this context and according to the objectives listed, that the research adopted is of the exploratory-descriptive type. Using bibliographic, documentary and field research and for data collection: direct non-participant observation, semi-structured interview and questionnaire application. Thus, the research regarding its character as an analytical approach to data is qualitative. As final considerations, it was observed that the existence of the APL Coureiro Calçadista de Campina Grande-PB is characterized by such relevance for the (MPMEs) of the municipality. Because it was through the articulations on the part of the actors that integrate the APL, mainly the public actors, that the (MPMEs) started to obtain greater competitiveness. The configuration in APL also corroborated for a greater insertion of innovative methods in the production process, enhancing production and contributing to increase the promotion of employment and income in the municipality. Therefore, in general it appears that the APL Coureiro Calçadista de Campina Grande-PB has acted in part, as an instrument of induction for local development. However, although it contributed to the municipality's economy, this does not imply that there are no bottlenecks and that the arrangement is perfect. On the contrary, it is necessary to move forward in several aspects. In this sense, the research revealed some weaknesses found in the arrangement, which prevent its expansion, highlighting the main four: the lack of support especially by the government, thus lacking greater public policies implemented by the State and aimed at the APL , the need to condense and concentrate specialized technical services and simultaneously promote better training for the workforce directed to the sector, difficulty in purchasing the main raw material used in the process, which comes from other states and this increases the costs and finally, and perhaps more importantly, the instance of greater cooperation between the actors in the scenario.