Projeto Oficina EscolaProjeto Oficina Escolade Artes e Ofide Artes e Oficios cios -- POEAOPOEAO

Arts and Crafts SchoolArts and Crafts SchoolSantana de Parnaiba Santana de Parnaiba -- BrazilBrazil

THE INITIAL CONTEXTTHE INITIAL CONTEXT

• 427 years old427 years old

•• 85.000 inhabitants85.000 inhabitants

• Loosing the cultural identity

• Living the conflict of having to preserve the history

•• Loosing the cultural identityLoosing the cultural identity

•• Living the conflict of having Living the conflict of having to preserve the historyto preserve the history

•• Lack of leisure equipmentLack of leisure equipment•• PopulationPopulation’’s little interests little interest•• Lack of specialized labor for the Lack of specialized labor for the

restorationrestoration•• Small offer of cultural activities Small offer of cultural activities

and work for youthand work for youth

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

• Recovered the town’s memory and identity• Growth:

ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOLSOCIALINSERTION

CULTURALDEMOCRATIZATION

LABORQUALIFICATION

JOBGENERATION

OTHER POSITIVESRESULTS

EDUCATIONTOURISM

SOME BENEFITS SOME BENEFITS RESULTING FROMRESULTING FROMTHE ARTS AND THE ARTS AND

CRAFTS SCHOOLCRAFTS SCHOOL

•• TownTown’’s restorations restoration•• Insertion in the job marketInsertion in the job market•• Reducing poverty and criminalityReducing poverty and criminality•• ExEx--students entered universitiesstudents entered universities•• Minimization of social and cultural Minimization of social and cultural

barriersbarriers•• Cultural emancipationCultural emancipation

IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION STEPSSTEPS

I)I) QUALITY PROJECTQUALITY PROJECT

II) SELECTION OF THE YOUTHSII) SELECTION OF THE YOUTHS-- IMPOVERISH PEOPLEIMPOVERISH PEOPLE-- CRITERIACRITERIA

III) III) ““MEETING EACH OTHERMEETING EACH OTHER””-- TRAUMASTRAUMAS-- GANGSGANGS-- HISTORY, CONCEPTS AND HEALTH HISTORY, CONCEPTS AND HEALTH

CONDITIONSCONDITIONS

IV) TRANSVERSAL THEMES: CITIZENSHIP, IV) TRANSVERSAL THEMES: CITIZENSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ETCENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ETC

V) RECONGNITIONV) RECONGNITION-- CLASSESCLASSES-- ASSISTANCEASSISTANCE-- RESTORATIONRESTORATION-- COMPLIMENTSCOMPLIMENTS

IS THE SOCIAL TECHNOLOGYIS THE SOCIAL TECHNOLOGYTRANSFERABLE?TRANSFERABLE?

• It is fully transferable• 41 brazilian towns

It is too stimulating the recognition for the effort in the construction from better places to live. However, to be pointed by the United Nations as a reference, and receive the United Nations Public Service Award in the Sixtieth Anniversary of the United Nations Programme Administration, is something that will be in the history of our city and give us more the spirit to continue fighting and improving our work.It is great honor for Santana de Parnaíba to be contemplated for the UNPSA, that is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service.