Study goals
To investigate how professional training programs promoted by CEFET/RJ contribute to the productive inclusion and strengthening of entrepreneurship among refugees in Brazil, identifying barriers, adaptive strategies, and socioeconomic impacts.
Relevance / originality
The study addresses refugee entrepreneurship as a strategy for social and economic integration, a topic still little explored in Brazil. Originality lies in combining narrative analysis with the theories of Resilience and Economic Inclusion, based on the real experiences of beneficiaries.
Methodology / approach
Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive research, based on narrative analysis and content analysis. Interviews were conducted with 20 refugees of different nationalities participating in training courses in food production and entrepreneurship, complemented by institutional documents and technical reports.
Main results
The narratives reveal that entrepreneurship acts as a means of identity reconstruction, income generation, and sociocultural integration. Institutional barriers stand out, such as the recognition of diplomas and access to credit, alongside facilitators such as support networks, technical training, and institutional reception.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
Expands the understanding of refugee entrepreneurship by integrating concepts of resilience, economic inclusion, solidarity economy, and impact businesses. The narrative approach captures subjective and contextual dimensions, offering analytical categories applicable to other migration studies.
Social / management contributions
Provides insights for public policies and institutional practices aimed at the productive inclusion of refugees, suggesting actions such as expanding access to microcredit, recognizing competencies, providing psychosocial support, and promoting multicultural fairs and conscious consumption networks.