The project production extension and innovation - PEPI and your contribution to the development of the region northwest cologne of RS

Abstract

This study aims to briefly analyze the interaction between university, companies and government, instrumentalized by the execution of the Project Production Extension and Innovation -.PEPI in the Northwest Region Cologne of Rio Grande do Sul. The principal goal of PEPI is to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of business the industrial sector, increased production, employment and income, as a means for the development of economic sectors and chains and clusters of the state and its regions. In general, the PEPI NC met between March 2012 and July 2015, 345 companies related to the industrial sector. Based on authors like Etzkowitz (2009), Nelson and Winter (2006) and Schumpeter (1982), research on the agenda adopted, based on Gil (2008), the qualitative approach, in addition to be characterized as descriptive, explanatory and as a case study. Participants who contributed to the study were two extension agents and the deputy director of Gaucha Agency for Development and Investment Promotion - AGDI. In practical terms, once analyzed the data collected and related to the theory were proposed some actions both to the effectiveness of PEPI to greater emphasis on the relationship between university, companies and government, having as main focus the regional development.