O impacto da Covid-19 nas Cooperativas de Solidariedade Social

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira, Inês Amorim
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/19863
• topic: Cooperativas de Solidariedade Social; Covid-19; Economia social; Impacto; Cooperatives of Social Solidarity; Impact; Social economy; Direito

This project work arose from the need to study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cooperatives, more specifically on social solidarity cooperatives. The pandemic appeared suddenly and affected all of society and institutions, which did not have time to take precautions and study the measures to be adopted in this situation. Many organisations had difficulties in adapting to this new reality and as such some were unable to resist these changes. Social economy entities were no exception and saw their activities altered, some even having to close down in person and continue their work digitally. In order to understand and analyse all these changes, more specifically in the social solidarity cooperatives, this project work was developed based on a qualitative methodology that comprises the analysis of two case studies and interviews with members and leaders of the social solidarity cooperatives. The results led to the conclusion that Covid-19 brought significant changes to organisations at many levels and that these had to adapt to this new situation, overcoming many of the challenges they faced in na innovative and resilient way, thus being able to make an invaluable contribution in mitigating the social effects caused by the pandemic.