DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2015.v02i03.005

Pages: 251-255

The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of a professors team on implementing an entrepreneurship qualification project to create a base for local development in a region of extreme poverty. This study is an interpretive, descriptive, based on the phenomenology and interpretative case study. Data were collected through field notes, participant observation and documents and were analyzed in a comprehensive-interpretive hermeneutic. Main results indicate the need for greater awareness in communities in areas of extreme poverty about the opportunity to improve the quality of life and employment and income generation through education and entrepreneurship with practical results and the medium and long-term. In the culture of region noted low levels of innovation and entrepreneurship. The local culture is heavily dependent on assistance programs from the federal government. The study reports difficulties in implementing an entrepreneurship qualification project in areas of extreme poverty. Demonstrates the need for changing the status quo of a region in extreme poverty, describing the importance of breaking the vicious cycle of poverty through entrepreneurship qualification to generate income and employment.