Aplicação do SROI em projeto com apicultores de Miranda-MS

Abstract

The Social Return on Investment (SROI) was created with the aim of measuring and accounting for values that go beyond financial terms, which allows social, environmental and economic costs and benefits to be calculated. SROI seeks to work to reduce inequality and environmental degradation, in addition to seeking environmental and economic improvements. For this reason, it was chosen as the tool to be applied in the project being carried out by the Fundação Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados in partnership with third parties, in favor of Apiário Flor de Camalote, located in Miranda (MS), which aims to promote the production of honey and its derivatives, generating employment and income. The SROI analysis is divided into six steps and can be used to aid strategic planning, and one of its principles is transparency, which is a reference for the presentation and dissemination of results. The general objective of this research is to predict the applicability of the SROI in this project for the benefit of Flor de Camalote beekeepers in Miranda – MS, in addition to analyzing and highlighting the use of SROI as the main tool to be used to achieve efficient and effective management, achieving the expected results and increasing profitability. When applied to the project, the tool will bring several benefits to the analysis, as it is divided into stages that make it possible to monitor the project's performance, mainly because it brings transparency in each of the analyzed stages. The theoretical basis of this work was elaborated through documentary research, subsidized in articles already published on Social Return on Investment (SROI) and its application in some specific cases, and the SROI planning was carried out based on the article "A guide to the Return on Investment”, published in 2012 by the Charities Aid Foundation.