Terceiro setor em ação: mitigação de impactos socioeconômicos provocados pela pandemia da COVID-19

Abstract

The present work was relevant in view of the current pandemic scenario of COVID-19 and the consequences that its impacts have generated for the Third Sector Organizations (OTS), State and society. From this perspective, the study exposes how such organizations have worked, as well as what actions and tools are being developed to minimize organizational and social difficulties caused by the pandemic. The main objective of this research was to reveal the social and organizational implications of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred in the Third Sector Organizations: Centro Agroecológico Sabiá, located in Triunfo-PE and Centro de Educação Comunitária Rural (CECOR) located in Serra Talhada-PE. For this purpose, an exploratory and descriptive research was carried out regarding the purposes, and a case study regarding the means, with the application of questionnaires to the representatives of the organizations analyzed, guided by a qualitative open-up. The selection of the research locus was based on the consideration of the feasibility of execution and accessibility to people and information for the execution of the study. It was found that the OTS are dealing with the consequences of the suspension of their activities 4 demobilization of personnel and budget cuts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, they are developing control tools to resume their activities, seeking to contain the impacts of the pandemic