Semi-arid region in Brazil has undergone changes since the 1990’s with One Million Cisterns Program (P1MC), where families in the community learn to build and maintain slab cisterns (social technology). After its diffusion in the semi-arid region, P1MC became a public policy and it has been carried out in partnership with local organizational actors. The objective of this study is, from the expected impacts of a social innovation initiative in terms of the dimensions of process and result, presents P1MC as an institutionalized social innovation initiative, according to analytical categories of theoretical framework developed by Medeiros (2018). The method used was an in-depth case study, with qualitative evidences. It is concluded that P1MC is characterized as an institutionalized social innovation program, in which there is the effective participation of social, organizational and institutional actors. However, if there is not the expected engagement between these actors, it will not be possible to continue this social innovation, changing its expansion movement and involving the consolidation of its main results.
A Revista Brasileira de Tecnologias Sociais é uma publicação Qualis B1, de acordo com a classificação Qualis Periódicos CAPES 2017-2020.
A Revista Brasileira de Tecnologias Sociais tem por objetivo disseminar o conhecimento científico por meio de uma publicação semestral, que se caracteriza pelo teor multitemático e interdisciplinar voltado, preferencialmente, à divulgação de trabalhos desenvolvidos pelos Mestrados Profissionais do país, em forma de produtos ou processos que possam ser caracterizados como Tecnologias Sociais. Atualmente os editores são os professores Carlos Roberto Praxedes dos Santos (Gestão de Políticas Públicas) e Graziela Liebel (Saúde e Gestão do Trabalho).
