Professional Education as catalyzer of local development within the context of cooperation networks in clusters

Abstract

Professional training, with knowledge spreading, promotes the fruitful actions for local development within the context of networks among organizations or clusters that constitute an organizational form able to be identified in several productive and innovative sectors. In the training for human resources, diverse educational and training actors seek to connect knowledge offer to local economical need. This article aims to describe the professional education in Brazil, in the scope of networks present in clusters which cooperate for local development, based on the main Brazilian economical activities, with a focus on the Federal District. For the development of this research, concerning the methodological aspects, the research was descriptive and for data collection documentary and bibliographic resources were used, on the basis of an analysis on the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílio, from IBGE, with the aid of SPSS program. The results highlight the main activities that need labor force in the Federal District and compare with what is really being offered in Brazil, whose service sector shows higher relevance.