Social projects, a tool for the empowerment of vulnerable communities

Abstract

The objective of this article is to stimulate a culture of social entrepreneurship in universities, whose mission contemplates the human formation of professionals with the capacity to understand problems in the communities and the operational management of solution alternatives according to their needs. The aim is to contribute to the organization, planning, execution, management and control of entrepreneurial activities that guide the initiation and culmination of projects with social research methodologies for universities, on the management of processes that allow the articulation of actions that generate goods and services for the transformation of vulnerable communities. A conceptual framework of the variables of social projects, university tools, empowerment and vulnerable communities is presented. This is intended to mean that the relationship established between them is an important part in the formation of a university culture.