ISSN Eletrônico: 2500-9338
Volumen 24-N°4
Año 2024
Págs. 100– 110
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IN VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS SETTLED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CÚCUTA
Milton Alier Montero Ferreira [1]
Enlace
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-0112
Maritza Carolina Jaimes Márquez[2]
Enlace ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4728-6064
Claudia Elizabeth Toloza Martínez[3]
Enlace
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0002-2367-9787
Date
Received: Febrary 2, 2024
Date Approved: Abril
5, 2024
Abstract:
This article is a product of the research entitled: "The
migratory crisis in the city of Cucuta", developed by the Social Work
Research Group GITS, responds to the second objective of recognizing the
socioeconomic conditions of migrant families. Descriptive qualitative research
was developed, with a convenience sampling in which semi-structured interviews
were conducted. The article highlights the information collected in the
Association from Women Fighters for Life in the in the entrepreneurship
category and that was analyzed from the subcategories: support from
international cooperation, social problems that affect entrepreneurs, the
scarce generation of business alternatives and the lack of entrepreneurial
vision and training. In conclusion, Entrepreneurship in the midst of the crisis
faced by migration supports not only obtaining income to satisfy personal and
family needs, it empowers migrant women by leading an enterprise and has a
positive impact on the relational definition and the development of
capabilities. that contribute to the development of some environments of the
economy.
Keywords.
international
cooperation, crisis, entrepreneurship, border, migration, migration
EMPRENDIMIENTO
EN MIGRANTES VENEZOLANOS ESTABLECIDOS EN EL MUNICIPIO DE CÚCUTA
Resumen
El presente artículo es un producto de la investigación titulada: “La
crisis migratoria en la ciudad de Cúcuta”, desarrolla desde el Grupo de
Investigación de Trabajo social GITS, responde al segundo objetivo de reconocer
condiciones socioeconómicas de las familias migrantes. Se desarrolló una
investigación cualitativa de corte descriptivo, con un muestreo por
conveniencia en que se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas. El artículo
destaca la información recolectada en la Asociación de Mujeres Luchadoras por
la Vida en la categoría emprendimiento y que se analizó desde las
subcategorías: apoyo de la cooperación internacional, los problemas sociales
que afectan a los emprendedores, la escasa generación de alternativas de
negocio y la falta de visión y formación emprendedora. En conclusión, el
emprender en medio de la crisis afrontada por la migración apoya la obtención
no solo la obtención de ingresos para satisfacer las necesidades personales y
familiares, empodera a la mujer migrante al liderar un emprendimiento y
repercutiendo positivamente en la definición relacional y en el desarrollo de
capacidades que aportan al desarrollo de algunos ambientes de la economía.
Palabras
Claves: Cooperación internacional, crisis, emprendimiento,
frontera, migración
EMPREENDEDORISMO EM MIGRANTES VENEZUELANOS
ASSENTADOS NO MUNICÍPIO DE CÚCUTA
Resumo:
Este
artigo é produto da investigação intitulada: "A crise migratória na cidade
de Cúcuta", desenvolvida pelo Grupo de Investigação em Trabalho Social GITS,
responde ao segundo objetivo de
reconhecer as condições socioeconômicas das famílias migrantes. Foi
desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa descritiva, com amostragem por
conveniência, na qual foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas. O artigo
destaca a informação recolhida junto da Associação de Mulheres que lutam pela
vida na categoria do empreendedorismo que foi analisado a partir das subcategorias: o apoio da cooperação
internacional, os problemas sociais que afectam os empreendedores, a escassa
geração de alternativas de negócio e a falta de visão e formação empresarial.
Em conclusão, O empreendedorismo em plena crise enfrentada pela migração apoia
não só a obtenção de rendimentos para a satisfação das necessidades pessoais e
familiares, mas também capacita as mulheres migrantes para liderarem uma
empresa e tem um impacto positivo na definição relacional e no desenvolvimento
de capacidades que contribuem para o desenvolvimento. de alguns ambientes da
economia.
Palabras chave. cooperação internacional, crise, espírito empresarial,
fronteira, migração, espírito empresarial, migração
1.
INTRODUCCIÓN
During the last few years there has been an accelerated
process of migration from Venezuela to Colombia for which the country had no
response capacity, which definitely triggered a crisis that has transformed the
border life and is reflected in social, economic, security, health processes
and in general in the dynamics of the cities, in this case San José de Cúcuta.
From there arises the research entitled: The migratory
crisis in the city of Cúcuta", developed from the Social Work Research
Group GITS, highlighting the crisis around the transformation of conditions and
ways of life and recognizing the accelerated process in recent years and the
transformation from being a country of migration to Venezuela to being a
receiving country, which highlights the lack of institutional capacity to
respond, the social phenomenon of migration with the associated problems, all
this framed in the historical complexities of the country and its dynamics such
as those associated with the internal armed conflict.
Likewise, it is recognized that the economic problems
affecting the city of Cúcuta and the region, have generated that Venezuelan
migrants cannot have access to jobs in their areas of knowledge and expertise
that impact their income, but tend to develop low-skilled jobs mainly in labor
and low-wage sectors such as commerce, service sales, fast food sales and
construction (Chaves-González et al., 2021). An important aspect to take into
account, when in the migratory waves, professionals from different disciplines
arrive to the city if they are looking for work spaces according to their
schooling and professionalism.
Recognizing the above and that migration is a social
phenomenon that needs to be studied from multiple dimensions, in this case, the
socioeconomic element. From the qualitative approach, the descriptive research
was developed, which addressed the issue of entrepreneurship as one of the keys
posed by State policies for economic activation in the region and that allows
migrants to generate income; the study population focused on women.
Likewise, it is recognized that the economic problems
affecting the city of Cúcuta and the region, have generated that Venezuelan
migrants cannot have access to jobs in their areas of knowledge and expertise
that impact their income, but tend to develop low-skilled jobs mainly in labor
and low-wage sectors such as commerce, service sales, fast food sales and
construction (Chaves-González et al., 2021). Important aspect to take into
account, when in the migratory waves, professionals from different disciplines
arrive to the city if in finding work spaces according to their schooling,
professionalism.
Recognizing the above and that migration is a social
phenomenon that requires to be studied from multiple dimensions, in this case,
the socioeconomic element. From the qualitative approach, the descriptive
research was developed, which addressed the issue of entrepreneurship as one of
the keys posed by State policies for economic activation in the region and that
allows migrants to generate income; the study population focused on women
belonging to the Asociación de Mujeres Luchadoras por Vida (Association of
Women Fighters for Life), who have lived through the experience of
migration.belonging to the Asociación de Mujeres Luchadoras por la Vida, who
have lived through the migration process and whose experience of the different
actions of economic integration into the life of the city is relevant to the
objective of the study.
The
results show that entrepreneurship is a significant strategy for the
subsistence and settlement of migrant families, related to three key aspects;
the first is the generation of income, the second is the socioeconomic
integration with the activities of the region and the third is the
dignification of the status of women, overcoming the stigmatization of
Venezuelan migrants and recognizing their value in the generation and
leadership of productive projects.
2.
LITERATURE
REVIEW:
The
theoretical basis of research is related to three dimensions, the first one
complex thinking, the second one entrepreneurship and the third one crisis;
from which the narratives obtained in the interviews conducted with Venezuelan migrant
women members of the Association are interpreted.
Regarding
complex thinking, the starting point is Morin's (1990) approach on the
importance of understanding reality as a systemic universe of frameworks,
relationships, links and articulations between the various aspects that
integrate it; leaving aside the historical fragmentation where the
interpretation of a phenomenon was reduced to the separate analysis of its
parts and simplistic positivist precepts (Morin, 2006).
This
vision is the fundamental basis for the interpretation of migration as a
multidimensional, multicausal and diverse phenomenon that implies a
transdisciplinary reading in its interpretation and that requires leaving aside
the simplistic thinking of naturalistic reality, allowing an integrating vision
for its interpretation (Andrade et al., 2009).
Seeing
migration from this perspective requires, as the author states, a complex
vision of reality, where it is recognized that the parts are related to the
whole and that they are equally important to it. In addition, the importance of
a global view of the context is affirmed, where the facts are a dynamic and
interrelated framework, where it is necessary to complain about the simplistic
approach and that requires thinking about the global forms of interpretation of
the situation (Zamora-Araya, 2019).
In
this sense, the complex vision allows the interpretation of global
socioeconomic processes in the particular version of the region (Morin, 2007),
recognizing that reality is determined by its biological, economic and social
dimensions, in a framework that needs to be seen from the global process of
humanity (Guzmán Díaz & Adriano Anaya, 2013).
When
studying entrepreneurship in the Venezuelan migrant population, it is pertinent
to point out that CONPES 4011 of 2020, National Entrepreneurship Policy,
promotes the strengthening, creation and growth of enterprises in search of
generating income, wealth and productivity increases through the development of
competencies and enabling conditions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem,
This
policy takes into account all types of economic units and dimensions of
development, incorporating several actions with emphasis on the productive
inclusion of micro-businesses and productive initiatives of the vulnerable
population. CONPES 3950 defines the strategy for the attention of migration
from Venezuela, although it is not mentioned in the policy. It does respond to
the Industrial Policy on the Move, where actions on employability and
entrepreneurship are defined as cross-cutting strategic axes that the national
government has defined to transform the productive apparatus in the
territories. In addition, the law includes the fundamental elements for the
socioeconomic and productive integration of migrants, Colombian returnees and
host communities, with a differential and territorial approach, as an
opportunity for the country's economic development (Ministry of Economy,
Industry and Tourism (2023).
The
interpretation of the entrepreneurial process implies a multidimensional,
multi-relational and systemic approach, recognizing that there are several
factors that will allow the construction of an entrepreneurial vision that
responds to reality, as Martínez and González (2020) state that
entrepreneurship must respond to socioeconomic, cultural and educational
conditions, productive structures and dynamics, personal conditions, the
networks of entrepreneurs, the market of factors and regulations and state
policies that will determine the processes that can be developed in the
different contexts.
In
this sense, it is essential to think about the uniqueness of the context in the
development of entrepreneurial processes, since these must respond to the
characteristics, particulars, dynamics and resources proper to the local, also
recognizing the correlation of psychological, economic, social and political
factors Paños (2017), becoming an opportunity to improve the lives of people
and their families.
It
is necessary to recognize the need for training in entrepreneurship processes,
as they involve the construction of ideas of the traditional economy, the need
for a creative and creative vision that allows the generation of skills and
competencies in the generation of business ideas, formulation of business plans
and construction of companies, which not only benefit people, but also have an
impact on the development of the country (Borja et al., 2020).
Complementary
to the complex vision and entrepreneurship, it is necessary to interpret
migration from a multidimensional crisis perspective, which encompasses
humanitarian, social and economic factors, for which the Colombian State has
not had the capacity to respond; this crisis vision implies the transformation
of situational processes and the adaptation to a new reality of life on the
border that must be thought in a systemic manner and articulated with the
existing historical dynamics and with a global vision (Borja et al., 2020).
dynamics and with a global vision (Andrade et al., 2009).
As
stated by (Bitar, 2021), the fundamental reason for the migration of the
Venezuelan population to Colombia was to improve their difficult economic
conditions, while many of them already had unsatisfied basic needs when they
arrived in the country; the other reasons for migration were the insecurity
faced by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the intention to reunite with
family members, political reasons and health reasons, among others.
In
addition to the above, it is key to understand that the crisis is also related
to the impact of the families to respond to the accelerated changes in their
lives and the adaptations they must make to adapt to life in the city in a new
city (López, 2010) such as Cúcuta.
In
this sense, it is necessary to think of a dynamic crisis where accelerated
changes must be seen locally and globally (Zamora-Araya, 2019), with the
caesarean rupture of fragmentation and where a systemic vision allows a deeper
understanding of the economic processes in which families are immersed that
will define their life processes.
Ramírez,
García and Redondo (2021) in their research work: Migration as a promoter of
entrepreneurship; Theoretical approaches, point out that, through different
contexts, approaches and situations, migration is associated with
entrepreneurship processes. Being an evident element in migrants the low risk
aversion as a key factor of entrepreneurship, migrants face more challenges,
assume more risks and probability of failure. Their condition and experiences
regarding their ability to make decisions to leave a life behind in order to
seek, maintain or improve their living conditions enable migrants to develop
their own entrepreneurial skills.
Another
study, which relates entrepreneurship in Venezuelan migrant women is the one
conducted by Salas et al (2019) in the study conducted in Barranquilla on
entrepreneurship and informal work of Venezuelan migrants, points out that this
population is vulnerable and is exposed to situations of discrimination,
harassment and labor exploitation. In his study he found that Venezuelan
migrants in Barranquilla assume informal trade as an alternative to subsist,
where their income often does not exceed the minimum wage. She identified in
the study that 18% of the population studied considered themselves
overqualified for the economic activity they performed. Women entrepreneurs
start their businesses with less capital and less indebtedness, which are
financed through trickle-down loans due to their lack of credit life and their
immigrant status makes it impossible for them to access them. The enterprises
of Venezuelan migrant women are focused on the commercial sectors of food,
aesthetics and clothing, among others.
Research
developed from the qualitative paradigm, with descriptive design, (Arias
Valencia & Betancurth Loaiza, 2015), where the singularities of the women
who belong to the association and the complexities of their experiences around
the migration process were addressed. Asilachis (2006) states that "this
type of research builds a complex and holistic picture, analyzes words,
interacts with the participants and conducts the study in a natural
situation" (p. 2), entrepreneurship in Venezuelan migrant women requires
this holistic and complex vision that allows understanding this complex
phenomenon from a qualitative approach..
Seven in-depth interviews and two focus groups were conducted; the
criteria for the participation of Venezuelan migrant women members of the
Asociación de mujeres luchadoras por la vida were as follows:
a) being Venezuelan migrant women
b) to have arrived in Colombia more than 13 months ago
c) to be part of the Association of Women Fighters for Life.
d) to have participated in training on entrepreneurship issues.
e) be currently involved in a productive project.
f) wanting to participate in the research process.
It is important to point out that the narratives
given by the Venezuelan migrant women were organized, after their literal
transcription and revision, in order to organize the information, the
interviews were codified based on the narratives obtained (Barrantes, 2009).
The information was organized in matrices that allowed the identification of
the categories of analysis, after coding, taking into account the findings from
interview 1 to interview 7 and the focus groups were organized into focus group
1 (GF1) and focus group 2 (GF2).
The validation process of the instruments was carried out by experts,
from the analysis of the relevance of the study questions and the scope in the
fulfillment of objectives; the questions were rated with very high relevance;
the evaluators were three experts; the first was a political scientist with
experience in the subject, the second a social worker with experience in
research, and the third a public accountant with knowledge of the socioeconomic
subject.
he analysis of
the information was developed through a matrix analysis exercise, where simple
categories emerged and then were organized in greater complexity, all centered
on the stories obtained in the interviews and the focus group; the categories
corresponded to the specific objectives and the subcategories emerged from the
stories obtained: 1) Support from international cooperation, 2) The social
problems that affect entrepreneurs, 3) The scarce generation of business
alternatives and 4) The lack of entrepreneurial vision and training.
For the development of the research, the women participants signed an
informed consent form, where they allowed the information obtained to be shown
and where the importance of their anonymity in the presentation of findings was
made clear.
The accelerated migration process has generated different affectations
in the life of life in Cúcuta, highlighting that the socioeconomic conditions
of the population have tended to worsen in issues such as unemployment,
informality, insecurity, increased consumption of psychoactive substances and
affectations of the use of public space among others.
In this sense, the research process focused on recognizing the
socioeconomic conditions of migrant families, prioritizing in this article the
analysis of entrepreneurship as a possibility that has been developed to
respond to the living conditions of the city.
Recognizing in entrepreneurship the possibility of income generation for
migrant families, added to the adaptation to the context of the city; in the
analysis of the information, the following subcategories of analysis emerged
from the narratives. The first is the support of international cooperation, it
is highlighted that the people interviewed recognize the importance of
international cooperation to respond to the migratory crisis they are facing,
highlighting three aspects, the first related to meeting basic needs, the
second with training in areas such as entrepreneurship and the third in the
accompaniment to the Colombian State. In this regard, the following stories
stand out:
For us, the support of international cooperation agencies has been very
important, we know that we can count on them for the problems we have, for
example, Acción sin hambre gives food to migrants, the Red Cross attends to
health issues and we received training on the subject of entrepreneurship from
AGNUR, they taught us very important things, which the idea is to put into
practice (Interviewee 1 personal communication, November 18, 2023).
For the women who are in the association, it has been very important
that people come to teach us what to do, they show us what a business idea is,
they talk to us about the importance of money management. they talk to us about
the importance of money management -because sometimes you can earn money but
you don't know what to do with it- and they have shown us how to be an
entrepreneur you have to lose your fear, you have to risk doing something and
above all each one of us must have a motivation to make ourselves better and
that this is useful for our families. (Focus group 1 personal communication,
December 2, 2023).
Like this narrative, there are many others that highlight the role of
international cooperation in the adaptation of migrants to the city of Cúcuta,
where the satisfaction of basic needs and the generation of learning processes
are highlighted, a situation that motivates many women to participate in the
association of which they are part.
A key aspect the interpretation of the narrative, is associated with the
various agencies that arrived in the country, which are organized from the
Interagency Group on Mixed Migratory Flows GIFMM; which was created towards the
end of 2016 and is co-led by IOM and UNHCR and have had a positive impact on
the territory, due among other aspects to their human and resource capacities
in addressing migration processes, where the issue of entrepreneurship is an
axis for the integration of the migrant population to the country.
It became evident that together with 15 international cooperation
agencies, the national government has developed support programs in
entrepreneurship that have allowed reaching more than 6,400 entrepreneurs led
by migrants from Venezuela, Colombian returnees and residents in host communities.
The accompaniments were focused on operating enterprises, they received advice
on business strengthening, business model, finance, marketing and sales, among
others, the productive capital was on average from 1 to 6 million pesos and in
some cases up to 12 million pesos for those enterprises more structured and
with a greater potential for growth.
The second is the social problems that affect entrepreneurs, where
narratives such as the following stand out:
This city is very difficult, because the first
thing is that they reject us for being Venezuelan, they say things outside of
us and blame us for everything that happens, if someone is killed they say it
was a Venezuelan, if they are stealing, it is the Venezuelans and if there is a
problem it is the fault of the Venezuelans, as if in this country there were
not bad people too, sometimes you want to sell what you have, but they do not
support you just because you are Venezuelan (Interviewee 4, personal
communication, November 25, 2023).
Here it is difficult to set up a business, there
are places where you have to pay to be allowed to sell, otherwise they even
threaten to kill you, in Colombia there are many criminals and some are like
hand in hand with the police, but we have to put up with it to see if we can
sell what we have" (Interviewee 6, personal communication, November 2,
2023).
One of the things you need to be an entrepreneur,
and to know where to sell what you do, and there are parts of Cúcuta where they
charge you to sell your things, it is like paying locals who are not street
vendors, and if you don't pay, they are even capable of killing you. Sometimes
in the center you can sell well, but there you have to be aware of everything
and pay a fee so that they don't bother you. That should not be like that,
because we should all have the possibilities to improve the economy, but
sometimes it even motivates them. (Interviewee 6, personal communication,
November 25, 2023).
As evidenced by the narratives, in order to develop a business
partnership, migrants must respond to the characteristics of the context, where
social problems that affect them, such as extortion, insecurity and
stigmatization, are part of the situations they must face permanently.
This type of situation does not allow the development of migrants;
recognizing a perspective of human development where it is key to recognize the
expansion of freedoms that allows people to have a long, healthy and creative
life and that they can achieve all their goals and actively participate in the
processes in which they are immersed (Tezanos Vázquez Sergio, 2013).
The third is the scarce generation of business alternatives; this
subcategory is related to the tendency of the migrant population to repeat
business initiatives and not to innovate, as shown in the following stories:
Entrepreneurship is very important, because it will
allow us to generate income that will be useful for our family, in my case I
already have my children in Colombia, but there are some girls who send money
to Venezuela, the problem is that sometimes we all want to do the same thing,
so we all sell coffee, we all have a beauty salon or we all sell candy on the
street. (Interviewee 3, personal communication, November 25, 2023.)
That entrepreneurship is more difficult than it is,
because there is a lot of competition, sometimes you have an idea and the next
day people are already copying it and it is more difficult to do things, what
happened to me, and I started selling Venezuelan arepas on the street, very
good and with good cheese, and a week later there was another one selling the
same thing a block away and that read the business to one. (Interviewee 7,
personal communication, December 2, 2023).
As can be seen in the narratives, entrepreneurship must go beyond
repeating someone else's business idea, because in order to achieve impact,
creativity and innovation are required and many times the migrant population
does not have them, due to the tendency to repeat business ideas, this is
reflected in the city where day by day more bakeries, stores or barbershops are
emerging, which sometimes saturate the market and do not allow the economic
development of entrepreneurs.
In addition to the above, it is necessary to recognize that
entrepreneurship implies actively participating in relational frameworks that
will allow the generation of income Martínez and Gonzales (2020). They raise
the importance of the interaction entrepreneurs have with family, friends,
other entrepreneurs and institutions of the environment; where three types of
links are identified: social (family and friends), institutional (universities,
companies, cooperation agencies) and commercial (suppliers, customers, other
actors that can develop the entrepreneurship).
From this point of view, it is necessary to integrate the migrant
population into the sociocultural processes of the city and to strengthen the
links and support networks that allow them to increase the impact of the
business partnership.
The fourth sub-category and the lack of
entrepreneurial vision and training, its analysis is based on the understanding
that learning and training processes are required for entrepreneurship; these
go far beyond the generation of business ideas and are related to people's
perspectives on income generation, as shown in the following stories.
Now that I am in Colombia, I have realized how
difficult it is to achieve entrepreneurship, I thought it was easy to stand up
and sell red wine and at night already have a lot of money, but it is more
difficult than it seems, for example, at times when you are doing badly and do
not feel like doing anything and there are others where you do not feel much
competition and that you are wasting your time, also one full of problems of
difficult to be a seller, because sometimes it is hard to show a smile so it
does not sell easier. I think that one has to study more to improve
entrepreneurship. (Interviewee 2, personal communication, November 18, 2023).
The women
who are in the association have had some training in entrepreneurship, they
have talked to us about the business idea, income generation, maintaining
capital; they have even shown us some strategies to sell, sometimes one does
not realize how important these things are, just as one studies to become a
doctor, it is time to study to become an entrepreneur. (Interviewee 1, personal
communication, November 18, 2023.
In the stories it can be seen, that the development
of entrepreneurship processes involves the acquisition of skills and
competencies that allow participating in real income generation processes,
which do not become wear and tear for people and where the expected income
objectives are achieved, this implies the need to train people in different
aspects among which the following characteristics stand out for Abambari
(2016): creativity and innovation, clarity of ideas, ability to face and take
risks, knowing how to prioritize, ability to communicate and socialize,
tenacity and persistence, flexibility and ability to adapt to circumstances,
and optimism and self-confidence.
These characteristics presume different knowledge,
some referred to the business idea itself, others related to the hopeful vision
of performance, others focused on business capacity and all of them framed in
the importance of personal action around responding to the market.
In addition to the above, it is necessary to
recognize that for entrepreneurship processes to have an impact, minimum
knowledge is required in areas such as accounting, cash flows, the business
city, the legality of actions and even in the modern world the use of
information and communication technologies is needed and that all of the above
allows the generation of innovation.
In addition, it is important to take into account
that many migrants arrive in the receiving country, in this case Colombia, with
professional training, schooling or qualified skills that they developed in the
country of origin; these professional skills are fundamental when generating an
entrepreneurial process; the frustration of not having opportunities to perform
their profession supports the development of more structured ventures.
An element that surfaced within the findings and
that is considered important to refer to is how from their role as
entrepreneurs, there is a rescue towards the dignification of the condition of
women, the migrants pointed out that leading or participating in
entrepreneurship processes, supports the change of imaginaries and heals the
stigmatizations towards their feminine condition, sometimes violated, some
stories point out:
For us as Venezuelan women, it is more difficult to
undertake because we are rejected and discriminated against, sometimes we are
even called "venecas" in an ugly way, as if we were less, that is why
we have to show by working that we can do things well and as we have learned,
if we fall down what we have to do is to get up again, learning from our
mistakes, but we can never be satisfied with what we have (Interviewee 1,
personal communication, November 18, 2023).
5.
The
results show that entrepreneurship is a significant strategy for migrant
families, related to three key interconnected aspects; the first is the
generation of income, the second is socioeconomic integration with the
activities of the region and the third is the dignification of the status of
women, overcoming the stigmatization of migrants and recognizing their value in
the generation of productive projects.
The
interpretation of these aspects is based on a complex vision where uniqueness
is recognized as the axis of interpretation of reality (Dekocker et al., 2021),
knowing that each migrant family has its own conditions and characteristics,
but in general they have the need to generate income.
This
income generation becomes complex in a city like Cúcuta, characterized by informality
and unemployment, having in entrepreneurship the possibility of improving
economic conditions; but recognizing that it is not an easy task and that it
requires accompaniment, generation of support networks, innovation and
significant investments with the migrant population.
Although
the national government has launched different initiatives to encourage
entrepreneurship in the population, seeking to develop different skills for
economic performance, it is evident that they are not enough in the face of the
crisis of job opportunities, especially in the city of Cúcuta.
With
international cooperation and the support of Territorial Entities from the
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, through the agency Emprendimiento
IMPULSA Colombia, two programs have been developed in the department of Norte
de Santander, specifically in Cúcuta, Ocaña and Tibú, aimed specifically at the
migrant population, who were developing an entrepreneurship program: It was
found that an approximate impact of 230 ventures developed by migrants in
different sectors of the economy, especially in food area (sale of sausages,
cocoa processing, peanut butter processing, peanut cream, Bakery, In the
municipalities of Tibú and Ocaña, it was evident that the enterprises transcended
the food area and focused on service activities, beauty salons, messenger
services, laundry, with emphasis on the opening of hairdressers, barbershops,
places for hair care, manicures, etc.
In
this perspective, the role of the Colombian State in mobilizing alliances and
resources to facilitate dignified conditions for migrant families is important,
although Palacios and Peralta (2023) recognize the low capacity of the
Colombian State, evidenced in three aspects, the first one being the scarce regulations
in terms of recognition of rights for foreigners, the scarce mobilization of
resources and the lack of an institutional base to respond to the complexity of
the situation.
Actions
of the National Government to attend Venezuelan migrants, which is related to
entrepreneurship projects: 1) Entrepreneurship Law with an inclusive approach,
allows the management and adjustments in the support programs for
entrepreneurship allowing the participation of the migrant population. 2)
Social entrepreneurship program with iNNpulsa Colombia, focused on innovative
and creative solutions aimed at generating income for the migrant population,
and 3) Social entrepreneurship program with iNNpulsa Colombia, focused on
innovative and creative solutions aimed at generating income for the migrant
population.
presented
by the private sector. 3) Pilot program for employability and rural
entrepreneurship, allowing migrants to be hired and offer agricultural services
at their homes in the coffee sector. This pilot program will allow the
employment of close to 200 migrants in such tasks, with the capacity to employ
2 million people throughout the country. 4) iNNpulsa Colombia's Social
Entrepreneurship Route, which includes migrants 5) Assistance to migrant
entrepreneurs in the different Cemprende centers in the country.
The
second aspect, which refers to socioeconomic integration, reaffirms that
entrepreneurship supports the adaptation processes of the migrant population in
the destination cities, as it allows them to recognize and participate in
socioeconomic, cultural, family and community patterns when interacting with
the host population.
Another
important element to take into account is the participation of the different
members of the family in the entrepreneurship projects of Venezuelan migrants,
since members of their families participate and collaborate in these ventures,
usually the husband, partner, mother or children are there supporting and doing
different activities, usually it is the women who lead the entrepreneurial processes.
In
addition to the above, it is evident that, although the news reports refer to
the participation of Venezuelan migrants in criminal acts, the narratives of
the women emphasize that the migrant population does not have criminal
interests, stressing that what is evident are their unsatisfied needs that they
seek to meet with the processes of entrepreneurship, participating in the
economic life of the city. Likewise, this integration is also related to the
participation in legal processes, training, education and governmental support
for the development of economic processes.
This
has allowed, through entrepreneurship, to strengthen processes of participation
of migrant women in the life of the city and has had a positive impact on the
internal dynamics of the association, highlighting issues of empowerment and
capacity building of the women who are part of it.
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[1] Magister en Intervención Social en las
Sociedades del Conocimiento Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, (España) Docente
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, director del Semillero de
Investigación en Transformaciones Sociales SITSO. Colombia. Email: miltonaliermf@ufps.edu-co
[2] Magister en Paz Desarrollo y
Resolución de Conflictos. Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Facultad de
Educación Artes y Humanidades, Grupo de Investigación en Trabajo Social GITS. Colombia.
Email: maritzacarolinajm@ufps.edu.co
[3] Doctor en Educación. Universidad
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