Unicafes Bahia was created in November 2006, based on the representative needs of cooperative groups and/or Solidarity Economy Enterprises, seeking to translate and defend their identity importance not only in the state of Bahia, but above all, at the national level.

Mission

To transform cooperativism into a popular instrument for sustainable and solidarity-based local development, enabling farmers to produce for the market through economic and social initiatives that expand job opportunities, income distribution, food production, and improve quality of life.

Scope

Currently, 83 cooperatives are affiliated, from the production and marketing sectors, some specifically for women, youth, labor, credit, and housing, and are present in 18 identity territories of the state of Bahia.

Services

Management consulting;
Logistical support for products to access institutional and conventional markets;
Organization and support for regional and state fairs;
Organization and coordination of territorial networks of enterprises, in the productive organization of women and young people, in the holding of conferences, seminars, courses, workshops, territorial and state meetings;
Training for managers and employees in the maintenance of social technologies, computerization of cooperatives, and distribution of equipment to women's groups.

Partnerships

National Union of Family Farming and Solidarity Economy Cooperatives; Network of Producers Cooperative of Bahia; Movement of Rural Working Women of the Semi-Arid Region of Bahia; Ascoob System; Community Organization Movement – MOC; Arco Sertão da Bahia – Central Marketing Office of Family Farming and Solidarity Economy Cooperatives of the State of Bahia; Foundation for Support of Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Region of Bahia (APAEB); Ecumenical Service Coordination – CESE; ICCO Cooperation – Dutch Organization; Federation of Family Farming Workers / FETRAF Bahia; Foundation for Support of Family Farming in the Semi-Arid Region of Bahia – FATRES; Federal Delegation of the State of Bahia – SEAD; Secretariat of Rural Development – SDR; Superintendence of Family Farming of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Irrigation and Agrarian Reform of the State of Bahia - SUAF/SDR; Company for Development and Regional Action – CAR/SDR; Secretariat of Labor, Employment, Income and Sport – SETRE; Superintendency of Solidarity Economy of the State Secretariat of Labor, Employment, Income and Sport – SESOL/SETRE; Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Bahia – IF BAIANO; Territorial Councils for Sustainable Rural Development – (From the following territories: Portal do Sertão, Sisal, Bacia do Jacuípe, Litoral Norte); State Territorial Coordination – CET.

Unicafes Bahia

Avenida Senhor dos Passos, 54
Feira de Santana - Bahia, Postal Code: 44010-230
Telephone: (75) 3223-5155
Website: www.unicafesba.org.br