A INTERCOOPERAÇÃO NAS COOPERATIVAS DE CRÉDITO DA REGIÃO DO VALE DO AÇO: DISCURSO OU EFETIVIDADE?

Intercooperation means working together and, in cooperativism, this joint work can intensify the movement and serve its cooperatives more efficiently. Based on this assumption, this article aimed to analyze the practice of intercooperation in the credit cooperatives of the Vale do Aco region, in the perception of the managers. The study was characterized as qualitative and descriptive. For the data collection, a semi-structured interview script was used. The participants of this research were seven leaders of three cooperatives defined by intentional criteria and accessibility. The results indicate that the intercooperation is still a timid and little explored potential in the cooperatives surveyed, even showing advantages and facilitators that notably this principle can bring to the cooperatives, regarding the improvement of results in the joint activities, economic- with the reciprocal use of services, among others. We conclude that the discourse of this principle is very emphasized, but ineffective in its observance