THE MULTICAMPI UNIVERSITY IN THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT REGION PETROLINA-JUAZEIRO

This article highlights the importance of the Multicampi University in social, cultural and economic development in the Integrated Development Region (Regido Integrada de Desenvolvimento - RIDE) of Petrolina (PE) - Juazeiro (BA). It begins by presenting theories aimed at local/regional development of the late 1980s, with the appreciation of economic, social and cultural activities developed by the subjects in their own space, thus characterizing the paradigm of endogenous development allied to the flexible accumulation model, fleeing from Keynesian postulates of regional development embedded in macroeconomics. The University of the State of Bahia (UNEB), The University of Pernambuco (UPE) and University of the Vale do Sao Francisco (UNIVASF), multicampi universities, created with the objective of taking higher education to the interior of the States, have contributed in the last two decades , both for the consolidation of the Region as a center of excellence in Irrigated Fruit Growing, as well as a university center of excellence in the most varied areas of knowledge, contributing to local/regional development in its economic, social and cultural dimensions.