The Role of Cooperation in Regional Sustainable Development and Social Capacity (Case of study: General Directorate of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare of Kerman Province)

Purpose of this research is to evaluate the role of cooperation in regional sustainable development based on the social capacity model and it was done in a mixed (qualitative quantitative) way. qualitative part was conducted using the Foundation's data approach with 15 experts in the field of development and cooperation and targeted and snowball sampling. In qualitative part, after 3 stages of open, central and selective coding, model including 6 main categories, 45 sub-categories and 260 concepts was presented. In the quantitative part, PLS approach was used to validate the model. statistical population of this research is the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare and its affiliated organizations, and General Administration of Kerman was selected. the number of experts, assistants and managers of this General Department is 250 people, all of whom were selected as research samples. To collect data in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire based on a model containing 45 items were used in the form of 5-point Likert scale. results of the quantitative section showed that the causal conditions had an effect on the central category and intervening conditions, the contextual conditions and the central category had an effect on the strategies; Also, strategies affect the consequences of evaluating the role of cooperatives in regional sustainable development based on the social capacity model of the General Directorate of Cooperatives affects work and social welfare in Kerman province. The results show that the model of this research is suitable for the awareness of managers in the field of concepts and categories affecting the evaluation of the role of cooperation in sustainable regional development based on the social capacity model.