CoLABOR is the Collaborative Laboratory for Work, Employment and Social Protection.
The project aims to assess the impact of vocational training, lifelong learning, and skills validation and certification processes on matching the supply and demand for qualifications and skills, as well as on company performance.
CoLABOR is partnering with Pluriversidade Comunitária, Rede DLBC Lisboa, and LARGO Residências in this event that values the participation of people directly affected by poverty and the sharing of knowledge as contributions to building collective solutions.
The phase-out of coal in Portugal in 2021 was celebrated politically as a milestone in climate leadership.
The session marked the conclusion of a year's work by the CoLABOR team and exemplifies how research and knowledge production can contribute to the analysis, evaluation, and definition of evidence-based public policies, bringing scientific knowledge closer to public decision-making and action.
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The article is available in open access, in English, French, and Spanish.
The results of this evaluation will be presented publicly on September 24th, between 9:45 AM and 1:00 PM, at the Auditorium of the Lisbon Youth Center in Moscavide.
The initiative aims to support the analysis of the case law of the Supreme Administrative Court (STA) through the automatic extraction of structured information from the rulings, using artificial intelligence models.
In the IPPS-Iscte report, "The State of the Nation and Public Policies 2026," João Vasco Lopes analyzes the challenges of adopting artificial intelligence in Portugal, highlighting the constraints of the business sector and the challenges of the National Artificial Intelligence Agenda.
On its 8th anniversary, CoLABOR marked the date with a guided tour of Alhandra, revisiting the industrial and working-class history of the town.
This initiative is part of CoLABOR's internationalization strategy, contributing to the strengthening of scientific cooperation networks and the promotion of dialogue with leading international institutions.
Watch the full session video here.
CoLABOR was selected to carry out an evaluation of the Local Social Development Contracts (CLDS) program, promoted by the Agency for Development and Cohesion, IP (AD&C), within the scope of the Portugal 2030 Global Evaluation Plan.
CoLABOR has been part of this network since its inception in 2018, maintaining the Collaborative Laboratory seal awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
CoLABOR , in partnership with the Minho Region Business Confederation, DST Group, Mota-Engil and Sonae, its associates, presents today the report Employment in Portugal – Diagnosis and Recommendations for Public Policy and Business Strategies .
On May 26th, at 2:30 PM, in Porto, at the Auditorium of the Manuel António da Mota Foundation, the report " Employment in Portugal: Public Policies and Business Strategies", followed by a debate with experts.
The evaluation, with a planned duration of 12 months, will allow for the analysis of the program's intervention effects over time, with the goal of supporting management, programming, and public policy decisions.
The launch of the “Atlas of Portugal in Europe” precedes the celebrations of Europe Day, celebrated on May 9th, and also marks the 40th anniversary of Portugal's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU).
On May 26th, at 2:30 PM, in Porto, at the Auditorium of the Manuel António da Mota Foundation, the report " Employment in Portugal: Public Policies and Business Strategies", followed by a debate with experts.
Between April 2026 and March 2027, CoLABOR will be responsible for developing an information management system in the area of gender-based and domestic violence in São Tomé and Príncipe.
This meeting reinforces CoLABOR's commitment to the exchange of knowledge and best practices in the field of social and labor policies.
CoLABOR is featured in the latest edition of Dirigir & Formar magazine, dedicated to the theme "Transitions, Work, Skills and the Future," with the article "Green Transition and Inequalities," authored by Frederico Cantante and Pedro Estêvão.
With a practical and strategic approach, the training will enable SMEs to identify challenges, define priorities, and align decisions in the digital transformation process, strengthening their ability to adapt in an increasingly competitive and innovation-driven context.
QuizLABOR is an interactive game that aims to provide insight into the social and economic reality in Portugal and Europe through statistical data available on the DataLABOR, developed by CoLABOR.
The policy brief was authored by the CoLABOR research team – Frederico Cantante (project coordinator), Pedro Estevão, Franco Tomassoni, Sara Nunes, Tânia Almeida – and by Ricardo Moreira, a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and Vera Ferreira.
The second edition of the IPPS-Iscte Masterclass Cycle, " Deciding Better with Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector," was designed to support professionals with management responsibilities, technical roles, and decision-making in Public Administration in understanding and practically using data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence as tools to support public decision-making.
The EIPM 2.0 aims to strengthen the systematic use of scientific evidence in the design and evaluation of public policies, with a special focus on the challenges associated with the dual transition, green and digital.
Based on data available in DataLABOR, the analysis reveals progress, but also persistent inequalities.
This moment initiated a series of consultation phases aimed at identifying strategic options, analyzing opportunities and risks, and supporting the development of AI²'s multi-year program contract.
FEMENA brings together a multidisciplinary team to study female entrepreneurship in Asia and Europe and will support 80 researchers through international mobility.
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The project aims to assess the impact of vocational training, lifelong learning, and skills validation and certification processes on matching the supply and demand for qualifications and skills, as well as on company performance.
CoLABOR is partnering with Pluriversidade Comunitária, Rede DLBC Lisboa, and LARGO Residências in this event that values the participation of people directly affected by poverty and the sharing of knowledge as contributions to building collective solutions.
The phase-out of coal in Portugal in 2021 was celebrated politically as a milestone in climate leadership.
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The project aims to assess the impact of vocational training, lifelong learning, and skills validation and certification processes on matching the supply and demand for qualifications and skills, as well as on company performance.
CoLABOR is partnering with Pluriversidade Comunitária, Rede DLBC Lisboa, and LARGO Residências in this event that values the participation of people directly affected by poverty and the sharing of knowledge as contributions to building collective solutions.
CoLABOR mobilizes resources from academia, businesses, public administration, and social and solidarity economy organizations with a view to deepening knowledge of current and foreseeable problems around three areas of activity:
Work, employment and technology
Social protection
Social and solidarity economy
Annual Report CoLAB 2023
Consult the information released by the National Innovation Agency regarding Collaborative Laboratories (CoLAB) in Portugal.
Latest publications
The Policies in Analysis No. 13 - "Context and Readings of the Decent Work Agenda - some notes" - results from a presentation given by Professor de Oliveira Carvalho, associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal, at the conference organized by CoLABOR, entitled "Decent Work: Context and Readings of the Agenda", held on November 4, 2023.
The "Policies in Analysis" issue no. 12 - "Decent Work Agenda: merits and demerits of legislative changes" - is based on a presentation given by Professor João Reis, Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (FDUC), at the event promoted by CoLABOR entitled "Decent Work. Context and interpretations of the agenda".
This text, in addition to analyzing the main merits and demerits of the legislative changes introduced in the Decent Work Agenda (Law No. 13/2023, of April 3), also mentions the fact that some rules that undermine the dignity of workers have remained in the Labor Code.
The Policies in Analysis No. 11 is dedicated to the theme "The Decent Work Agenda, the law and precarious employment".
While acknowledging the relevance and usefulness of many of the modifications to the Labor Code introduced by Law No. 13/2023 for job stability and security, it cannot be denied that the objective of decent work is not fully achieved with the recent revision. This text presents this critical analysis.
The prohibition on contracting outsourcing services to meet the needs of workers whose jobs have been affected by collective dismissal and job elimination, as foreseen in the Agenda for Decent Work, was incorporated into Law No. 13/2023, of April 3, which amends the Labor Code.
The new CoLABOR study analyzes the changes in the qualifications of the Portuguese population and their impact on the labor market over the last two decades.
The study aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residential structures for the elderly (ERPI), based on the analysis of sociodemographic, territorial, and organizational factors.
Between 2018 and 2021, there was rapid growth in the real value of average and median wages in Portugal, as measured in this study by the evolution of average and median gross monthly earnings and average gross monthly remuneration per worker. This growth was uneven across the economic fabric, being considerably more pronounced in sectors of economic activity that generally have lower average wages.
Microdata refers to databases in which the micro-unit constitutes the central element of analysis – individuals, families, or companies. This data is traditionally collected through surveys, censuses, or administrative data and allows users/researchers to analyze a wide range of topics and relationships between subpopulations.
In the context of International Women's Day, CoLABOR is releasing an analysis of gender inequalities in the Portuguese labor market.
This study, part of CoLABOR's editorial line "Numbers in Analysis," provides an integrated analysis of the evolution of employment, productivity, and wages in Portugal from a sectoral and comparative perspective.
This study, part of CoLABOR's editorial line "Numbers in Analysis," characterizes the evolution of employment in the Public Administration sector in Portugal, particularly in the Central Public Administration, between the years 2011 and 2022.
This text explores, in a concise manner, methodological and conceptual issues surrounding the concept of poverty, analyzes its trends, and promotes reflections on the phenomena of monetary poverty and material and social deprivation. In substantive terms, a diachronic and comparative analysis of the incidence of poverty and its threshold is carried out; the main social categories and territories with the highest incidence of poverty are identified; a simulation of the evolution of the minimum wage on the exposure to poverty of various social categories is presented; the impacts of social transfers and two forms of social vulnerability are measured; and scenarios for the recent evolution of relative monetary poverty and material and social deprivation are conjectured.
With this ebook, CoLABOR aims to contribute to a demanding reflection on the Social Security pension system and enrich it with the critical analysis of four former Ministers of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security and the current Minister responsible for the portfolio.
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Decent Work: Context and Readings of the Agenda, an event that featured prominent figures from academia and law, and the participation of the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho.