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PORTUGAL
Escola de Comércio de Lisboa (Lisbon School of Commerce)
escolacomerciolisboa.pt
The Lisbon School of Commerce implements various activities aiming at being aware of labour
market trends and thus improve VET curricula.
Entrepreneurs Forum:
- Advisory bodies made up of forty participants from commerce, tourism, and services:
professional associations, municipal councils, jobs’ forums, unions, and local, regional, and
national companies
- It is based on small, specialised groups that gather to share with the school updated
information about the sector trends and challenges
- They give opinions on the school’s educational project and on the courses, as well as propose
the creation of new qualifications

Companies at School:
- Partnerships between the School and companies from different parts of the country and areas
of activity
- At the beginning of each school year, trainees visit the company that will support their class
throughout the year, so they experience an effective proximity to the business reality since
the start
- Conferences and masterclasses promoted by invited entrepreneurs who focus on relevant
themes of the courses to provide trainees direct contact with the business reality and the job
market, complementing classroom training

SPAIN
Orkestra
www.orkestra.deusto.es/en
Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness – is an initiative of the University of Deusto, through
the Deusto Foundation, for the study of competitiveness and regional development through
different lines of research, with three goals:
- Contribute to the improvement of the Basque Country's competitiveness
- Promote the improvement of citizens' wellbeing
- Create knowledge of regional competitiveness

Formed in 2006, the Orkestra team promotes transformative research. This type of research is
defined by analysis, reflection, evaluation, and the proposal of actions, in a permanent form, aimed
at providing innovative answers for the resolution of the challenges considered, while research
knowledge is acquired.
To this end, Orkestra, who since its beginning has been an example of success in public-private
cooperation, works with many networks, businesses, governments, and institutions on numerous
projects. In this way, aside from being an agent of change to drive competitiveness in the Basque
Country, today it has become an international model in the analysis of regional competitiveness in
a global environment.

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