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CLDS AbranGente 5G

How can information become participation?
Abrantes and Rossio ao Sul do Tejo · Portugal · 2026
CLDS AbranGente 5G project
Photo: Pedro Jafuno

About the project

Within the CLDS AbranGente 5G programme in Abrantes, and in partnership with Tagus Valley in the field of employment, training and qualification, A Lateral develops innovative methodologies to strengthen the dissemination of institutional training and employability opportunities in the municipality.

The work explores how information about existing opportunities can become more accessible, meaningful and connected to the lives, interests and capacities of the people it is meant to reach.

What we do

We shift the focus of the relationship with target groups: from passive recipients to participatory subjects with capacities, knowledge and interests.

We create experiences in which participants recognise affinities and generate networks of support and exchange.

We adapt information about employability and qualification opportunities to the life projects of the participants.

Selected moments

What we learn so far

Institutions become more effective in guaranteeing rights when they listen to and dialogue with citizens.

People’s knowledge and life experience are fundamental inputs for the design of public policies.

People want to participate. It is a matter of creating the right spaces, where their knowledge is valued.