BUILT CoLAB was present at the 4th Annual Meeting of Collaborative Laboratories, which took place on November 16 at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento in Lisbon, under the theme “Innovation and Technological Enhancement towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.
João Moutinho and João Poças Martins represented the BUILT CoLAB at this event promoted by ANI, and attended the sharing of knowledge by the other CoLABs, as well as the presentation on “Sustainable Funding Opportunities”, and the intervention of the International Keynote, Jerry Sheehan, from the OECD.
João Moutinho also took part in the discussion on the role of Research and Technology in addressing the SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals, best practices and CoLAB success stories, which he shared with Carlos Fonseca, from ForestWISE, and André Matos, from DTX, and which was moderated by Inês Sequeira, from Casa do Impacto.
This national meeting also saw the presentation of CoLAB’s annual report, from which ANI highlights the following results:
«CoLAB’s annual report reveals that these structures not only exceeded their target at the end of 2021 in terms of hiring highly qualified staff (639, 32% of whom are PhDs), many of whom are in the interior of the country, but they also acquired 416 clients in 2022, 80% more than in the previous year. In this increase in the portfolio to a total of 647 clients between 2021 and 2022, the “Agri-food” (160), “Materials, Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability” (126) and “Health” (113) areas stand out.
Since the start of its activity in 2019 and until 2022, CoLAB has recorded an aggregate sales volume of €8 million, increasing the volume recorded last year by 79%, with the areas of “Materials, Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability” (€1.7 million), “Health” (€1.5 million) and “Energy and Sustainability” (€1.4 million) standing out.»
