CoLabs: accelerating public innovation labs

Capa provisória do projeto CoLabs

Partners: Enap · AECID (Spanish Cooperation)

Period: August 2023 – present

Role: Strategic Coordinator and Design & Innovation Consultant (via Catálise Social)

Area: Development & Innovation

Context

CoLabs is an acceleration program for public innovation labs from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Spain.

My role

  • CoLabs 4.0 (Aug 2023 – Jan 2025): creation of the learning modules, facilitation for 7 teams and consolidation of the mentoring of 20 labs.
  • CoLabs Cono Sur (Jul 2025 – present): coordination with Enap and AECID, methodological refinement of the training content and supervision of the Moodle and Miro environments.
  • Terminology review of the Portuguese/Spanish translation of the books Ethnographic Design in Public Policy and Public Innovation Labs.

Results

More than 20 public innovation labs supported in 5 countries.