About Fundação José Neves
Fundação José Neves is a philanthropic foundation with a pioneering platform promoting employment in Portugal using Artificial Intelligence. The organisation is founded by José Neves, the entrepreneur behind Farfetch. The foundation aims to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive.
The Challenge: Making Sense of a Mountain of Data
Fundação José Neves embarked on an ambitious project called “Brighter Future.” The Brighter Future Project creates a perfect match between people and their professional futures, according to their level of education. It promotes employment in Portugal through free and universal access to this digital tool. This tool provides the largest knowledge base on education, employment, and skills in Portugal.
This involved gathering and analysing an enormous amount of data – over 200 million records from 2,500 sources! The challenge was to make this complex data accessible and understandable to a wide range of users. These could be students, job seekers, employers, and policymakers.
The Goal: A Clear Vision for the Future
The project meets Fundação José Neves’s mission of contributing to Portugal’s development. It helps Portugal become a Country of knowledge through Education, providing innovative tools to develop Portugal’s talent and potential.
The new platform is a powerful tool in the hands of its various users — think of students, workers, employers, educational institutions, and policymakers, among others. It allows “matchmaking” between the search for specific skills in the labour market and the various employability perspectives associated with careers and/or training courses.
The Solution & Methodology: visualising data with Microsoft’s Data Tools
Devoteam, who specialises in data science, AI, and machine learning, was chosen to develop the Brighter Future platform’s data visualisation, modelling, and exploration aspects. Their expertise in transforming complex data into insightful visualisations and their experience using Microsoft Technology made them the ideal partner for this project.
Why Devoteam?
- Deep understanding of data visualisation: Devoteam possesses the skills and experience to transform complex data into user-friendly visualisations.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft technologies: Their proficiency with Microsoft ensured seamless integration and efficient data processing.
- Design Thinking: Devoteam employed Design Thinking to ensure the platform met user needs and delivered a compelling experience.
The Result: Empowering Individuals with Data-Driven Insights
In a future that is increasingly digital and fast, it is crucial to create platforms for sharing relevant information that are easily accessible to allow citizens to make decisions quickly and in an informed manner about their future. In this context, the work developed by Devoteam on Brighter Future, through the modelling of more than 200 million data records, was important to simplify the complexity of data visualization.
Carlos Oliveira
Executive President of Fundação José Neves.
The Brighter Future platform has become important for individuals and organisations across Portugal. By transforming complex data into accessible visualisations, Devoteam has helped Fundação José Neves achieve its goal. The tool now empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their future.
Massive data processing: The platform successfully processes over 200 million records from more than 2,500 files from different data sources, providing users with a comprehensive view of the education and employment landscape in Portugal.
Rich visualizations: Over 200 different analysis graphs and 100 information exploration pages make it easy for users to understand complex data.
Comprehensive insights: The platform provides over 400 analysis indicators and 70 information table
Early Indicators of Success:
- Intuitive interface: Users quickly grasped how to navigate the platform and access the information they needed.
- Engaging visualisations: The data came to life through interactive graphs and charts, making it easier to understand trends and patterns.
- Positive user feedback: Early users praised the platform’s ease of use and the clarity of the information presented.
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