Bridge Coop Lab
Connecting ideas to global resources
Bridge Coop Lab is a consultancy specializing in education and professional training, institutional capacity building, and international cooperation projects. Based in Portugal, it supports institutions that want to move from local ideas to fundable transnational collaboration.
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About
Led by Ana Guimarães Duarte, Educational Consultant and Expert Evaluator for European Commission executive agencies, Bridge Coop Lab helps education and training institutions, SMEs, public entities, and third-sector organizations navigate international funding — especially Erasmus+ and related European programmes — combining academic knowledge with practical experience across public, educational, and non-governmental settings.
“Transforming local ideas into high-impact, sustainable, and fundable international cooperation projects.”
What Bridge Coop Lab does
Three pillars support both competitive applications and a lasting culture of internationalization:
Diagnosis & strategic orientation
Mapping Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe opportunities and aligning them with institutional priorities.
Capacity building & technical mentorship
Workshops and proposal tutoring that combine AI tools with an official evaluator’s perspective.
Networking & matchmaking
Curating partners across Europe and Latin America to build transnational consortia.
Why Bridge Coop Lab
- Evaluator’s perspective: Knows what evaluators look for — and where applications typically fail.
- Brazil–Europe bridge: Luso-Brazilian expertise spanning institutions on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Method & network: Adult Education research (IE-ULisboa), call re-engineering, and qualified partner networks.
Leadership
Ana Guimarães Duarte
Educational Consultant · European Commission Expert Evaluator
- PhD and Master’s in Adult Education and Training, University of Lisbon.
- Background in corporate communication, strategy, and project management (incl. Accenture Portugal, FIOCRUZ/FIOTEC).
- Based in Europe for 10 years as consultant, consortium designer, and VET expert evaluator for Commission agencies.
Partnership with planCoo
Through this partnership, we can learn from real-world project experiences while introducing planCoo to organizations that need a more connected and transparent way to coordinate international cooperation.
— Dag André Daltveit, Founder of planCoo
Bridge designs and mentors international cooperation projects; planCoo provides the Collaborative Ecosystem Platform (CEP) for shared planning, communication, and visibility across organizations. See also what a CEP is.
Get in touch
Learn more on the Bridge Coop Lab website.
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Profile content and imagery are adapted from bridgecooplab.com with permission for partnership presentation on planCoo. Bridge Coop Lab © Ana Guimarães Duarte.