WHAT IS IT?

APG’s Knowledge Resources Centre (CRC-APG) is one of the co-founding members of the RCRC - Knowledge Resources Centres Network, a project financed by the European Union, developed in partnership with several entities. This network, composed by 58 Centres distributed all over the country, aims at, in the words of the Network managing entity, the IEFP, "reinforcing the qualifications from individuals and organizations".

The Centres are places for the consultation and experimentation of new training methods which allow the exchange of experiences and knowledge.

APG’s CRC’s main missionis to support the Human Resources and Training professionals on the development of competences by:

• Facilitating and improving the intervention of the training professionals;
• Approaching and creating interfaces between knowledge producers and end users;
• Supporting lifelong training;
• Revealing successful practices;
• Developing and disclosing methods, methodologies and training products.

The APG’s CRC aims at being a place for the sharing of experiences and solutions within the Human Resources area, providing the information and the resources necessary to the HR professionals, allowing the development of ongoing and lifelong training.

Access

APG’s CRC users are:

• Members and staff
• Trainers and Trainees
• Students
• Other entities having established cooperation protocols with APG
• The entities which are part of the CRC’s Network
• Professionals within the human resources and training area

Services

Bibliographic Database

The bibliographic database contains all APG’s documentation composed by monographs (books), periodic publications (magazines) within the Human Resources area (recruitment, selection, performance assessment, career management, vocational training, remote training, etc.), labour law and other areas.
Books are organized by subject, duly marked, and the magazines are organized by alphabetical order of title, freely accessible.

Other Resources

Statistics
 INE (National Statistical Institute)
 EUROSTAT (Statistical Office of the European Communities)
 PORDATA (Base de Dados Portugal Contemporâneo)