Pordata[1] is the Contemporary Portugal Database equipped with official and certified statistics about Portugal and Europe. The information is divided in several themes like population, education, health, between others. This database is available for everybody, free of charge, and complete with exempt and accurate information. All of its information is provided by official entities, such as the Portuguese National Institute of Statistics and Eurostat. The number of sources being used so far goes up to a total of 60. All of the available data is presented in a yearly fashion, and whenever possible dating back to 1960.
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is potentially possible between any pair within the area, and where the probability of interbreeding is greater than the probability of cross-breeding with individuals from other areas.
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators and also learners may also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.
Alexandre Soares dos Santos is a Portuguese businessman. He led the Portuguese retailer Jerónimo Martins until November 2013, 45 years after taking over the company from his father.
When released to the public on February 23, 2010 under the direction of Prof. Maria João Valente Rosa, Pordata included only contents about Portugal, nationally. On November 3, the Foundation, launches an extension of its database to the new Pordata Europe. It now includes not only data about Portugal, but also about the European Union, Schengen Area, United States and Japan.
The Schengen Area is an area comprising 26 European states that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. The area mostly functions as a single jurisdiction for international travel purposes, with a common visa policy. The area is named after the 1985 Schengen Agreement.
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.
Pordata allows the user a fast access to the numbers of the Portuguese reality, spread out across different themes as diverse as population, justice, education, health, environment, among several others. All presented in a chronologic evolution starting, whenever possible in 1960. About 40 official sources in Pordata Portugal, and more than 20 in Pordata Europe are responsible for the rigorous and exempt treatment of the published numbers.
Justice, in its broadest context, includes both the attainment of that which is just and the philosophical discussion of that which is just. The concept of justice is based on numerous fields, and many differing viewpoints and perspectives including the concepts of moral correctness based on ethics, rationality, law, religion, equity and fairness. Often, the general discussion of justice is divided into the realm of social justice as found in philosophy, theology and religion, and, procedural justice as found in the study and application of the law.
Health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." This definition has been subject to controversy, as it may have limited value for implementation. Health may be defined as the ability to adapt and manage physical, mental and social challenges throughout life.
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to the Earth or some parts of Earth. This environment encompasses the interaction of all living species, climate, weather and natural resources that affect human survival and economic activity. The concept of the natural environment can be distinguished as components:
With more than 70.000 series available, Pordata allows the analysis of different themes in the same search enviorement. Here, the user is able to use a vast set of both visualization tools (such as graphs and tables) and editing ones (%, variations, etc.).
Directed by Professor Maria João Valente Rosa, the project Pordata is the result of a sequence of studies coordinated and put to motion by António Barreto in the Social Sciences Institute of Lisbon University dating back to the late 90s. FFMS believes that side by side with the rapid development of information and communication technologies, the general interest in statistics as suffered a significant growth in the last few years, putting it in a vital position inside the process of analyzing and knowing nowadays societies.
According to Maria João Valente Rosa, Pordata “is trying to answer the needs of credible information, so many times disperse and with complex access, to a public as wider as possible”. Furthermore: “This is a project destined to everybody, a real public service, thought out to a vast number of users that share in the interest of a deeper knowledge about Portugal, with trust, rigor and easy access.”.[3]
After its original release Pordata had a second development stage, with the new European database. New themes and different approaches are scheduled to complete the already existing ones, such as the database expansion to the Portuguese regions and municipalities.
Pordata Europe
On November 3, 2010, FFMS released to the general public a new database, with the same characteristics, still inside the Pordata environment. The new database includes not only data about Portugal itself, as it did so far, but also allows access to new data about all the countries in the European Union and the Schengen Area. Also, in several tables, the user can find series about both the United States and Japan.
Now it is possible to compare the evolution of different indicators not only about Portugal but from all around Europe as well. All of the editing and visualization tools are the same as before. This way, the software not only allows the Portuguese users to an easier and faster method of their national data analysis, as long as the information crosscheck with its European framing, but it also enables other users to search for information about their own countries.
Pordata’s Structure
In Pordata Portugal’s database the following themes are available: Population, Health, Education, Social Protection, Employment and Labour Market, Enterprises and Personnel, Family Income and Expenditure, Housing and Comfort, Justice, Culture, National Accounts, Government Accounts, Science and Technology and Environment, Energy and Territory. In Pordata Europe, the available themes are: Population, Health, Education, Social Protection, Employment and Labour Market, National Accounts, Enterprises and Personnel, Environment, Energy and Territory, Science and Technology and Housing, Family Income and Expenditure.
Also available in Pordata’s website are the following contents:
Counters: real-time simulations based on series of official statistics, which are also available in Pordata.
Indicators: highlight of five relevant indicators about Portugal.
Summary Table: table data on the most important development indicators regarding Portuguese society from 1960 to 2001. These are the years that population censuses took place in the country.
Glossary: glossary with the definitions for all the concepts used in Pordata.
Europe’s Map: interactive map where the user can get fast access to some information about the different European countries (such as capitals, Areas, population e GDP). It also allows the identification of the countries that belong to the European Union, Euro Zone or even the Schengen Area, by a simple click on the groups identified on the chart.
Pordata and FFMS
To Alexandre Soares dos Santos, main booster and Chairman of the Foundation’s, Board of Trustees “this project is the single central objective of FFMS, it goes through the promotion of studies, knowledge, information and public debate of the great themes of Portuguese society, seeking to contribute to the development of our country, the improvement of public institutions and the strengthening of the rights of every citizen”.[4]
António Barreto, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, also considers that Pordata is the best answer to the priorities set for FFMS “by devoting a substantial part of its resources and its efforts to the collection, compilation and dissemination of information about Portugal and the Portuguese, while respecting the criteria for exemption, independence and rigor”.[5]
Awards
Exame Informática magazine highlighted the project Pordata as the best of 2010 in the Internet category. According to Exame Informática "the project of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation is imperative to know what it was, what it is, and how it is changing our Portugal. An inspiring project, no doubt." [6]
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