The triennial cooperation project consists of a cooperation between IEFP and ISCTE, through the Youth Employment Observatory, to develop research studies on Youth Employment, Youth Unemployment, Youth Employment Policies, and Youth and the Labour Market. During the first triennium of the cooperation contract the following studies are being developed: profiles of youth unemployment (study 1); young people's perceptions on the services provided by IEFP (study 2); qualitative analysis of the profiles of youth unemployment (study 3); quality of youth employment (study 4).

The Youth Employment Observatory (OEJ) is part of the DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte (Centre for Studies on Socio-Economic Change and the Territory) and is funded by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology. The OEJ aims to create a repository of content and research dedicated exclusively to the youth labour market, taking advantage of synergies and spaces for interaction between DINÂMIA'CET’s research projects dedicated to studying labour. (See “partnerships” for information on the research projects currently underway). The Observatory focuses on three areas of study - youth unemployment, quality of youth employment, and labour market policies directed at young labour market participants. The project's central objective is to produce publications that highly impact society, namely reports and policy briefs, and to provide regularly updated key data.