International Development Summer Course

15-17 june 2021 3rd edition Maria Hermínia held the positions of deputy director of shared humanity and seeks to ensure Cabral, Director of the the Health and Human Development the visibility of realities of social and Gulbenkian Partner- Service and coordinator of the Gulben- territorial exclusion, bringing citi- ships for Development kian Environment Program and the zens and policy makers together and Program Maria Her- Advanced Medical Training Program. linking local agents with national and mínia Cabral is graduated international decision makers. She 15th June in Economics from the Ana Patrícia Fonseca, President of has participated in different national University of Porto (1985) the Portuguese NGDO Platform and international forums within the and holds a Master’s De- Ana Patrícia Fonseca, graduated in scope of bringing the peripheries into gree in Cooperation and International Sociology and, for the the center of dialogue and decision Rethinking Development Development from ISEG - the last 12 years, has served making and to take the centers to the Cooperation for the School of Economics and Management as the Coordinator of the most peripheral realities in ongo- Post-pandemic World (1997) alongside an extensive expe- Development Educa- ing efforts for social justice and the rience in regional and international tion, Social Advocacy common good. Will the pandemic mark a turning development policies, programs and and Communication point in global dynamics and de- projects. She started her professional Department at FEC, Luis Mah, Research Fellow at CEsA velopment policies or will it merely career in the North Region Coordina- where she is responsible - Center for African and Develop- reinforce the geopolitical trends of tion Commission in 1985, having sub- for managing, opera- ment Studies at ISEG-Lisbon School the past decade? The goal here is sequently worked in several Ministries tionalizing, monitoring of Economics and Management/ to discuss whether there is an open - Agriculture and Fisheries, Environ- and evaluating projects University of Lisbon Luis Mah is a door for reforming international ment, Regional Planning and Develop- and advocacy initiatives Research Fellow at CEsA - Center for systems and targeting the most ment, Foreign Affairs and Health - and together with national African and Development Studies pressing current challenges, such in the Assembly of the Republic. At the and European policy makers within at ISEG -the as climate change and inequali- beginning of her career, she lectured the framework of the 2030 Agenda, Lisbon School of ties. It would be important to reflect at the University of Minho and at the Human Rights, Global Citizenship Economics and on a holistic approach, particularly Faculty of Economics of the University and Policy Coherence for Develop- Management/ looking at the impact of these of Porto, and also worked in the private ment. She also develops DEAR/GCE University of trends on the most vulnerable sector in the 1996-1997 period. programs, aimed at different teach- Lisbon. He lec- societies, especially the Covid-19 She has been Director of the Gul- ing cycles, and coordinates public tures on the MA effect and the humanitarian-devel- benkian Program Partnerships for interest communication campaigns. in International opment-peace nexus. Development since 2012, after having She strives to foster reflection on Development and Cooperation as well as on the PhD Michele Cervone the Global Future Council on the New evolve. He has held senior positions in Development Studies at ISEG. He D’Urso, Head of Agenda for Fragility and Resilience in several international organi- holds a PhD in Development Studies Development Cooper- of the World Economic sations, including Ipsos, Save the from the School of Econom- ation Coordination, Forum (WEF). Sara is Children, ODI and Christian Aid and ics (London, 2004). European External a Managing Editor of helped set up The Guardian‘s Global Action Service Michele Disasters, a Trustee of Development website, for which he Cristina Peres, Expresso Cristina Cervone D’Urso holds a The New Humanitari- was a regular Peres was born in Lisbon and has degree in economics and an, and Vice-Chair of columnist. As a been a journalist since 1987. She has international relations the Board of Muslim consultant, he been an editor from St Andrews Uni- Aid. She previously led has worked with at Expresso versity (Scotland) and is currently a high-profile UN re- governments, since 1992. The Head of Development Coopera- sponse in Sudan’s Nuba international editor of Cul- tion Coordination at the European Mountains, acted as an agencies and ture and a critic External Action Service. Among his observer at the IGAD civil society of Performing previous leading positions, he served Sudan peace process and lectured at organisations as Arts until 2005, as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the University of Dar es Salaam. She they renew their she coordinated Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, holds a PhD in Politics and Inter- strategies for the Interna- Special Envoy for Somalia and Am- national Studies and has written a new era. His tional Policy bassador to Yemen. extensively on conflict and humani- latest book, The section from tarian affairs. Future of Aid: Global Public Invest- then until 2017. Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive, ment, was published by Routledge She covers ODI Sara Pantuliano is Chief Exec- Jonathan Glennie, Author of in November 2020. He lives with his international across the var- utive at ODI. She is a member of the The Future of Aid, Global Public family in Colombia. ious Expresso platforms and, since UN Secretary-General’s Sixth Ad- Investment Jonathan Glennie is a September 2020, has produced the visory Group of the UN Peacebuild- writer, researcher, campaigner and podcast dedicated to African issues ing Fund and of UNFPA’s ICPD25 consultant on sustainable develop- “Africa Now”. She has a degree High-Level Commission. She also ment, inequality and poverty. His in Philosophy from the Faculty of serves on the High-Level Group on work looks in particular at the chang- Social and Human Sciences, Nova Humanitarian Resilience and Invest- ing nature of international coop- University of Lisbon. ing, the Digital Currency Governance eration as the dominant paradigms Consortium Steering Committee and and global economic relationships Building Genuine and Bárbara Reis, Público Carlos Zorrinho, the European Par- spondingly works Legitimate Partnerships Bárbara Reis holds a liamentary Delegation to the ACP- on a number of degree in Communica- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly initiatives aiming Understanding how rapid and tion Sciences from Nova Carlos Zorrinho has been a Member at encouraging significant changes in the global University of Lisbon of the European Parliament (S&D) greater private arena are reshaping internation- and has been a jour- since 2014, where he is currently a sector invest- al relations and how emerging nalist since 1989. She member of the Commit- ment in devel- global players are questioning was part of the original tee on Industry, Research oping countries, traditional neo-colonial attitudes Público and Energy, Head of the in particular towards developing countries. It founding team and a New York Portuguese Delegation of focusing on the policies and approach- is therefore important to reflect on Times correspondent between 1995 Socialists & Democrats to es governments may adopt to ensure and highlight the issue of power and 2000. Between 2000 and 2002, the European Parliament the alignment and impact of their and power imbalances within she worked for the UN peacekeeping and Chair of the Delega- activities. partnerships. Looking particularly mission in as a spokes- tion to the ACP-EU Joint Prior to this, Paul was a Senior at the EU-Africa Partnership, and man for UNTAET. At Público, she Parliamentary Assembly. Executive of the Australian Federal the termination of the Cotonou was editor of the Culture section, of He previously served Treasury Fiscal Group, working on the Agreement, the EU has the oppor- the P2 section, executive director as Vice-Chair of the domestic infrastructure market but tunity to redefine the foundations and newspaper director. Today, Delegation for External also providing policy advise during of its partnership and make this she is the main editor of Público. Relations of the European Parliament ’s G20 presidency on inter- a strategic example for ensuring She lectures Opinion Texts Writ- to . He holds a Master’s Degree national policy challenges. Paul has prosperous, peaceful and sustain- ing at IPPS-ISCTE-UL and has in Business Administration and a PhD over a decade of senior leadership at able futures for all participants. authored two books (The Negotia- in Information Management from the the European Institutions in , This shall also focus on the tor - Diplomatic Revelations about University of Évora, . having worked on initiatives such as scope for civil society developing Timor-Leste, 1997-1999, Don the deepening of European capital transformational partnerships, Quixote, 2019, and A Normal Day Paul Horrocks, Head of Unit for markets in response to the 2008 particularly with the private in the Digital Era - Ethics, Values ​​ Private Finance for Sustainable financial crisis. for-profit sector. and Politics, Francisco Manuel dos Development at the OECD Paul Paul holds a degree from the Univer- Santos Foundation, 2020). Horrocks is Head of the Private sity of Wales, and a Master’s Degree Finance for Sustainable Develop- from the University of Liverpool as ment Unit at the OECD Development well as an Executive MBA from Vlerick Co-operation Directorate. Paul corre- Business School in . Nana Asante- Paulo Agostinho, Lusa News the history of neoliberalism to the wa Afadzinu, Agency Paulo Agostinho is the Editor financialization of capitalism in Por- Executive Direc- of Lusophony, Africa and Com- tugal. He is the tor, West Africa munities at the Lusa , author of several Civil Society where he was previously editor of the publications in Institute Nana International and Country Section. these areas, in- Afadzinu, an Ex- 16th June As such, he manages the work of the cluding academic ecutive Director agency’s teams of journalists in , journals such of the West Africa Brazil, , Guinea Bissau, as the Cam- Civil Society Institute (WACSI), has , , Sao Tome and bridge Journal of worked within the civil society sector The Liberal Globalization Principe and East Timor Economics or the for the past 24 years. She is a passionate Paradigm in Perspective: and correspondents in Review of Inter- advocate for sustainable development Democracy and Economy countries with significant national Political in Africa through the full participation Portuguese-speaking Economy. He is of an effective, efficient, influential and To discuss the implications of the communities. He has si- also co-author of the political economy sustainable civil society. Her passion for global governance model based multaneously lectured at blog Ladrões de Bicicletas and a mem- leading change and challenging the sta- on a connection between econom- the Polytechnic Institute ber of the Editorial Board of Le Monde tus quo on the continent recently landed ic liberalization and democracy of Leiria for the last two diplomatique - Portuguese edition. her a place on the Avance Media 2020 100 that has been dominant since the decades and is currently Most Influential African Women List. She end of the cold war. completing a doctoral Idayat Hassan, Director of the is a lawyer by profession and has worked To understand the role of civil degree. Centre for Democracy and Devel- in areas of governance, human rights, society within the neoliberal eco- opment Idayat Hassan is Director of philanthropy and capacity develop- nomic system, critically reflecting João Rodrigues, Centre of Social the Centre for Democracy and De- ment with several mission-oriented on its implications and proposing Studies, University of Coimbra João velopment (CDD), an -based organisations in Africa. These include alternative ways that are aligned Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor policy advocacy and research the African Commission on Human and with their traditional concerns – the at the Faculty of Economics of the organization focusing on deepen- Peoples’ Rights, the Open Society Initi- principle of leave no one behind, University of Coimbra and Researcher ing democracy and development in ative for West Africa (OSIWA) and IBIS human rights-based approaches, at the Center for Social Studies. With West Africa. Idayat is a lawyer and West Africa, among others. She current- etcetera. a doctorate from the University of has held fellowships in universities ly serves on the Boards of OXFAM GB Manchester, his research has focused across Europe and the . and the Resource Alliance. on themes of political economy, from Her interests span democracy, peace and security, transitional justice, and has consistently provided thoughtful Laude. He co-founded the Berlin ICT4D in West Africa. Idayat fre- leadership at different phases of Forum on Global Politics (BFoGP), quently appears in international and Boko Haram’s development. She a non-profit organisation dedicated local media as an expert on Nigeria/ was involved with Operation Safe to the promotion of aca- West Africa and is regularly quoted in Corridor (OSC) from its inception, demic, expert and public the BBC, CCTV, RFI, VOA, Bloomberg, providing foundational ideas and understanding of global the Washington Post, the Financial operational advice. She provided politics. While com- Times, the Economist, the Guardian, conceptual clarity on the Boko Har- pleting his Masters in and DW. As the Director of CDD, she am phenomenon during its heyday, International Relations oversaw CDD’s presenting analyses of the group’s at the University of the rise from being motives and methods at conferences Witwatersrand, Johan- unranked in in Nigeria and internationally. nesburg, he headed the 2013 to ranked Academic Development 11th out of 94 Philani Mthembu, Executive Programme for first-year think tanks in Director at the Institute for Global students and was elected sub-Saharan Dialogue Dr. Philani Mthembu is as the first independent candidate to Africa in 2020, Executive Director at the Institute the Student Representative Coun- according to for Global Dialogue, an independent cil (SRC). His recent publications the University foreign policy think tank based in include a single authored book titled of Pennsylva- Tshwane (Pretoria), . ‘ and ’s Development nia’s Global Prior to joining the IGD, he pursued Cooperation in Africa: The Rise of Go To Think a joint doctoral programme (Dr. rer. Southern Powers’, a co-edited book Tank Index. Idayat has strengthened pol.) between the Graduate School titled ‘From MDGs to Sustainable CDD’s position as a civic tech leader of Global Politics, Freie Universität Development Goals: The Travails of with a portfolio of projects, including Berlin (), and the School International Development’, a co-ed- analyses of the nexus between social of International Studies at Renmin ited book titled ‘Africa and the World: media platforms, election processes, University, (China). The Navigating Shifting Geopolitics’, and and electoral outcomes—using an app focus of his dissertation was on the a co-edited book titled ‘Africa-China to identify electoral fraud and ana- rise of emerging powers as sources of Cooperation: Towards an African lyzing the use of personal data in po- development cooperation in Africa, Policy on China?’ litical campaigning in Nigeria. Idayat for which he was awarded Magna Cum Financing for Develop- Paulo Ferreira, Observador Pau- graduating with a degree working on international develop- ment: New Trends in a lo Ferreira is a journalist who was in economics from the ment in Africa. Jason has focused Multiplex World formerly a member of the editorial University of Bonn in his work over the past decade on boards of Diário Económico, Jornal 1981 and completing a trade and regional integration; post graduate training finance for development and tax; Greater complexity in decision de Negócios and Público, programme in develop- illicit financial flows and domestic making is largely linked to the and Director of Infor- ment economics from resource mobilisation; and poverty emergence of more complex mation at RTP. In 2014, the German Develop- and inequality. Jason is the Execu- financing modalities. To under- with two colleagues, he ment Institute, Berlin tive Director at The African Forum stand new modalities and sourc- founded True Stories, a in 1981/1982, Bruno and Network on Debt and Devel- es of financing, it is important storytelling agency and Wenn is an Honorary Member of the opment (AFRODAD). He was the to look at the basic assumptions creation of multimedia German Africa Business Associa- Co-Head and Programme Director behind blending instruments and formats. He maintains a tion, /Berlin, Member of of Tax at the how they are shaping the devel- regular presence across the Board of Trustees of the German International opment sector. This also takes various media as a com- Africa Foundation, Berlin, Member Lawyers Project into consideration the challenges mentator in Observer, of the Advisory Board of the Tony (ILP), a leading that sovereign debt poses for eco- SAPO 24 and TVI and in Elumelu Foundation, Lagos, Mem- legal pro-bono nomic development, social cohe- addition to lecturing in ber of the Board of Trustees of the tax reform sion and human rights; and new Political Communication at ISCSP. Welthungerhilfe, Bonn, Member of group. Prior trends related with tax justice. Bruno Wenn, Chairman, Eu- the Strategic Advisors Group to the to joining ILP, ropean Development Finance Compliance Advisor Ombudsman Jason served Institutions ASBL Bruno Wenn was (CAO) of IFC/MIGA, Washington and as the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board a Board Member of various cultural Executive Di- of DEG, a subsidiary of KfW Banken- associations in Cologne. rector and Head gruppe, from October 2009 until his of Research at Tax Justice Network retirement in June 2018. Prior to that, Jason Rosario Braganza, Execu- Africa (TJNA) where he led their re- he had worked for KfW Bankengruppe tive Director, African Forum and search and advocacy work on illicit in various management positions Network on Debt and Develop- financial flows and tax justice at the ever since 1982. In his last position, ment (AFRODAD) Jason Rosario continental and global level. Jason he was responsible for the Regional Braganza is a Kenyan Economist has previously worked as a Senior Division of Sub-Saharan Africa. After with over ten years experience Analyst at [devinit.org]Develop- ment Initiatives - Africa Hub; and She has extensive international Giuseppe Cioffo, Corporate as an Economist for the Ministry of experience, having worked in more Regulation and Extractives East African Community in Kenya. than 50 countries, 40 of which with Officer at CIDSE Giuseppe Cioffo Jason holds a Master’s Degree in direct field experience. holds a BA in Politics and Interna- Development Economics from the She has experience with tional Relations from the University of University of Sussex (UK), and an high level interactions Bologna (Italy) and a Master of Science Undergraduate Degree in Econom- and political dialogues, 17th June in International Development from the ics from the School of Oriental and having been appointed School of Oriental and African Studies African Studies (SOAS), University to various positions as of the University of London. Between of London. Director of the Studies 2012 and 2016, Giuseppe worked as a Office of the Portuguese Trade Justice and Develop- researcher, investigating and writing Elsa de Morais Sarmento, Ministry of Econom- ment: Sustainable Produc- on agricultural and land systems in Researcher at Nova Business ics, and having served tion and Consumption Central Africa, and particularly in School of Management and Eco- as a policy advisor at Rwanda and the Democratic Republic nomics Elsa de Morais Sarmento is the House of Com- Public policies at the international of the Congo. Between 2017 and 2020, an applied economist and profes- mons (UK) for various level for trade and finance are he joined the European Network for sional appraiser with experience in African governments essential for the effectiveness Central Africa applied research, international de- and international research project of development processes and (EurAc) develop- velopment, monitoring and impact activities. She has taught for more although they encompass very ing the network’s assessment. She is the Principal than a decade at various academic diverse and complex issues, diffi- advocacy on Evaluation Director of the Inde- institutions, including the Nova cult to collectively analyze - from the extractive pendent Development Evaluation School of Business and Economics, commercial practices and rules, industries and (IDEV) of the African Development and worked as a researcher at CEP income inequalities, development advocating for Bank and a professor at the Univer- (LSE), at the European Parliament, financing, to fiscal justice - this is the European sity of Aveiro (Portugal). Previ- at the Catholic University of Portu- fundamental to ensure their align- Regulation on ously, she worked for international gal, among others. ment and integral coherence with importers of organizations (the World Bank, the sustainable development. minerals from United Nations (UNDP, WIPO), the To understand and analyze the conflict affected European Commission, the Organ- main challenges and (in)coherenc- and high-risk areas, with a focus on the ization of Eastern Caribbean States, es in the interconnection between rights of artisanal miners and commu- and with the OECD and the IMF). trade justice and development. nities impacted by mining. In 2020, Giuseppe joined CIDSE, the interna- Farm to Market Alliance. He previously & recruitment business. He studied before later serving in the secretariat tional family of Catholic social justice worked at the World Food Programme Law at the University of Amsterdam. in Lisbon. Between 2002 and 2007, organizations, where he advocates for as Deputy Regional with support from the Avina Founda- introducing binding rules for corpo- Director for East Africa João José Fernandes, Execu- tion, João José Fernandes was actively rations to make them accountable for in charge of supply chain tive Director of Oikos João José involved in issues related to strength- their adverse impacts on human rights and support services and Fernandes graduated in Theology and ening Third Sector Organizations and and the environment. as Head of Logistics in the Humanities (1996) and completed his promoting Corporate Social Respon- Democratic Republic of Doctoral Degree in “Climate Change sibility, particularly in Portugal and Virginia Enssle, Junior Advocacy Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sustainable Development Poli- Latin America. Officer at the Fair Trade Advoca- Angola and Sudan as well cies”, at the University of Lisbon, Nova cy Office (FTAO) Virginia Enssle is as Head of the Sub-Of- University of Lisbon and Technical junior advocacy officer at the Fair Trade fice in Gulu/Uganda University of Lisbon. Advocacy Office and Juba/Sudan. From He has been the Executive Director (FTAO). She 2002 to 2006, he helped of Oikos - Cooperação e Desen- holds a Master’s set-up and lead the United Nations volvimento (NGDO) since October Degree in Public Joint Logistics Centre in (the 2004. Between 1994 and 2004 he was International predecessor of the Logistics Cluster) responsible for managing Law and working with stints in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the projects and programs experience in in- addition to the WFP, Adrian worked for of this non-governmental ternational trade the Primary Health Care Programme organization in countries and investment of the Sudan Council of Churches in such as Angola, Mozam- as well as Human Khartoum, for Norwegian People’s Aid bique, Guinea-Bissau, Rights. She con- as relief and agricultural rehabilitation East Timor, Bolivia, Peru, tributes to the project manager in South Sudan as well Cuba, Nicaragua, Hon- FTAO’s work on trade policy as to scale as Chief of UNHCR’s Civil-Military duras and El Salvador, up Fair Trade in the trade policies. Liaison Group in Zaire with Mobutu’s first as Desk-Officer and Presidential Guard. In 2007, he was later as Project Direc- Adrian Van Der Knaapf, Manag- seconded by the WFP to FAO’s Emer- tor. Between 1990 and ing Director of the Farm to Market gency Division. Prior to joining the hu- 1994, he was a volunteer for the NGO Alliance Adrian van der Knaap is manitarian sector (in 1990), he worked “Leigos para o Desenvolvimento”, first currently the Managing Director of the in the banking sector and the selection in Sao Tome and Principe (1990-91) Public Sphere and Ana Filipa Oliveira, Board Mem- society formations and in Political Science. Currently, she Civic Space ber at ACEP – the Association for models for organising undertakes a leadership role in the Cooperation among Peoples / and collaborating in development To understand the importance of Mundo Crítico Ana Filipa Olivei- order to respond to the sector as the reviving the public space, foster- ra has worked at ACEP since 2009, increasingly complex co-director of ing a more plural environment where she develops projects in​​ restrictions on civic INESC - Insti- where more actors interact, partic- communication, advocacy, political spaces. She currently tute of Socioec- ipate and regulate. In the face of influence and human rights. She is heads a multi-stake- onomic Studies, a crisis in liberal democracy, civil also a member of the editorial board holder partnership that at the Brazilian society faces challenges related of the Mundo Crítico supports the Innovation NGO Associa- with the reduction of the civic magazine, which seeks for Change network, a communi- tion (ABONG) space or, in other words, of the to be a space for dialogue ty-led initiative that brings together and is also the public space that is traditionally and debate on issues CSO, technologists, social entrepre- current Presi- the democratic sphere of action of related with coopera- neurs, and the private sector to de- dent of FORUS civil society: continuing limitations tion and development. fend and strengthen the civic space. – the Interna- on freedom of expression, shrink- With a Master’s Degree Mouna also focuses on supporting tional Forum of NGO Platforms. ing the civic space in countries in Political Science and CSOs, human rights defenders, and in all regions, reinforced by International Relations feminist movements in the MENA Hibak-kalfan, Executive Direc- Covid-19 restrictions aggravated from the Nova University region. Prior to joining CIVICUS, she tor of Network for Empowered in repressive states, etcetera. In of Lisbon and having worked with OXFAM, designing and Aid Response - NEAR Hibak addition, the last few years have graduated in Journalism implementing participatory methods Kalfan is the Executive Director of seen both repression in the public from the University of Coimbra, she to increase citizen and civil society the Network for Empowered Aid space and revolt on a global formerly worked at the Tribuna de participation in public policy and Response (NEAR). NEAR is a network scale, with multiple episodes of Macau newspaper. local government. of southern local and national NGOs demonstrations and resistance that came together to reshape the against the current status quo, in Mouna Ben Garga, Innovation Iara Pietricovsky, Co-Director at global response to economic, human which citizens and social move- Lead at CIVICUS: World Alli- ABONG, Co-Director of INESC and environmental threats. Kalfan ments were the prominent actors. ance for Citizen Participation and President of Forus Iara Pietri- has more than 13 years of experience, To reflect on the role of digitali- Mouna Ben Garga is the Innovation covsky is a Brazilian anthropologist, working with several stakeholders in zation in mobilizing and restrict- Lead at CIVICUS, where she works an actress, a feminist and a human the Humanitarian, Media, Develop- ing the public space. on designing and testing new civil rights activist with a Master’s Degree ment and Government sectors in the Horn of Africa University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), sion to provide training on contrac- and Middle East. he has played a leading role in dif- tual and financial procedures under Kalfan began ferent civil society organizations in the European Union’s external action her career as Brazil and abroad. He was Executive programs, an activity he has carried the founder of Director of ActionAid International out regularly in Brussels The African in the USA and INESC (Institute (at DG DEVCO and DG Future (2007), of Socioeconomic Studies). Before NEAR) and in several a non-profit taking on the Ford Foundation in ACP group countries. organization 2017, he was Executive Director of Between 2012 and 2017, striving to Amnesty International in Brazil. He he served firstly as a improve education and healthcare in serves on the Board of Directors of member and then later Somalia. She has since held several GIFE (Group of Institutes, Founda- as the Chairman of the senior positions within Internews, tions, and Companies), a network Board of TESE. More World Bank Group, ACTED, Relief of foundations and other private recently, he led the team International, among others. philanthropy initiatives in Brazil. responsible for drafting the “Cooperation Project Atila Roque, Head of the Ford Tiago de Matos Fernandes, Management Manu- Foundation Office in Rio de Lawyer and International Devel- al” for Camões, I.P. He holds a law Janeiro Atila Roque is the Director opment Consultant Tiago de Matos degree and a postgraduate degree in of the Ford Foundation in Brazil. Fernandes (Lisbon, 1973) is a Lawyer European Studies from the Faculty of Awarded a and International Development Law of the University of Lisbon and Master’s Degree Consultant. In this capacity, he has a Master’s Degree in African Studies in Political already participated in the formu- from ISCTE-IUL. Science from lation and / or execution of projects the Rio de financed or implemented by several Janeiro Re- multilateral and bilateral organiza- search Institute tions (World Bank, European Union, (IUPERJ) and OECD, ECOWAS, CARICOM and after graduating Portuguese Cooperation), in more in History from than 40 countries. He is a trainer the Federal accredited by the European Commis- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH