<p> THAIS CORRAL Rua Julio Otoni, 341-A apto 301 Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (+5521) 81112108 [email protected]</p><p>EDUCATION Harvard University, MSc Public Administration at Kennedy School of Government (USA) 2000 2000 United Nations University, Post Degree in Research Methodologies, University of Chicago (USA) and University of Los Andes (Colombia) 1986 </p><p>University of Camerino, B.A. in Journalistm (Italy) 1985 Fundação Getúlio Vargas, B.A. in Public Administration 1980</p><p>POSITIONS Projects: </p><p> Sinal do Vale project. ( coordinator) ( 2011 – Present)  Conception and leadership  Partnership identification  Fundaraising </p><p> Adapta Sertão Coalition(www.adaptasertao.net), Coordinator ( 2004-present)  Project management and strategy  Partnership identification  Fundraising</p><p>ELLA ( Evidence and Lessons from Latin America), Coordinator of Research Center of Excelence in Brazil (2010-2013)  Research Team management  Supervision of knowledge products produced  Interface with Practical Action Consulting and other project partners in L.A.  Interface with demand brokers in Afria and Asia for poject dissemination</p><p>Institutions</p><p>Rede de Desenvolvimento Humano(www.redeh.org.br) , development NGO. Founder and President (1990-present) </p><p> Designed and implemented local sustainable development projects as well as national policy strategies  Participated in national project that articulated policy makers at the local, state and national levels (Agenda21)  Fundraising and Public Relations</p><p>Communication, Education, Information and Adaptation, communication and education NGO, award winner, founder ( 1990-2007)</p><p> Designed and implement local communication projects using local media such as radio  Articulated local communities with federal and state policy through the use of radio</p><p>Brazilian Association for the Development of Leadership- www.abdl.org.br (LEAD Brasil) , chair of the board of directors (2007-2012)  Strategy and partnership management  Capacity building of team and fellows SouthSouthNorth (www.ssn.org)- Member of Board of Directors, Capacity Building Coordinator (2004 -2008) </p><p> Coordinator of capacity building teams in six countries ( South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Brazil)  Design and creation of capacity building material  Project strategy and evaluation </p><p>Women, Environment and Development Organization (www.wedo.org.br), founder and vice-president (1990-2003)  Strategy and global representation  Articulation with policy making at the level of UN and governments  Networking and Campaigns.</p><p>SELECTED PUBLICATIONS </p><p>Going Green: Business as an Agent of Change in The World Entrepreneurship Forum Guide to Entrepreneurship 2.0: Tapping The Global Revolution, Ed. Wiley and Sons, 2013.</p><p>Liderança é Global, Co-Criando um Mundo mais Humano e Sustentável, co-editor and author. SENAC, São Paulo, 2013.</p><p>Inspiração, Realização e Busca Constante, article at Ideias em Gestão. AIEC, Brasilia, March 2013.</p><p>Climate change adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Sertão Burney, J., Cesano, D., Russell, J., Levre La Rovere, E., Corral, T., Segala Coelho, N., Santos L., 2013 (in inglés). Climatic Change. (enviado em Julho 2013 e em revisao) </p><p>ELLA - Experiencies and Lessons Learnt from Latin America, 2012: Boa pratica e sistematizaçao do modelo Adapta Sertao pelo governo Inglés.. Link: http://ella.practicalaction.org/node/787</p><p>Adaptation in Northeast Brazil: lessons from a community-based project. Field Action SCience Report. Obermaier, M; Cesano, D; Corral,, T; Maroun,M.M., Lèbre La Rovere, E., Barata, M., Wachsmann, U., Pfliegner, K., 2013: Dryland. http://factsreports.revues.org</p><p>As experiências da coalizão Adapta Sertão na disseminação de tecnologias e estratégias de adaptação a mudança climática para o agricultor familiar do semi árido Brasileiro Cesano D., La Rovere E., Obermeier M., Corral T., Santos da Silva L. and N, Segala Coelho, 2011: Revista Brasileira de. Geografia Física 06 (2011) 1336-1350.</p><p>“Gender Perspectives in Adaptation Strategies: the Case of Pintadas Solar in the Semi-Arid Region of Brazil”, in Gender and Climate Change, an Introduction. Earthscan, United Kingdon, 2010.</p><p>“Leaders Forging Value-Based Change – Partnership Power for The 21st Century”, in Beliefs and Values: Understanding the Global Implications of Human Nature Magazine – Madison University, USA, 2009. “ Leadership is Global”, co-editor and contributor writer of the book. Published by Shinyo-en Foundation, San Francisco, USA, 2006. </p><p>“Rio92 Contribution to Civil Society: Focusing on Women’s Movement, in Rio + 10 – A Decade of Change, ISER, Rio, Brasil, 2002.</p><p>“Women’s Sustainable Development Agenda”, in National Resources Forum, vol. 26 number 3. Backwell Publishing, USA, 2002.</p><p>“Women and Sustainable Development: a Local Agenda”. Primer published by WEDO (Women, Environment and Development Organization - New York, NY, 2000.</p><p>"Overcoming Social Inequalities in Brazil", in "A Social Agenda for Brazil in the XXI Century", published by Institute of Politics (Brasilia/Brazil), 2001. </p><p>AWARDS  Premio Objetivos do Desenvolvimento do Milênio Brasil 2014 given to Adapta Sertão. The award is promoted by the Brazilian Secretary of State and by UNDP.  Mandacaru Award given to Adapta Sertão by the Brazilian Institute of Sustainable Development and Ministry of Foreign Cooperation Spain in 2013  Celso Furtado Award given to Adapta Sertao by the Brazilian Ministry of Integration. 2012</p><p> SEED Awards given to Adapta Sertao for its innovative contribution to foster sustainable development (2008).</p><p> UNEP Earth Global Champions, given to WEDO and WEDO’s Team for its contribution to foster sustainable development with a human face throughout the world. (2006)  Tech Awards , award given for distinguished entrepreneurs that implement innovative technological projects that benefit the world (2005) Premio de Inclusão Digital do Instituto Telemar, concedido ao Projeto Cyberala do CEMINA ( 2004)  Premio de Inclusão Digital do Instituto Telemar, concedido ao Projeto Cyberala do CEMINA ( 2004) </p><p> Premio UNESCO de Comunicação concedido ao CEMINA. 2003  Premio Abril. A very prestigious award to five women leaders each year, Sao Paulo (2000)  Hundred Heroine Project. Selected as one of the distinguished women that has impacted the situation of women worldwide (1992).</p><p>LANGUAGES: Fluency in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian and French.</p>