CURRICULUM VITAE
Afonso Do Ó
Marseille, March 2014
1. IDENTIFICATION
Full name – Afonso do Ó Pinto Alho
Birth date - 29th January 1973
Birth place - Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality - Portuguese
National ID - 09 809 711, valid until 2015-01-18
Passport - H 437 487, valid until 2015-09-27
Social Security - 111-320-302-88 (Portugal)
Driving licence - L / 1539 0230 (1995)
Yachtman’s licence – 47377, basic skipper (2003)
Home addresses
Gomeira, C.P. 407-S
10 rue Adolphe Thiers
8800-593 Cabanas de Tavira
13001 Marseille
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
Office address
World Water Council
Espace Gaymard - 2/4 place d’Arveux
13002 Marseille
FRANCE
Mobile phone numbers
+351 967 678 335 (Portugal)
+33 613 218 545 (France)
E-mail addresses
[email protected] (academic)
[email protected] (professional)
LinkedIn
http://es.linkedin.com/pub/afonso-do-%C3%B3/1a/198/b28
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2. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2014/ – Project Officer at the World Water Council, responsible for:
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Transboundary Water Issues;
Regional Process towards the 7th World Water Forum;
Water, Agriculture & Food Security;
Right to Water and Sanitation;
Integrated Water Resources Management;
Water for Health and Nature.
2010/2013 – Scientific Researcher on Transboundary River Basin Management
at:
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GIEST, Research Group on Territorial Structures and Systems,, University
of Seville (Spain);
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CIEO, Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of
Algarve (Portugal).
2009/2012 – Freshwater Senior Officer for WWF Mediterranean, responsible for
the national water footprint assessment, Iberian transboundary riverbank
ecologic restoration, water stewardship and ecosystem services initiatives.
2004/2008 – Ph.D. graduate student on Droughts & Water Management at the
Geography Department of FCSH-UNL (New University of Lisbon, Portugal).
2003 – Project Coordinator at ADPM (Environmental NGO – Alentejo, Portugal),
on project REDE-GEST (Network of Land Management Laboratories in Southern
Portugal), funded by AVINA Foundation.
2001/2002 – Assistant Professor of Physical Geography I (Climatology and
Geomorphology), course of the Undergraduate Degree on Geography and
Regional Planning at UNL.
2000/2002 – Senior Officer for Environment and Regional Planning at CMV
(Municipality of Vidigueira – Alentejo, Portugal), responsible for the Alqueva Dam
Project follow-up, the Forestry Management Regional Plan, the Municipal
Director Plan revision, and the Civil Protection Emergency Plan.
1996/2000 – Senior Officer at ATD (Associação Terras Dentro – Development
NGO), coordinator of the Transnational Cooperation sector, of the MONTADO
Strategy (a broad-scale plan on the valorisation and conservation of
Mediterranean Forest and Agro-forestry Systems), and of the EU LIFE Project
“Conservation and Valorisation of Montado Forestry Systems to Combat
Desertification”.
1995/1998 – Chairman of GAMA Assocation (Local Environmental NGO of
Vidigueira).
3. ACADEMIC DEGREES
2004/2008 – Ph.D. graduated in Geography and Regional Planning by UNL, cohosted by the University of Algarve / Faculty of Sea and Environmental
Sciences. Thesis on “Drought Risk Management in the Algarve”, supervised by
Prof. Maria José Roxo, defended in January 2009, and approved with maximum
classification, cum laude, by unanimity.
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1991/1995 – B.A. graduated in Geography and Regional Planning by UNL, with
the final mark 15.4 (on a 0-20 scale).
1994/1995 - Final year at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland - United
Kingdom), in the frame of E.U. ERASMUS Programme, with final research
work on "Management and Planning of Fluvial Environmental Hazards",
with the mark 16.0, and field work on River Dee (Scotland).
4. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
4.1. Grants & scholarships
2010/2013 – Post-doc grant by FCT, hosted by the Human Geography
Department of the University of Seville.
2008 – Ph.D. scholar granted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon),
for a research training course (6 weeks) at the Human Geography Department of
the University of Seville.
2006 – Ph.D. scholar granted by the Portuguese Governmental Agency FCT
(Science and Technology Foundation) for a 2-week advanced research training at
the National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Lincoln – Nebraska (USA).
2005 – Ph.D. scholar granted by the Fulbright Commission, for a research and
teaching position during one semester at the California State University
(Stanislaus); declined due to parenthood.
2004/2008 – Ph.D. scholar granted by FCT (48 months).
4.2. Scientific projects
2013 – Researcher and author of “TransDRiM – Transboundary Drought Risk
Management: an application to the Guadiana international river basin”,
approved in the framework of Marie Curie Actions (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF: IntraEuropean Fellowships) and supervised by the University of Seville.
2012 – Co-author and participant in “TransBasin – Transboundary Water Basin
Management”, approved in the framework of Marie Curie Actions (FP7-PEOPLE2011-IRSES: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme).
2009/2012 – Freshwater Senior Officer for WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
Mediterranean, with focus on the Guadiana International River Basin.
2008/2009 – Researcher at the Geography Department of UNL, on the frame of
the FCT Project “Drought Risk Management: Identification, Monitoring,
Characterisation, Prediction and Mitigation”.
2008/2009 – Collaborator on the E.U. CIRCLE Programme Project “AQUIMED –
Participatory designing of adaptive groundwater management strategies and
instruments in Mediterranean coastal water scarce areas as a response to
climate change”.
2003/2005 - Researcher at the Geography Department of UNL, on the frame of
E.U. GMES Programme Project “LADAMER – Land Degradation Assessment in
the Mediterranean”.
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2000/2001 – Collaboration on the E.U. Project “RICAMARE – Research in
Climate Change and Agriculture in the Mediterranean” (case study on land use
changes and water resources in southeast Portugal).
1999/2001 – Portuguese focal point for the E.U. Concerted Action
“Interdependency between Agriculture and Urbanisation – conflicts on the
sustainable use of soil and water”, coordinated by ICHASM (International Center
for High Agronomic Studies in the Mediterranean).
1996 – Participation on scenario-building activities for MISART Project
"Integrated Modelling of an Environmental, Rural and Touristic System", in the
frame of E.U. LIFE-Environment Programme.
1995 – Research work on portuguese non-governmental organisations involved
in actions combating desertification, by request of the King’s College of London
(UK) in the frame of E.U. MEDALUS III Programme (Mediterranean Desertification
and Land Use) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
1993/1994 – Biophysic characterisation of Divor Stream, proposed as Protected
Conservation Area by LPN (major Portuguese Environmental NGO).
4.3. Teaching & supervision
2013 – Member of the jury for the Ph.D. thesis “Territory perception and social
valoration in urban areas: landscape and site in El Aljarafe (Seville)”, University
of Seville.
2013 – Member of the Organising Committee for the 8th Iberian Water Congress,
organised by the New Water Culture Foundation, Lisbon, 5-7 December.
2013 – Guest Professor for the University of Zaragoza (Spain) Master on
Sustainable River Management and Integrated Water Management. Toledo, 8-12
July.
2011 – Guest Professor for the University of Zaragoza (Spain) Master on
Sustainable River Management and Integrated Water Management. Alcazar San
Juan, 21-25 March.
2010 – Member of the Scientific Comission for the workshop “Risk Management
in Droughts – methods, technologies and challenges”, ISA-UTL, Lisbon.
2010 – Chairman of the Session on Research Integrating Projects at the 3rd eGEO Scientific Meeting (UNL).
2009 – Member of the jury for the M.Sc. thesis “Drought Risk Perception on the
Guadiana river left bank”, Master Programme on Human Ecology and
Contemporary Social Problems.
2004/2008 – Invited lecturer for 2 annual classes on drought risk management,
for the Environmental Risks Assessment course (Environment and Development
Master Programme), UNL.
2002/2003 – Co-supervisor of the Final research Project by student Nelson
Lopes, Undergraduate in Geography and Regional Planning (UNL), on “The
Environmental Impacts of the Alqueva Dam Multi-Purpose Project”.
2001/2002 – Assistant Professor of Physical Geography I (Climatology and
Geomorphology), undergraduate course on Geography and Regional Planning,
UNL.
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4.4. Publications
Books
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DO Ó, Afonso (2013) – Gestão do Risco de Seca no Algarve (Drought Risk
Management in the Algarve). Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon,
406pp., ISBN 978-972-31-1467-6.
Ph.D. Thesis
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DO Ó, Afonso (2008) – Gestão do Risco de Seca no Algarve (Drought Risk
Management in the Algarve), Dissertation in Geography and Regional
Planning, speciallised in Environment and Natural Resources. Faculty of
Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon.
Book Chapters
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DO Ó, Afonso; SANTOS, Enrique (2011) – A bacia hidrográfica
internacional do Guadiana: recursos hídricos e climáticos e o abastecimento
de água ao turismo litoral do Algarve e de Huelva, in “Recursos,
Potencialidades y Modelos Turísticos en el Baixo Alentejo, Algarve y
província de Huelva”, Universidad de Huelva, pp.123-148.
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DO Ó, Afonso; LOBO FERREIRA, João P.; LEITÃO, Teresa; MORAL,
Leandro del (2011) – Variabilidade climática e resposta às Secas no
Sudoeste Ibérico: a bacia internacional do Guadiana, in “Recursos Hídricos
para a Convivência com o Semiárido: avanços e desafios”, Universidade de
São Paulo (in press).
Book Articles
DO Ó, Afonso (2010) – Transboundary Drought Management in the
Guadiana: applying the conflict risk index, in “Gestão Sustentável dos
Recursos Hídricos”, ISCSP-UTL, Lisbon, pp. 224-247.
DO Ó, Afonso; ROXO, Maria J. (2010) – Percepção da seca e seus impactos
pelos agricultores em regadios públicos do Alentejo, in “Gestão do Risco em
Secas – métodos, tecnologias e desafios”, ISA Press, Lisboa, pp. 255-265.
DO Ó, Afonso (2010) – Avaliação de instrumentos de planeamento e gestão
da água nos regadios públicos em condições de seca, in “Gestão do Risco
em Secas – métodos, tecnologias e desafios”, ISA Press, Lisboa, pp. 267276.
DO Ó, Afonso; ROXO, Maria J. (2009) – Drought response and mitigation in
Mediterranean irrigation agriculture, in “Water Resources Management
2009”, WIT Press, Southampton (UK), pp.515-524.
DO Ó, Afonso (2007) – Drought Risk Management in the Mediterranean
under the Water Framework Directive – the example of Algarve (Portugal), in
“Water Resources Management 2007”, WIT Press, Southampton (UK),
pp.81-90.
Journal Articles
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DEL MORAL, Leandro; DO Ó, Afonso (2014) – Water governance and
scalar politics across multiple-boundary river basins: states, catchments and
territorial powers in the Iberian Peninsula, in “Water International”, Taylor
& Francis, DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.878816).
DO Ó, Afonso (2012) – Drought planning and management in
transboundary river basins: the case of the Iberian Guadiana, in “Water
Policy”, IWA Publishing, vol. 14, pp. 784-799.
DO Ó, Afonso; ROXO, Maria J. (2008) – Drought events in Southern
Portugal from the 12th to the 19th centuries: integrated research from
descriptive sources, in “Natural Hazards”, Springer, vol. 47, pp. 55-63 (DOI
10.1007/s11069-007-9196-0).
Other Articles
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DO Ó, Afonso (2012) – Bacia do Guadiana requer gestão sem fronteiras,
Special Bolettin of the New Water Culture Foundation, March 22nd 2012
(World Water Day), www.fnca.es.
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DO Ó, Afonso; SILVA, Luís N.; MORGADO, Ângela; BARATA, M. (2011) –
Water Footprint of Portugal: an analysis of the external footprint of
consumption, WWF Report, www.wwf.pt.
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DO Ó, Afonso; ANTONELLI, Francesca; MORGADO, Ângela; SILVA, Luís
N. (2010) – Water Footprint in Portugal: Securing Water for People and
Nature, WWF Report, www.wwf.pt.
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DO Ó, Afonso; BUGALHO, Miguel; SILVA, Luís N. (2009) – Forest fires and
climate change, WWF Report, www.wwf.pt.
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SILVA, Luís N.; BUGALHO, Miguel; DO Ó, Afonso (2008) – Heat waves and
forest fires: Summer 2003 in Portugal, in Stolton, Sue; Dudley, Nigel;
Randall, Jonathan (Eds) “Natural Security: Protected areas and hazard
mitigation”, WWF, Gland, Switzerland, pp. 74-79.
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DO Ó, Afonso; MONTEIRO, José Paulo (2007) – Estimação da procura real
de água no Algarve por sectores (Estimation of effective water demand in
the Algarve by sectors), in “Tecnologia da Água”, Edition II, n. 49,
April/June 2007, Reed Business Information S.A..
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DO Ó, Afonso (2005) – Análise Regional e Mitigação de Secas usando o SPI.
Uma aplicação regional ao Algarve (Drought Mitigation and Regional
Analysis using SPI. A regional application to the Algarve), in “Tecnologia da
Água”, Edition II, n. 38, October 2005, Reed Business Information S.A..
Conference Proceedings
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DEL MORAL, Leandro; DO Ó, Afonso (2013) – Actualización del debate
sobre la cuenca hidrográfica y las escalas de la gestión del agua – reflexión
desde la experiencia Ibérica (Updating the debate on river basin and water
management scales – reflexions from the Iberian experience), 8th Iberian
Congress on Water Management and Planning, Lisbon, FNCA – New Water
Culture Foundation.
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DO Ó, Afonso; DEL MORAL, Leandro (2013) – Transboundary river basins
planning: the Iberian challenge on implementing the European Water
Framework Directive, TWAM International Conference “Transboundary
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water management across borders and interfaces”, Aveiro (Portugal),
Universidade de Aveiro.
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DO Ó, Afonso (2012) – Drought Risk Management in transboundary river
basins - a Mediterranean feasibility assessment, Risk Analysis Congress,
Brac (Croatia), Wessex Institute of Technology.
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DO Ó, Afonso (2012) – Drought management in transboundary river basins:
a feasibility assessment on the Guadiana, 32nd International Geographical
Congress, Köln (Germany), International Geographical Union.
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DO Ó, Afonso (2011) – Gestão Transfronteiriça do Risco de Seca na Bacia
do Guadiana: análise comparativa das estruturas nacionais de planeamento
(Transboundary Drought Risk Management in the Guadiana River Basin:
comparative analysis of national planning structures), 7th Iberian Congress
on Water Management and Planning, Talavera la Real (Spain), FNCA –
New Water Culture Foundation.
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BUGALHO, Miguel; BRANCO, Orlando; SILVA, Luís; SILVA-DIAS, Filipe;
VAZ, Paulo; DO Ó, Afonso (2011) – Identifying hotspot areas for
biodiversity and ecosystem services in cork oak woodlands, British
Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2011, Sheffield (UK).
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DO Ó, Afonso (2010) – Transboundary Drought Risk Management in
Mediterranean Europe: a State-of-the-art Analysis for the Guadiana River
Basin, Second International Conference on Drought Management,
Istanbul (Turkey), FAO-ICARDA-CIHEAM-CEIGRAM (NEMEDCA Network).
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DO Ó, Afonso (2010) – Gestão Transfronteiriça do Risco de Seca na Europa
Mediterrânica: uma proposta metodológica para a Bacia Hidrográfica do
Guadiana (Transboundary Drought Risk Management in Mediterranean
Europe: a methodological proposal for the Guadiana River Basin), 10º
Congresso da Água, Alvor, APRH – Associação Portuguesa de Recursos
Hídricos.
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DO Ó, Afonso (2010) – Transboundary Drought Management in the
Guadiana: applying the conflict risk index, 5º Congresso Internacional de
Ordenamento do Território – Gestão Partilhada de Recursos Hídricos,
Lisbon, ISCSP-UTL.
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DO Ó, Afonso (2008) – Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Sources in
Drought Impact Assessment, First International Conference on Drought
Management: scientific and technological innovations, Zaragoza (Spain),
International Centre for High Agronomic Studies in the Mediterranean
(CIHEAM).
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DO Ó, Afonso (2008) – Instrumentos de Planeamento e Gestão do Risco de
Seca nos Aproveitamentos Hidroagrícolas do Sul de Portugal (Drought Risk
Planning and Management Tools in the Irrigation Perimeters of Southern
Portugal), 6th Iberian Congress on Water Management and Planning,
Vitoria / Gasteiz (Spain), New Water Culture Foundation (FNCA)/Bakeaz.
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DO Ó, Afonso; MONTEIRO, José P. (2006) – Estimação da procura real de
água no Algarve por sectores, 5th Iberian Congress on Water Management
and Planning, Faro, New Water Culture Foundation (FNCA).
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DO Ó, Afonso (2005) – Regional Drought Analysis and Mitigation using SPI,
21st ICID (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage) European
Regional Conference, Frankfurt/Oder (Germany) – Slubice (Poland).
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DO Ó, Afonso (2005) – Análise Regional e Mitigação de Secas usando o SPI
(Drought Mitigation and Regional Analysis using SPI), 7th PortugueseBrasilian Water Symposium (SILUSBA), Évora, Portuguese Association of
Water Resources (APRH).
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DO Ó, Afonso; MONTEIRO, José P. (2005) – Diagnóstico do Risco de Secas
no Algarve – uma abordagem geográfica (Drought Risk Analysis in the
Algarve – a geographical approach), 10th Iberian Congress of Geography,
Évora, Portuguese Geographers Association (APG).
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DO Ó, Afonso (2004) – Diagnóstico e mitigação de Secas no actual contexto
climático global (Drought mitigation and survey in the present global climatic
context), 7th Water Congress, Lisbon, Portuguese Association of Water
Resources (APRH).
Guest Communications
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Drought management in transboundary river basins: the Iberian case,
Workshop “Drought in a changing climate: an overview”, APMG / World
Meteorological Organisation, Lisbon (November 2012)
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Variabilidade climática e resposta às Secas no Sul de Portugal, Seminário
“Alterações Climáticas e Adaptação: Programas de Medidas nos Planos de
Gestão de Região Hidrográfica do Sado e Mira e do Guadiana”, APRH /
ARHA, Palmela (April 2011)
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O Algarve Mediterrânico: clima, água e sociedade (Mediterranean Algarve:
climate, water and society), conferences in the Municipal Library of Tavira:
1. Climate and Weather in the Algarve: how the Mediterranean enters the
Atlantic; 2. Iberian relations and shared management of water in the
present Al-Andalus; 3. Droughts, water and its management in the Algarve
and Guadiana river basin (February – May 2011)
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Iniciativas de conservação e gestão responsável da água – Water
Stewardship, 5ª Conferência Nacional da Água, Jornal “Água & Ambiente”,
Lisbon (October 2010)
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Drought Risk Management in Iberia: local case studies and transboundary
cooperation, Presentation to ICARDA – International Centre for
Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (FAO), Aleppo – Syria (March 2010)
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Knowledge and Challenges in the Guadiana Basin – applied research in
Geography, HELP Programme / IHP-UNESCO Seminar on “Strengthening
Water Governance for Sustainability”, Évora (June 2009)
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The water crisis in southern Portugal: how did we get there, COST Action
C19 – Proactive Crisis Management of Urban Infrastructure, University of
Coimbra (September 2007)
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As Secas enquanto Risco Natural (Droughts as a Natural Hazard), Seminar
on Multidiscipliary Approach to Desertification, Lisbon Geography Society
(May 2007)
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Análise do Risco de Seca no Algarve (Drought Risk Analysis in the Algarve),
I Sea and Environment Conference, University of Algarve, Faro (April
2005)
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Mitigação de Secas no Algarve (Drought Mitigation in the Algarve), II e-GEO
Conference: Geography and Regional Planning Research Centre, Lisbon
(April 2004)
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Diagnóstico e mitigação de Secas – o caso de estudo da Margem Esquerda
do Guadiana (Drought Mitigation and Survey – Guadiana Left Bank case
study),
Conference
on
“Water,
Biodiversity
and
Combatting
Desertification”, Alentejo Regional Sub-comission of the National Action
Plan to Combat Desertification, Mértola (March 2004)
5. TRAINING ACTIVITIES
2011 – Short Course on “Cooperation and Territorial Development in Spain and
Portugal: new strategies”, International University of Andaluzia - Palos de la
Frontera, Huelva (Spain).
2010 – Short Course on “World History of Water Management”, Institute for
Water Education of UNESCO (IHE) - Delft (Netherlands).
2008 – Selected for the International Course on “Hydrological Drought and
Global Change”, UNESCO / Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
Physics - Trieste (Italy).
2008 – Summer Course on “Climate Change and Natural Resources: Impacts
and Challenges on Water”, funded by the “European Sustainable Water Goals”
Programme (EU Marie Curie Actions), Universitá Ca’Foscari - Venice (Italy).
2008 – Course on “Design and Statistical Analysis of Questionnaires: SPSS
applications”, Faculty of Economy of the University of Algarve - Faro.
2008 – Course on “Knowledge Assessment Methodologies” (Fall School),
European Commission Joint Research Centre / Environment Programme of the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon.
2004 – Intensive course on “Spatial Data Analysis for Social and Environmental
Sciences” (incomplete), CVRM / Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisbon.
2002 – Advanced course on “Seasonal Weather Information for the Sustainable
Management of Agriculture in the Mediterranean Region”, ICHASM / Central
Laboratory for Agriculture and Climate - Cairo (Egypt).
2001/2002 – Training course (60 hours) on ArcView GIS, MapInfo and
MicroStation software, Geography Department of UNL - Lisbon.
2001 – Advanced course on “Management strategies and drought mitigation in
the Mediterranean: monitoring, risk analysis and contingecial planning”,
ICHASM / Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II - Rabat (Morocco).
2000 – Advanced course on “Climate change: effects on agriculture in the
Mediterranean Region”, funded by EU RICAMARE research project, ICHASM Zaragoza (Spain).
1998 – Participation on a one-week training programme on “Rural Investment
Support and Incentive Systems”, funded by EU LEADER II Programme, ATD Alcáçovas.
1997 – Coordination of a six-week training programme for 12 undergraduate
students on "Tourism and its Social Impacts", funded by EU Leonardo da Vinci
Programme, ATD - Languedoc-Roussilon (France).
1997 – Participation on a one-week training programme on "Rural development
and organic agro-food production", funded by EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme,
BeirAmbiente - Guarda.
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6. ATTENDANCE TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
2013 – Workshop on “River Basin Commissions and other Joint Bodies for
Transboundary Water Cooperation”, UNECE – United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe, Geneva (Switzerland).
2010 – Water Stewardship Workshop, WWF / Water Footprint Network,
Washington DC (USA).
2010 – International Conference on “Water scarcity and drought: the path
towards climate change adaptation”, EU Spanish Presidency, Madrid (Spain).
2009 – Transboundary Workshop of “Public consultancy on the Guadiana River
Basin Management Plan”, INAG / ARHA, Évora.
2009 – Seminar on “Conceptual to practical models of water management at the
scale of regional drainage basins”, ICCE-UNESCO / UALG / IAH / APRH, Faro.
2008 – Results presentation workshop by the “Scientific-technical follow-up
panel on water policy”, Seville (Spain).
2008 – Workshop on “Transboundary Hydrological Planning and Climate
Change”, CADC / Albufeira Convention, Lisbon.
2008 – NeWater Project final conference on “New approaches to adaptive water
management under uncertainty”, European Commission, Seville (Spain).
2007 – Conference on “Secure and sustainable living: social and economic
benefits of weather, climate and water services”, World Meteorological
Organisation, Madrid (Spain).
2007 – “Droughts International Forum”, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Seville
(Spain).
2007 – Conference on “Drought management systems”, Portuguese Presidency
of the EU, Lisbon.
2006 – Conference on “Management of transboundary droughts in the Iberian
Peninsula”, CADC / Albufeira Convention, Zamora (Spain).
7. SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP
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FNCA – New Water Culture Foundation (Iberian)
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QUERCUS – Nature Conservation National Association (Portugal)
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Amnisty International
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Portuguese Committee of Solidariety with Palestine
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8. FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Language
English
Spanish
French
German
School
Degree
level 8
none
level 5
level 6
(High School)
(colloquial)
(High School)
(Göethe Institut)
Read
Excellent
Excellent
Very Good
Poor
Spoken
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Poor
Written
Excellent
Excellent
Good
Poor
9. FOREIGN TRAVELS1
1986 – Oslo (Norway)
1988 – Paris (France), Frankfurt, Heidelberg, München, Hamburg (Germany),
Wien, Salzburg, Linz, Innsbruck (Austria), Oslo (Norway), København
(Danemark)
1990 – Paris, Nice, Monaco (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Frankfurt
(Germany), Roma, Venezia, Bologna, Milano, Pisa (Italy), Como, Lugano
(Switzerland)
1991 – Frankfurt (Germany)
1992 – Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Firenze,
Brindisi (Italy), Athens, Thessaloniki, Skyros (Greece), Istambul, Ankara,
Capadocia (Turkey), Beograd (Serbia), Wien (Austria)
1993 – Gironde, Bretagne, Normandie, Provence, Paris (France)
1994 – Grampian, Highlands, Isle of Skye (Scotland), London (England)
1995 – Grampian, Highlands (Scotland), Republic of Ireland, Tetouan,
Chefchaouen, Rabat, Salé (Morocco)
1996 – Evros (Greece)
1997 – Languedoc-Roussilon (France), Bruxelles (Belgium), Cologne (Germany),
Genève (Switzerland), Rhône-Alps (France)
1998 – Central Macedonia (Greece), Sal, São Vicente, Santo Antão (Cape Vert),
Central Macedonia, Thessalia (Greece)
1999 – Flandres (Netherlands), Puglia (Italy), New York (USA), Paris (France),
Sicily (Italy), Tunis (Tunisia), Grand Erg Oriental / Sahara (Tunisia)
2000 – Cologne, Frankfurt, Berlin (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic)
2001 – Médenine (Tunis), Sal, Santiago (Cape Vert), Rabat, Casablanca
(Morocco)
2002 – Cairo (Egypt), Cuba, Algiers (Argel), New York, Chicago, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Nebraska, South Dakota (USA), Maastricht (Netherlands), Cologne (Germany)
2003 – Trier, Cologne (Germany)
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both professional and personal; travels excluding continental Spain, with frequent travel after 1995.
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2004 – Mallorca (Spain), Trier, Cologne (Germany), Maastricht (Netherlands),
Chefchaouen, Tetouan (Morocco)
2005 – São Vicente (Cape Vert), Frankfurt/Oder (Germany), Slubice (Poland),
Trier (Germany)
2006 – California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Nebraska (USA), Cologne (Germany)
2007 – Athens, Kos (Greece), Naples (Italy), Glasgow, Aberdeen, Deeside and
Highlands (Scotland), Cologne, Frankfurt (Germany)
2008 – Athens, Naxos, Folegandros, Thira (Greece), Venice (Italy)
2009 – Recife (Brazil), Malta, Cologne (Germany)
2010 – Istambul (Turkey), Aleppo, Homs, Palmira, Damascus (Syria), Bekaa
Valley (Lebanon), New York, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, New México, Utah
(USA), Delft (Netherlands), Cologne (Germany)
2012 – Tangiers (Morocco), Amman, Dead Sea, Wadi Musa, Petra, Aqaba, Wadi
Rum (Jordan), Paris (France), Antwerp (Belgium), Cologne (Germany), Split,
Brac, Hvar, Mljet, Dubrovnik (Croatia)
2013 – Geneva (Switzerland), Marseille (France)
2014 – Gyeongju (South Korea)
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