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Smart Citizenship Academy | Speakers 2018
2018 EDITION
ANNA SUKHOVACommunity Development and Social Protection Specialist in the World Bank, worked during last 8 years on promotion of participatory budgeting in Russia and support of regional and municipal governments in design and implementation of Local Initiatives Support Program (LISP). Currently she is coordinating national and regional level activities aimed at developing participatory and community development practices in Russia.
ANTÓNIO COSTA PINTOPhD from the European University Institute and ISCTE (1999). He is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a Guest Professor at ISCTE, Lisbon. He was a Guest Professor at Stanford University and Georgetown, and Visiting Researcher at Princeton University and University of California-Berkeley (2000 and 2010). Between 1999 and 2003 he was a regular Guest Professor at the Institut D'Études Politiques de Paris.
BETSY GARDNERResearcher, facilitator, and educator specializing in conflict resolution, government transparency, and women’s economic development. As adjunct professor and Assistant Director of Training at Northeastern University, she has facilitated for many diverse groups including Major League Baseball, the MIT Sloan School of Management, the Boston Police Department, and the New England Patriots. She practiced mediation and negotiation around the Boston area, most notably facilitating negotiation trainings for Boston’s Work Smart initiative, which aims to close the gender pay gap in Boston.
CHELSEY LEPAGEChelsey Lepage is a Program Manager at Reboot, leading domestic and international projects within their governance program. A former international development practitioner, her experience lies at the intersections of civic advocacy, technology and youth engagement on four continents. She brings prior experience working within UNICEF’s global innovation team, as an independent human rights monitor, and consultant with a range of NGOs.
COLINE BERTHAUDColine Berthaud has worked on Paris Participatory Budgeting since 2016, in the staff of Pauline Véron, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of Local Democracy, Citizen Participation, Voluntary Sector, and Youth.
DONATO DE MEMMOHe has been working for the Municipality of Bologna since 2003 dealing with simplification of administrative procedure and citizens' participation. He coordinated the team which drew up the first Italian "Regulation on collaboration between citizens and the city for the care and regeneration of urban commons” adopted by the Bologna City Council on 2014. He is currently in charge of simplification and civic collaboration office working on care and regeneration of urban commons.
EDUARDO OLIVEIRA E SILVAHe is Editorial Adviser and Member of the Strategic Council of the ICSouth News Group of the Newshold Group, newspaper "i", which he directed between March 2012 and September 2015. Journalist, a guest commentator for the RDP, RTP and TVI, he served, among other positions, as Advisor to the Administration of RTP and RDP, Director of the Training Center of RTP, President of Lusa, where he directed Information between 1988-1990, Deputy Director and Information Officer of the RDP and Member of the Board of Directors of the European Photography Agency (EPA).
EIRIKUR BERGMANNProfessor of Politics at Bifrost University in Iceland. He writes mainly on Nationalism, Populism, European Integration, Icelandic Politics and on Participatory Democracy. He is also author of three novels published in Icelandic.
ELENA MATVEEVADirector of the Department for Budgetary Policy in Public Administration and Open Budget in the Ministry of Finance of the Sakhalin Region, Russian Federation. During the last years she has been responsible for coordinating the participatory budgeting projects in the region and overseeing the project on openness of the regional budget. She coordinates activities of municipal entities working on participatory budgeting projects, including on the youth budget.
EKATERINA PETRIKEVICHInternational project manager at "democracy 2.1", a global initiative launched to transform the way communities make decisions. The project combines an innovative voting system and a digital platform which allows citizens to build their own secure polls and benefit from state-of-the-art analytics in real time. Developed in partnership with scientists at Cambridge University and the Brookings Institution, the d21 voting system offers various ways of polls and participation. The process is simple and flexible for voters, and helps communities find consensus more quickly.
ERNESTO GANUZAScientist at the Spanish Research Council, he is sociologist in a wide sense. His research lies in the participation of citizens, as well as procedures and tools that would make it possible through the problematization of deliberation, the contemporary political space open to participation and the democratization challenges resulting. He has worked extensively advising different administrations in the implementation of deliberative experiences and participatory budgeting.
FÁTIMA HENRIQUESCommunity Manager at the Municipality of Cascais did her professional course in journalism (written press and radio), much of which in the project that marked the entry in Portugal of free newspapers, closer to the citizen: Jornal da Região. She started working at the Cascais Municipality in 2007 and is now part of the Brand and Communication Department team, where, in addition to the production of web and audiovisual content in several areas, she is responsible for the Participatory Budget dossier. The great challenge is "to establish bridges" that allow to amplify the communication among the most diverse publics.
FREDERICK DEVAUXSenior Public Opinion Researcher at Dalia Research since 2016. Over the past 2 years he has lead projects across Europe, the Americas and China measuring political risk, social unrest, populism and democracy. He recently helped design the Democracy Perception Index, which measures citizens' trust in their governments in over 50 countries. He holds a BA from the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs of Princeton University.
GIOVANNI ALEGRETTIArchitect, planner and senior researcher at the Centre of Social Studies of Coimbra University, is Visiting Fellow at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg and member of the Institute for Democracy and Democratization of Communication of the University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. For the mandate 2014-2019 he is co-chair of the Independent Authority for the Promotion of Participation in Tuscany.
ISABEL XAVIERHead of project teams at Cascais Municipality, she has been involved in community intervention projects in different territories, with professional challenges requiring high levels of participation and capacity to involve citizens and networking with organizations. She holds a degree in Social Policy with a high degree of experience in innovative projects in the areas of social exclusion, citizenship, participation and participatory democracy, such as the Special Rehabilitation Program, participatory budgeting (PB) and young PB.
JO CLAYESInvolved in international work since 1995 in divers positions and roles. Currently running a 'social' company called Produções Fixe, focusing on training, development and design of educational boardgames (e.g. Plan B, 7 Days, The Real Ideal), community building projects and coaching of young people. Active on both national as international level, is part of a serie of trainerspools for repetitive training courses organised within the frame of YiA (e.g. BTM, TICTAC, The Power of NFE, Cut the ICE, ATOQ).
JOANA BALSEMÃOShe completed her Masters in "Environmental Change and Management" at the University of Oxford and was Technical Adviser at the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union. Her professional experience includes, among others, Advisor at the Ministry of the Environment, Coordinator of Agenda 21 in Cascais, Researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico. She is currently a councilor of the Municipality of Cascais
MARCO ESPINHEIRADegree in management by Católica University in 95 and master in New Ventures by California State University.founded several companies in the communication, advertisement, technology and cultural sectors. He was responsible for creating and manage the first European digital film festival. He was responsible for the coordination of economic and cultural diplomacy in Camões, IP – Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affair. Since 2014 he has been Head of Future at the Cascais Municipality.
NELSON DIASConsultant to the World Bank for the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting in several Municipalities and regions of Mozambique, Mexico and Russia, and of many municipalities in Portugal. Consultant to the UN and the Government of Cape Verde for the implementation of PB in four Municipalities and to the Portuguese Government for the implementation of the National Youth PB. He is coordinator of the Network of Participative Authorities of Portugal and author of several books on PB.
PAULA MATAS TRENASHead of the Inclusion, Neutrality and Privacy Service of the General Direction of Citizen Participation of the City Council of Madrid. Internal trainer in the course of "Citizen Participation in municipal policies". Bachelor of Law, was Deputy General Director of the General Subdirectorate of Real Estate Heritage of the Ministry of Administration. Was head of the department of contractual legal regime, Transversal Commission for Gender Equality of the Madrid City Council, the Disability Advisory Council and other working groups.
PEDRO CAMACHOChief Innovation Officer at LUSA, the Portuguese News Agency, since 1 October 2018. Former journalist at Tempo, Notícias de Primeira Página and Semanário, three weekly newspapers, was Economics Editor of daily newspapers Público and Diário de Notícias, Deputy Director of Público and of Visãonewsmagazine. He held the position of Editor-in-Chief of Visão and publisher at Impresa Media Group for 13 years until he joined LUSA, as Editor-in-Chief, in October 2015.
PEDRO SANTA CLARAHolds the Millennium bcp Chair in Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics since 2007. He was Professor of Finance at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and received a Ph.D. degree in Management from INSEAD, France. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and Management Science.
SONYA REYNOLDSData director for the New York Civic Engagement Table, co-founder of Progressive HackNight, co-chair of the PBNYC Steering Committee and the Chair of OpenSupporter.
TIAGO PEIXOTOSenior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice. Having joined the Bank in 2010, Tiago’s activities focus on working with governments to develop solutions for better public policies and services. Tiago holds a PhD and a Masters in Political Science from the European University Institute, as well as a Masters in Organized Collective Action from Sciences-Po Paris.
VÍTOR RAMALHO
Secretary General of the Union of Capital Cities of Portuguese Official Language is licensed in Law. Recognised for his knowledge about Portuguese speaking countries, he has held various positions, such as Secretary of State for Labor, consultant of the Civil House of the President of the Republic, Assistant Secretary of State of the Minister of Economy, President of INATEL and Vice President of the Portuguese Red Cross. Currently, he is also one of the 5 personalities of Recognized Merit of the Economic and Social Council (ESC).
