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Professional with extensive international experience on public policy, international relations and foreign trade. Fluent in Portuguese, English, German and Spanish. Master of Arts in International Business, work experience with climate change policy, REDD+, and international negotiations. Worked at NGOs, governments and private sector. |
 Contact Bernhard J Smid
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
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Professional Experience: |
I have professional experience on socio, economic and environmental issues (advocacy, analytical and advisory analysis and liaison with government officials and NGOs). Academically, I hold a Masters degree in International Business from Munich Business School (Germany); MBA in International Negotiations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Brazil), and short specialization courses on climate change (Carbon Ecologic Institute / International Carbon Action Partnership); and climate change in cities and city regions (Hafencity University of Hamburg).
With over 10 years of work experience on policy advocacy, international negotiations, climate change and REDD+, I have been working with political affairs at subnational and national levels on the implementation of policies and strategies in alignment to international efforts to combat and avoid deforestation. As example of activities, I have been participating on working groups with the Brazilian Federal Government and observing the political scenario in Indonesia, Peru and Bolivia on the implementation of climate change legislation pieces, low carbon agriculture plans, and other policies. On the subnational level it is relevant to mention that I was one of the idealizers and implementers of the Governors’ Global Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF), which is a total of 17 subnational governments from Brazil, Indonesia, Peru, USA and others working at a multi-jurisdictional collaborative effort focused on the development of rules and capabilities necessary to generate compliance-grade assets from REDD+.
It is important to mention my experience working for the Government of Amazonas, where I was responsible for the international agenda of former Governor Eduardo Braga, providing him a broad range of support on foreign affairs. Different aspects corresponded to my responsibilities, including the establishment of the international strategy of the State; and coordination of international missions and outreach efforts. During the period that I worked for the Government of Amazonas I was able to contribute to the establishment of agreements that have direct social and economic impact. Furthermore, my support to the victims of the 2009 flood was recompensed with an award.
At the international level, I worked in New York at the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), which was the basis for the elaboration of the Master Thesis that analyzed the consequences of the trade liberalization to the Indian economy and the society. Besides UNDEF, I worked in Germany at Infineon Technologies, where I built potepotential scenarios of the distribution channel market. I analyzed, among other issues, the importance of environmental restrictions and policy issues.
In Brazil, I worked at the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) as an environment consultant (2007) and as policy analyst (2005-2006). Also in Brazil, I worked at the U.S. Embassy, where I assisted U.S. exports to Brazil (1999-2005).
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Education: |
- BaltCICA Summer School, Climate change in cities and city regions – Time to adapt? in Climate change adaptation from HafenCity Universität Hamburg (2011 - 2011);
- Carbon emissions trading, Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries in Climate Change from Ecologic Institute, in collaboration with the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) (2009 - 2009);
- Master of Arts in International Business from Munich Business School (2006 - 2008);
- Master of Arts in International Business from SKEMA Business School (CERAM/ESC Lille) (2007 - as visiting student);
- MBA in Foreign Trade and International Negotiations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2003 - 2005);
Bachelor in Business Administration, Foreign Trade from União Educacional de Brasília (UNEB) (1995 - 1999);
- Competency in English in English from University of Michigan (1998 - 1998);
- DELLE in Business Spanish for Foreigners from Universidad de Salamanca (1997 - 1997).
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
- Extensive national and international working experience (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Germany, and the United States). Professional trips to Peru, Bolivia, Indonesia, United Emirates, United States, Monaco, Vatican, Russia and Germany.
- Experience on local development and local government issues in Latin America (Brazil, Peru and Bolivia), Europe and the United States;
- Cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Experience on research activities in development issues and public policies;
- Strong analytical and advocacy skills in sustainable development policy and research;
- Capacity to interact with senior officials and influence senior decision makers;
- Strong analytical, diplomatic, negotiation and communication skills;
- Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting.
Experience in the production of technical and conceptual papers:
- Moutinho, P. et al. 2011. REDD in Brazil: a Focus on the Amazon (available in English and Portuguese)
- Moutinho, P. et al. 2011. The roles of Environmental Funds in REDD+: RedLAC capacity building project for environmental funds. RedLAC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (available in English, French and in Spanish);
- Nepstad, D. C. et al. 2012. Overview of Subnational Programs to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) as part of the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA.;
- Nepstad, D.C, et al. 2012. Re-Framing REDD+. Unlocking the potential of jurisdictional REDD+ as a policy framework for low-emission rural development: research results and recommendations for governments. IPAM, San Francisco-USA / Brasilia-Brazil (available in English, soon in Portuguese).
- Technical Proofreader (M.Books do Brasil Editora Ltda): Review of the technical translation of the book Cloud Computing, from Brain J.S. Chee / Curtis Franklin Jr.
Awards:
(1) Year 2009: received the 1st Civil Defense Award for the support to the victims of the flood in Amazonas;
(2) Year 2007: "Sonderzuwendung" (Infineon Technologies AG / Munich-Germany);
(3) Year 2005: “DG Award Honorable Mention - Grassroots Outreach” (U.S. Department of Commerce / Washington-USA);
(4) Year 2002: Extra Mile Award (U.S. Department of Commerce / Brasilia-Brazil);
(5) Year 2000: Extra Mile Award (U.S. Department of Commerce / Brasilia-Brazil).
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
10-15 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, German |
Nationality:
Brazil
, Germany
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LinkedIn Profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bsmid
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