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Amorim, Alexandra
Ferreira de Castro Sequeiros, Sandra Marisa
Geria Serralheiro Salgado Alho, Maria Isabel
Matos, Gisela
Palma, Antonio Manuel
Teixeira Gonçalves, Alda
Teixeira Rosa, Maria Filomena

Vargas Martins, Celia Maria

see Regional Action Plan of Inclusion of the Algarve 2007-2009: in Portuguese, English


Amorim, Alexandra

Contact Details:
Instituto da Seguranca Social, I.P
Research Fellow
Tel. (+351) 21 3184910
Mobile phone (+351) 91 7837796 / (+351) 96 8621694
Fax (+351) 21 3184955
E-mail: alexandra.m.amorim@seg-social.pt
Website www.seg-social.pt or www.pnai.pt

Current Work:
Research Fellow in Research Department at Institute of Social Security (ISS, I.P), part time Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity. Recent main activities and responsibilities:

  • Technical support to the development of social policies in the scope of the Ministry of Labour and Solidarity
  • Centrally involved, as member of the National Coordination Staff, in the development, implementation and analysis of the Portuguese National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (NAPincl)
  • Preparation of research papers and evaluation reports on social policy measures and programmes in the field of Social Inclusion, Cooperation, Aging and Disabilities
  • Elaboration of indicators (quantitative and qualitative), data collection, organization and interpretation of data

Past Work

Researcher within the project "Carta Social: Equipamentos e Serviços - 2000" - carried out inquest to update territorial distribution map of the social services and institutions; Department of Studies, Prospective and Planning, Ministry of Labour and Solidarity (2000)

Research assistant (1999-2000) in Centro de Estudos Territoriais - CET (Territorial Studies Centre), Instituto de Estudos Superiores para o Litoral Alentejano - INESLA and Sociology Department from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - ISCTE (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies) within the following projects:

  • Bibliographical research on works published by Portuguese authors on Portuguese urban questions between 1997-2000;
  • "Schooling and youth expectations in the Grândola Council";
  • "Strategic Development Plan" for the Grândola City Council - Research staff
  • "Everyday life and its Frameworks" for the Social Action Directorate of the Ministry of Labour and Solidarity - Project consultant
  • "Families and habitat type in the Lisbon and Tagus Vale Region" for the project "Social and urban dynamics in the Lisbon and Tagus Vale Region"
  • "Training module on project design" for the Portuguese Social Security Association (PROFISSS)

Education and Professional Training

  • (2000-2001) Master's Programme in Demography and Sociology of Population, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - ISCTE (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies), Lisbon
  • (1993-1998) Graduate degree in Sociology and Planning, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - ISCTE (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies), Lisbon

Professional areas of interest

  • Social Inclusion
  • Poverty and Social Exclusion
  • Social Planning and Evaluation
  • Social Public Policies

Areas of Expertise

  • Social Services and Infrastructures Network
  • Aging
  • Social Inclusion

Language skills
Portuguese, English and Spanish

Websites

Networks
International Labour Organization, European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) - Portugal

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Matos, Gisela

Contact details:
Instituto da Segurança Social, I.P
Tel: (+ 351) 21 318 49 63
Fax: (+351) 21 3184955
E-mail: gisela.m.matos@seg-social.pt

Current Work

Research Fellow in Research Department at Institute of Social Security (ISS, I.P) part time Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity. Recent main activities and responsibilities:

  • Centrally involved, as member of the National Coordination Staff, in the development, implementation and analysis of the Portuguese National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (NAPincl) as well as in tasks related to the European Social Inclusion Process
  • Currently national representative/partner on two EU-funded projects
  • Technical assistance and policy advice in the scope of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity
  • Preparation of research papers and evaluation reports on social policy measures and programmes
  • Monitoring of national and European indicators, especially those concerned with the National Action Plan for Inclusion

Past Work

Participation in the following projects:

  • Poverty and social exclusion measurement [National Statistics Institute and Department of Studies, Statistics and Planning] - work in progress
  • Mainstreaming Social Inclusion [European Commission, Transnational Exchange Programme (TEP-VP), 2003-05];
  • Social Inclusion of the Roma and Traveller Minorities [European Commission, Transnational Exchange Programme (TEP- VP), 2003-05];
  • National Action Plan for Inclusion 2003-05 Portugal [MSSFC, 2003];
  • National Strategy for Sustainable Development [Prime-Minister's Office, 2003];
  • National Pensions Strategy [MSSFC1 and Ministry of Finance, 2002];
  • Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Southern Europe [Universita Bocconi, 2001-02];
  • National Action Plan for Inclusion 2001-03 Portugal [MSSFC1, 2001];
  • Impact Evaluation of the Guaranteed Minimum Income [MSST, 2001];
  • Red Intergubernamental Iberoamericana para la Lucha contra la Pobreza [RIBERLUP, 2001-02];
  • Agir pour l'integration social: comment développer les partenariats locaux? [European Commission, Transnational Exchange Programme (TEP-VP), 1999].

Education and Professional Training

  • 1998-99 I Masters Programme in Urban Sociology, ISCTE (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies), Lisbon
  • 1992-96 I Graduate degree in Sociology, ISCTE (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies), Lisbon

Professional areas of interest
Poverty, social exclusion, cultural minorities, national public policies, European social policies and methods, and techniques for evaluation and planning

Areas of Expertise

  • Social Inclusion
  • Poverty and Social Exclusion

Language skills
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

Websites

Networks
Combat Poverty Agency, Ireland, European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), Fundation Secretariado General Gitano, Ministry of Social Security, Family and Child, Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

 

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Teixeira Rosa, Maria Filomena

Contact details:
Direcçao Regional de Educaçao do Algarve - Ministério da Educaçao
Tel: (+351) 289 89 39 50
Fax: (+351) 289 89 39 27
E-mail: filomena.rosa@drealg.min-edu.pt
Website: www.drealg.min-edu.pt

Current Work

  • Special Needs Education Coordinator
  • Special Needs Education for the Algarve Region Supervisor
  • Member of the Regional Board for Early Education
  • Member of the Regional Board for Mental Health
  • Representative of the Direcçao Regional de Educaçao do Algarve in many projects concerning the social integration of people with special needs

Past Work
Special Needs Teacher for 20 years

Education and Professional Training
High Level Education Degree in Special Needs - DESE

Professional areas of interest
Education and working out solutions for impaired and disadvantage people

Areas of Expertise
Special Needs

Language skills
Portuguese, Spanish, French and English

Websites

Networks:
DSEEASE of DGIDC; Regional Board for Mental Health; Regional Board for Early Education; Social Security Regional Office; National Health Regional Office

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Geria Serralheiro Salgado Alho, Maria Isabel

Contact details:
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras ( Foreigners and Frontiers Service )
Tel: (+351) 289 888 302
Fax: (+351) 289 801 566
E-mail: isa@sef.pt
Website: www.sef.pt

Current Work

  • High Inspector of the Foreigners and Frontiers Service (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras) and Regional Subdirector in Algarve
  • Responsible for the documental departments in the Foreigners and Frontiers Service of Faro

Past Work

  • Inspector Coordinator for the control of foreigners in Algarve
  • Inspector Coordinator of the border Post Control at Faro's Airport

Education and Professional Training
Graduate degree in Law, Coimbra University, Training Course for Inspector, Foreigners and Frontiers Service (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)

Areas of Expertise
Immigration law

Language skills
Portuguese, English and French

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Vargas Martins, Celia Maria

Contact details:
Instituto da Segurança Social, I.P.
Centro Distrital de Segurança Social de Faro
Tel:(+ 351) 289 891 525
Fax: (+ 351) 289 891 559
E-mail: Celia.M.Martins@seg-social.pt

Current Work

Civil Servant in Social Protection Department at Centro Distrital da Segurança Social de Faro, Instituto da Segurança Social - ISS, I.P

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  • Recent Main activities and responsibilities:
  • Preparation and analyses of programmes, projects and evaluation reports in the scope of Social Development
  • Elaboration of indicators (quantitative and qualitative), data collection, organization and interpretation of data

Past Work
Participation in projects related to drug prevention

Education and Professional Training

  • Graduate degree in Sociology
  • MBA in Social Administration

Professional areas of interest

  • Poverty and Social Exclusion
  • Social Development
  • Social Planning

Language skills
Portuguese, English

Websites

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Ferreira de Castro Sequeiros, Sandra Marisa

Contact details
ARS- Algarve/Sub-Regiao de Saúde de Faro / Centro de Saúde de Lagoa Tel:(+351) 282 340 370
Fax: (+ 351) 282 340 379
E-mail: gabutente@cslagoa.min-saude.pt

Current Work
Civil Servant in Social Action Services at Local Health Services

  • Recent Main activities and responsibilities:
  • Management of social action services at Local Health Services in Lagoa
  • Monitoring the client's department of the Local Health Services in Lagoa
  • Member of the Local Social Network
  • Member of the Child and Young People Commission
  • Member of the Local Social Income

Past Work
Internship at the Health Care Unity at Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil - Oporto

Technical Coordinator of the Social Services and Infrastructures Network at Centro de Acolhimento Temporário "Os miúdos"

Education and Professional Training
Graduate degree in Social Action Services

Professional areas of interest

  • Health Education in the scope of child and young people
  • Promotion of immigrant's health

Areas of Expertise
Training Course in family advising planning
Training Course in health promotion in the scope of PEPT and RNEPS projects

Language skills
Portuguese, English and French

 

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Teixeira Gonçalves, Alda

Contact details:
Instituto da Segurança Social, I.P
Tel. (+ 351) 21 3507283
Fax: (+351) 21 3507293
E-mail: Alda.M.Gonçalves@seg-social.pt
Website: www.seg-social.pt or www.pnai.pt

Current Work

Technical Advisor in the Social Network Programme at Institute of Social Security (ISS, I.P) 1/2 Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity. Recent main activities and responsibilities:

  • Technical support to the implementation and development of Social Network Programme managed by the Institute of Social Security (ISS, I.P)
  • Preparation of papers and evaluation reports on Social Network Programme
  • Centrally involved, as member of the National Coordination Staff, in the development, implementation and analysis of the Portuguese National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (NAPincl)
  • Currently national representative/partner on two EU-funded projects

Past Work

Technical Advisor in the following projects:

  • National Action Plan for Inclusion Update 2005-06 Portugal [MTSS, 2005]
  • Mainstreaming Poverty and Social Inclusion [European Commission, Transnational Exchange Programme (TEP-VP), 2003-05]
  • National Action Plan for Inclusion 2003-05 Portugal [MSSFC, 2003]
  • National Action Plan for Inclusion 2001-03 Portugal [MTS, 2001]

Teacher:

  • 2004: Social Policies and Security in the Post-Graduation Course "Cities Management in the European Institute of High Studies and Training (Instituto Europeu de Estudos Superiores e Formaçao), Lisbon
  • 2002: Social Networks in the Post-Graduation Course "Social and Local Policies", UAL (Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa) / Instituto Sócrates
  • 1998 - 2000: Sociology of City and Territory, Year 3 of the Sociology Degree and Year 4 of the Sociology and Planning Degree, in ISCTE

Education and Professional Training

  • 2002: Training Course in Design and Evaluation of Projects in the scope of Social Services - e-learning, Subdireccion General de Programas de Servicios Sociales, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Madrid
  • 1994 - 1996: Master Degree in Sociology of Territory, ISCTE (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies), Lisbon
  • 1984 - 1989: Graduate degree in Sociology, ISCTE (University Institute of Management, (University Institute of Management, Social Sciences and Technologies), Lisbon

Professional areas of interest

  • Poverty and social exclusion/ social inclusion
  • National public policies
  • European social policies
  • Methods and techniques for evaluation and planning regarding Cities and social/ local development

Areas of Expertise
Poverty and social exclusion/ Social Inclusion, Social Networks, Planning Instruments for Social and Urban Areas

Language skills
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

Websites

Networks
Combat Poverty Agency , Ireland, European Anti-Poverty Network EAPN, Territory Study Research Centre, ISCTE, Lisbon

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Palma, Antonio Manuel

Contact details:
IEFP - Employment Center of Faro
Tel. (+351) 289 890100 - Ext 9032
Fax:(+351) 289 890104
E-mail:Antonio.palma@iefp.pt

Current Work
Director of the Faro Employment Center and my main responsibilities are to insure that work policies are met.

Past Work
Project Analyst at IAPMEI, Assistant Director at Sotto Mayor Bank

Education and Professional Training
Major degree in Business Management

Professional areas of interest
Working with handicapped and socially impaired people.

Areas of Expertise
Financing

Language skills
Portuguese, Spanish, English

Websites

 

 

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 This project is financed by the European Commission through the Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion 2002-2006, Transnational Exchange Programme