Previous Fora / 2013
BRITO, Lidia
Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, UNESCO
President of UNESCO’s General Conference
President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
Lidia Brito
holds an undergraduate degree in Forest Engineering from Eduardo Mondlane
University (Mozambique) and MSc and PhD degrees in Forest Sciences from
Colorado State University (USA). As the first Minister of Higher Education,
Science and Technology of Mozambique (2000 – 2005) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
of Eduardo Mondlane University (1998-2000) she accumulated extensive experience
in the fields of higher education, science and technology, ICT and innovation
policies and programmes. Recently, Lidia Brito has served as the Advisor of the
Mayor of Maputo for Strategic Planning and External Relations.
She has more then 20 years’ working experience in the fields of forestry,
traditional energy (biomass and charcoal), wood science and technology as a
lecturer, researcher and consultant for Eduardo Mondlane University and other
national and international institutions, promoting sustainable development, and
community management and development both in Mozambique and in Africa in
general.
She has extensive diverse experience working with local, national, and
international organizations mainly in technical expertise and political support
in good governance issues, energy, higher education, science and technology,
ICT and their impact on social development. She has served as member of many
boards, such as the UNESCO-IHE Governing Board (ongoing), UNESCO-NEPAD
High-Level Group; United Nations University Council (ongoing), the Advisory
Board of the Community Development Carbon Fund and the Steering Committee for
the programme on Sustainable Management of Forests in Africa (ongoing).
She has participated in several congresses and world summits and has presented
keynote addresses and papers related to development issues and other associated
subjects.