CURRICULUM VITAE
Name                          Manuel Aranda da Silva
Date of Birth                26 June 1951
Nationality                   Mozambican
Civil status                   Married
Working languages      Portuguese, English, French
Contacts:
Telephone                   + 249 912 396 543
E-mail                         [email protected] or [email protected]
Education:
1969 – 1971               Economics, University of Porto, Portugal
1971 – 1972               Economics, University of Lisbon, Portugal
1973 – 1974               International Economics, University of La Sorbonne, Paris, France
1991 – 1992               Imperial College, United Kingdom
Passed exams on the following subjects as a distance learning student:
- Agriculture Project Management
- Agriculture Policy Development
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Agriculture Projects
2000 Manchester University, United Kingdom
Attended special course for Senior Managers (12 weeks) on Management Issues
Professional Experience with the UN:
Aug 04 – present         Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan
UN Resident Coordinator / Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Khartoum
Head of UN Country Team, led the response to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and the recovery and development efforts in the areas covered by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement North / South.
Sept 01 – Aug 04        WFP Regional Director for West Africa, Dakar, Senegal
Oct 00 –  Aug 01        WFP Africa Regional Director, WFP, Rome, Italy (Africa Bureau  decentralized to the field in August 2001)
May 00 – Oct 00        United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Horn of Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
                                   Coordinated and led the UN and INGO response to the drought in the Horn of Africa (five countries).
Nov 96 – Apr 00        Chief of the Technical Support Service, WFP/ODT, Rome, Italy
In charge of WFP Policies on Emergency Response, Gender, Nutrition, and Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping. Particular success with implementation of gender policy to improve gender balance in WFP. Â
Apr 95 – Nov 96        Division Director, Humanitarian Affairs Department, United Nations, New York, USA
                                   Set up the OCHA coordination structure as in existence today.
Sept 94 – Apr 95        Resident Representative / Resident Coordinator, UNDP, Luanda, Angola
Jun 93 – Sept 94         United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Angola, Luanda, Angola
                                   Led the UN Country Team on the Emergency Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Angola (the largest humanitarian operation in Africa at the time). Together with the Government and UNITA, prepared the Recovery Action Plan for Angola following the Peace Agreement in Lusaka.
Nov 91 – Jun 93         Director of Operations, WFP, Sudan
                                   Director of the largest field operation for WFP during this period.
Sept 91 – Nov 91       Senior Advisor, WFP, Sudan
Apr 89 – Sept 91        Senior Adviser, World Food Programme (WFP), China
Supervised 12 Rural Integrated Development Projects in different poor areas of China
Experience gained outside the United Nations System:
1980 – 1989               Minister of Trade, Light Industry and Tourism, Government of Mozambique, Mozambique.
                                   Took the lead in cooperation with the EU. Led the negotiation between Mozambique and EU on the Lome Three Convention. Was one of 3 Ministers leading the Economic Adjustment Programme in Mozambique in collaboration with the World Bank and IMF.
1980 – 1989               Chairman of the National Commission for the Prevention and Response to Natural Disaster
1978 – 1980               National Director of Trade, Mozambique
1975 – 1978               Director, Cabinet of the Minister of Interior and Internal Administration, Maputo, Mozambique
                                   Set up the Civil Administration and Local Government System in Mozambique
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