Gabriel De Barros

Indústria

Educação

National University of Ireland NUIG Galway

LLM in International Human rights Disability Law and Comparative Policy. Majors: Advocacy, Law & Public Health. Dissertation: “Right to Participate in Political and Public Life of Persons with Intellectual, Cognitive and Psychological Disabilities: an exploration on the reach of Mental and Legal Capacity in the Implementation of Art 29 of the UNCRPD in Southern African Region jurisdictions”.

Universidade Joaquim Chissano, former Higher Institute for International Relations (ISRI) Maputo

BAHon in International Relations and Diplomatic Practice. Majors: Law, Policy, Development Economics.

Development Assistance Specialist

USAID Mozambique

Duties: Provides overall direction, vision, and strategic guidance for the Government to Government (G2G) project aimed at GoM Provincial Health Directorate health system strengthening on Family Planning, Malaria, Nutrition, TB and Maternal and Child Health services, lead and supervise a project team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment, oversee all aspects of project implementation, ensuring adherence to project plans, budgets, and timelines, build and maintain relationships with USAID, government officials, partners, and other key stakeholders, ensure technical rigor and quality in project implementation, providing technical guidance and support, ensure timely and accurate reporting to USAID and other stakeholders, and complies with all relevant regulations and policies, manages project budgets, financial resources, and procurement processes, oversees monitoring and evaluation activities, ensuring data collection and analysis to track progress and impact, address challenges and issues that arise during project implementation, making informed decisions and finding effective solutions. Results: Track record results includes improved capacity of six Provincial health authorities Directorates to increase access and provision of Quality HIV, MCH, FP, Nutrition, Malaria and TB gender-sensitive and inclusive services receiving more than $10 million annual direct funding from USG.

Country Coordinator

Frontline AIDS

Overall management and implementation of the country projects aimed at improving access and uptake of tailored SRH, HIV/STI prevention, care and treatment information and services that address the needs of Key populations (LGBT, SWs, PUDs, PWDs, Youth and adolescents, and HIV+) as well as to build the capacity of health system and CBOs to provide effective, stigma free services including Harm-Reduction; advocate for government accountability in delivering quality health services and scaling up access to new evidence-based interventions for LGBT communities in Mozambique; Provide technical oversight and support and oversees the delivery of project activities according to approved work plan and budget; creation of external partnerships; Ensures effective monitoring system and meeting agreed targets & KPI, budget burn rates, donors reporting; Leads the development and implementation procurement plans; staff performance/development; manage IP’s within programme expectation.

Docente de Relações Internacionais & Diplomacia

UCM (Universidade Catolica de Moçambique)

Duties: Lecturing in Public Relations, Human Rights, International Relations and Diplomatic Practice at bachelor & Masters degrees. Supervision of Students dissertations for bachelor & Masters degrees

Project Manager

World Vision International

Duties: Provide technical oversight and support and oversees the implementation of service delivery and support for OVCs, youth and adolescents program to improve health, nutritional status and wellbeing living in 57 PEPFAR defined priority districts for epidemic control aligned with Mozambican Government’s minimum standard of care holistic approach to serving vulnerable families addressing health, nutrition, education, shelter, psycho-social support, legal protection, and economic strengthening through capacity strengthening for: communities to mobilize resources and address social and gender norms that place children at risk; CBOs to provide family-centred care. Results: Track record results included: Capacity building to 7 CBOs to build more than 3500 latrines for the poor HH and build 25 community boreholes to improve access to potable water in 12 districts of Zambézia province; More than 5000 children acquiring birth certificates; More than 800 HIV/AIDS affected HH to enter into savings groups (through self-managed/capitalised VSLA savings groups) to rebuild their productive assets; above all, the intervention in Zambezia helped more than 60,000 children youth and adolescents to improve health, nutritional status and wellbeing

Pesquisador. para crianças portadoras de deficiência em Moçambique: caso do acesso a educação primária para crianças surdas em Maputo no programa financiado pela Open Society Disability Rights Programme.

FAMODE (Fórum Moçambicano das Pessoas Portadoras de Deficiência)

Executive Director

AMODEFA (Associacao Moçambicana para o Desenvolvimento da Familia)

Duties: lead and oversee AMODEFA/IPPF's work in Mozambique, focusing on advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through development and implementation of the Mozambique specific strategy aligned with SDG's overall goals; oversee the delivery of SRHR services, ensuring quality and impact; influence policy and promoting SRHR through advocacy and engagement with government and civil society; build and maintain relationships with donors to secure funding and support; oversee the recruitment and orientation of staff and provides ongoing talent management supervision, leadership, and guidance of more than 100 staff and volunteers; oversee and manages enterprise risks (i.e., financial, human resources, data privacy, program, safeguarding), including timely responses to audit corrective actions; lead responses during times of emergencies; ensure optimal financial, human and physical resource allocation and management in alignment with quality standards; oversee the program's budget and ensuring financial accountability; track program progress, assessing impact, and reporting on outcomes; build strong relationships with local partners, including government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders; Ensure that AMODEFA was recognized by stakeholders (relevant government authorities, donors, other NGOs, media, etc.) as a leading FP and SRHR services organization and credible reference point on development issues; lead the development and dissemination of learning and knowledge products based on standards and best practices ensuring proper documentation of approaches, project and program designs, lessons-learned, case studies, and other related products; lead the implementation of standards, policies, and procedures to protect personnel, programs, and property; lead on a culture of safety and security risk management at the organization including monitoring security trends for appropriate action Results: contributed to the adoption of Mozambique's 2014 abortion

Country Director, i.a.

HelpAge International – Etiópia

Duties: Provide cover for the recruitment of substantive Country Director. During the period provide thought leadership on programme design & implementation a direct social protection programme and advocacy action to bring about policy and practice changes to Ageing Rights and gender in Ethiopia; Ensure programme quality, HR management, budget management & reporting to HQ and donors; Staff recruitment, management and retention of a country programme team of 45 staff split in two country offices & security procedures including all direct reportees coaching, mentoring and performance management; representation and communications about programme impact with stakeholders (government, UN, donors, civil society/partners, private sector).. Results: Track record results included: Support more than 40,000 elderly receive their cash transfers; further support actors involved in drought crises in Borana, the south to include elderly in emergency response (health & livelihoods); support elderly to take care of their HIV positive adult children and aids related orphans; work to improve older people's health and help health providers face the challenges of global ageing.

Country Director

HelpAge International – Moçambique

From: Jan 2011 - To: Mar 2012 Employer: HelpAge International Position: Country Director Duty Station: Maputo Duties: To oversee the implementation of the programme activities in the target provinces, ensuring that the program achieves its goals and objectives with compliance to World Vision and Donor standards. This includes liaison with government and CSOs partners and communities; overseeing WV’s technical work; co-ordination with donors and other INGOs partners; and ensuring effective reporting on progress with main responsibility in providing thought leadership in: team management, project planning & implementation, monitoring and Evaluation, Financial Management, reporting and managing internal and external relations. Provide thought leadership on programme design & implementation a direct social protection programme and advocacy action to bring about policy and practice changes to Ageing Rights and gender in Mozambique; Ensure programme quality, budget management & reporting to HQ and donors; Staff management & security procedures including all direct reportees coaching, mentoring and performance management; representation and communications about programme impact with stakeholders (government, UN, donors, NGOs, corporations). Results: Track record results included: Support more than 30,000 elderly headed HH receive their cash transfers in Gaza, Tete and Zambézia Provinces; further support MISAU to provide eye care surgery for the elderly; build more than 2000 latrines for the elderly headed HH and build 30 community boreholes to improve access to potable water in 30 communities in Gaza, Tete and Zambézia provinces; Support MISAU to design health professional geriatric training; Advocacy for the older people law; support elderly to enter into savings groups (through self-managed/capitalised VSLA savings groups) to rebuild their productive assets

Membro do CCM (Comissão de Coordenação do país) um programa do Fundo Global para o combate do SIDA, Malaria e Tuberculose em Representação das ONGs Internacionais através da Oxfam GB.

CCM (Country Coordination Mechanism for Global Fund) Angola

Duties: Member of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM. A national committee that plays a crucial role in the Global Fund partnership by submitting funding requests, overseeing grant implementation, and ensuring local ownership of health programs. CCMs bring together diverse stakeholders from various sectors, including government, civil society, and the private sector, to foster collaboration and coordinate efforts to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. CCM of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (Global Fund) in representation of International NGOs (Oxfam GB). Participated in the design of Country Proposal for Round 7 (July 2007); Round 8 (July 2009) Round 9 (Jun 2009). Help in Coordination of National HIV/AIDS TB and Malaria Response.

Country Director/Director Nacional

Oxfam GB – Angola

Duties: To steer programme strategy and to deliver Angola country programmes effectively, building on and developing quality programmes in the country in alignment with the regional and corporate priorities; ensure development, implementation, monitoring and review of country strategy consistent with organization policy, including programme, partnership, people and financial management policies, standards and requirements; strategically position Oxfam within the humanitarian and development sectors and debates in country including development and maintenance internal and external relationships and networks to build, coordinate and implement long-term advocacy and campaign strategies, delivering changes in policy and practice, and contributing to regional and global campaigns; ensure all programme activities meet Oxfam programme/project cycle management standards and high quality documentation of the programme work; develop and maintain an effective policy advocacy and communication strategy for the Angola Programme; ensure that the organisation makes effective contribution to policy and programmatic development and change within Angola; ensure harmonization of planning and management with Oxfam International in relation to advocacy and humanitarian response; ensure an effective monitoring and evaluation system in place including organisational learning for better impact, through operational work, and increasingly through partner organisations; ensure that Oxfam follows all the statutory requirements of the GOA, and international codes of practice; take overall responsibility for management of all country office staff and support development of a cohesive team around a shared vision keeping with organizational desire, culture and ways of working; ensure the strategy for capacity building of national staff to achieve programme quality and to build sustainable national leadership within Oxfam Angola; ensure change management standards of Oxfam in any changes in program