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Samuel de Castro
[email protected]
Phone contact in Brazil (55 61) 8121 1341 Brasilia
EducationUniversity BA, major in Linguistics, Literature and
Translation in Portuguese, English; good knowledge of Spanish;
intermediate
level of French; basic knowledge of Italian and Arabic;
post-graduate training/experience in International Relations at
AgenciaBrasileira Cooperacao, Brazils Ministry of External
Relations; and significant experience in the United Nations food
aid agency
(WFP) in Brazil and various countries of Africa and the Middle
East.
Professional Experience1978 Joined the World Food Programme in
Brazil on 06 November 1978after a six-year experience in the field
of tourism as
tour guide, hotel manager, translator/interpreter and private
language tutor.
1979/82 period as bilingual secretary in WFP Brasilia: During my
first Fixed-Term appointment as bilingual secretary with
WFP Country Office in Brazil; I was recommended as professional
staff member in 1982 by the then WFP Director, Brazil.
1982/85 administration and startup in Programme matters in WFP
Brazil: Administrative/Programme Assistant, helped the
Country Office to organize the first International
Afro-Brazilian Workshop on Uses of Food Aid in Emergencies &
Development
Project/ Operations held in December 1985 in Recife and Aracaju,
Northeast Brazil.
1986/89 Multifunctional experience at WFP in Brasilia, plus
extensive and varied training
o Programme/Special Assistant to Country Director I performed
for three years the duties of
admin/programme/logistics/shipping assistant; helped in
appointment and training of office staff.
o Directly participated in the expansion of Brazils portfolio
from 16 to approximately 150 million US dollars.
o Participated in WFP Logistics Course tailored to project
officers at ODNRI in Slough (UK) in November 1987.
o Informally invited to temporarily head the Country Office in
Cape Verde for 6 months in 1989.
o Assisted in setting up a Wheat Monetization system for WFP
projects in Brazil (3 years negotiation, 10 years
implementation: 1986/96)o Coordinated Seminar on Reinstatement
of Rural Development Project BRA/2540 in Minas-Gerais State , SE
Brazil
o Helped plan/implement emergency operation EMOP BRA/3359 and
design 3 Quick Action Projects in the Northeast
o Coordinated a WFP-organized Logistics Workshop at Vicosa
University in Minas Gerais State.
1990/96 Programming experience in WFP Brazil
o As National officer (G-7/8) assumed expanded programming
responsibilities acting at times as Project Officer in
absences of international staff.
o Helped coordinate WFP-organized Workshop on Project Design,
Monitoring and Evaluation, Recife (1992)
o Organized 30 M&E seminars and coordinated the Mid-term
Evaluation of BRA/2794 Rural Development Project in
Northeast Brazil from 1988 to 1996.
o Carried out more than 250 monitoring field trips to the 9
northeastern states in areas covered by the development project
BRA/2794 in the same period.
o Received informal invitations by the CDs for transfer to
Angola (1990) Afghanistan (1993), Bolivia (1996)
o Assisted in setting up and phasing out, on occasions headed a
WFP area office in Recife (1990-92)
o Co-managed a Rural Development Project in 2,000 communities of
Northeast Brazil; co-managed a School Feeding
Project in North and Northeast Brazil, each valued at 60 million
dollars (testimonial letters from Country Directors at the
time available, on request).
1997/1999 consultants contract with ABC of Ministry of External
Relations (Itamaraty)
o International Advisor for Technical Cooperation atAgencia
Brasileira de Cooperacao/ABC of Foreign Affairs
Min.
o Participated in Project Design & Implementation seminars
organized in Salvador, Brazil and in Montevideo,
Uruguay
o Organized a Technical Cooperation Mission to Guyana in mid
1998
o Helped create the original web pages of ABCs Internet site:
http://www.abc.mre.gov.br/
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o Acted as translator/interpreter as needed.
o Organized visit and accompanied WFPs Regional Manager in
ex-post evaluation of rural projects in Brazil in
late 1998.
1999/2001 Consultancy mission in Angola
o Upon invitation of one of the WFP Regional Directors, accepted
a Consultancy mission offer in Angola to act as
Programme Officer/Head of Sub-Offices in the provinces of
Malange, Cuando Cubango, Huambo, Uige and Lunda-Sul
o Contributed to streamlining beneficiary registration as well
as Monitoring and Evaluation systems countrywide, Angola
o Received and provided Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping
(VAM) training in November99.
o Participated in Rapid Needs Assessment in May 2000 of
war-stricken Angolan provinces.
o Contributed to FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply mission of 2001 as
HOSO in Uige province.
o Acted as Area Security Coordinator in Malange, Huambo and
Lunda provinces.
March/August2001 Contract with LWF-WS in Angola
Served as Planning/Monitoring Officer at the Lutheran World
Federation/LWF/World Services Country Office in Angola
(duties/responsibilities as level P4 at UN); later opted to
interrupt contract and accept another invitation by WFP to serve in
Iraq.
September 2001 March 2003 special mission in Iraq as
International Observer and Reports Officer and HosO in Dahuk
o Invited by the Head of Iraq Unit/Cairo re-started in WFP CO
Iraq as WFP International Observer in Baghdad, and
Programme Officer/Reports March02 in Northern Iraq
o March02-March03: WFP Programme Officer/Reports to North
Coordination Officeo Organized reports/writing workshops to
national/international staff in late 2002.
o Helped to streamline the reporting system for the North
Coordinator Office
o Helped in security issues before arrival of Security Focal
Point for the Northern Iraq from July/October 2002
o Headed the Dahuk, Kurdistan, sub-office in February/March
during pre-war contingency/preparedness period.
March to December 2003 Larnaca, Iran, Amman and Rome at the
service of Iraqs Oil for Food Programme
o March/April 2003 Relocated to Larnaca and for temporary
mission in Iraq, acted as Country Office Reports Officer
o June 2003 returned to Baghdad and Erbil, Northern Iraq, on 10
June 2003, also acting as Reports Officer
o 9 September 2003 relocated to Amman, where Country Office for
Iraq functioned until December 2003
o Early November 2003 joined CO Reports Unit invited by the
Country Director for Iraq, being transferred to Rome.
o 21 December 2003 was relocated on TDY to Rome, where
temporarily headed the Reporting Unit until May 2004
o December 2003 organized/participated inLessons Learned
Workshop on Iraq Programme Activities in Rome
Transfer to Eritrea as Head of Massawa sub-office
o May 2004 Country Director Patrick Buckley and Deputy M. Mbaye
invited me as Head of Sub-Office in Massawa
o July 2004 after a period of home leave, took over as Head of
Massawa SO on 1stst July 2004 for a 2-year mission.
From July 2004 to June 2006, while in Massawa, participated in
the following WFP-organized training seminars :
o September 2004 Results Based Management training held in
Massawa, Eritrea
o November 2004 Programme Quality and Policy Training held in
Kampala, Uganda
o June 2005 Monitoring and Evaluation/AAR organized by
Headquarters, held in Asmara, Eritrea
o June 2005 Enhancement Commitments to Women (ECW) workshop held
in Keren, Eritrea
o June 2005 RBM refreshment course held in Asmara, Eritrea
o August 2005 M&E workshop organized by CO/Eritrea held in
Asmara.
o November05: Standard Project Reporting/SPR workshop in
Kampala.
From May 2006 to April 2008 transferred back to Angola, I served
as Programme Officer/Head of Sub-Offices in Huambo,
Kuito, C.Cubango, and Benguela provinces, with a key role in the
phase-out of WFP from Angola. I was transferred to Sudan to
assume as Head of Office in Aweil, South Sudan as from April
2007 to April 2008. I temporarily halted my career resigning
from
WFP to return to Brazil for special family purposes.I am
currently performing as free-lance consultant and translator at
Banco Central do Brasil.
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