ECONOMIA SOCIAL E SOLIDÁRIA
Ali Ercan Özgür holds a PhD from Marmara University with a doctoral dissertation on "Development Agencies in Turkey under the Auspices of the EU". He is a graduate of Political Science and International Relations Department (Marmara University, İstanbul) and holds a MSc degree in Governance and Development Management from University of Birmingham, UK with a Master's thesis on "Aid Coordination and Effectiveness in Turkey". He is British Foreign & Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholar for Master's degree, Marshall Memorial Fellow of German Marshall Fund of the United States and Black Sea Young Reformer. He is the co-author of the book "Local Governments System in Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic".
He is the Co-founder and Managing Director of IDEMA International Development Partners (www.idema.com.tr) and co-founder of Needs Map, Inogar (Innovation Garage) and InogarArt (Art Incubation Center). Previously he worked as the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Turkey. He started civil society work at Youth for Habitat International Network (now Habitat Governance and Development Center) as International Relations Coordinator in 2001. Then he worked as the Local Governance Fund Manager at United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Branch (UCLG-MEWA), the Projects Coordinator at Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV), the Projects Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey (CSR-Turkey) and the Good Governance Program Manager at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV). Ali Ercan Özgür coordinated research and social projects with the United Nations, the European Union, the Council of Europe, the World Bank and private sector. Özgür is the Member of Board and the Secretary General of the Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey.
Alcides A. Monteiro, sociólogo, é professor associado com agregação na Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), Diretor do Mestrado em Empreendedorismo e Inovação Social e do Doutoramento em Sociologia. Investigador integrado no CIES-Iscte (Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia) e foi coordenador do seu pólo na UBI, o CIES-UBI, entre 2013 e 2017. O seu principal interesse científico está centrado na área de desenvolvimento local e regional. Ao mesmo tempo, desenvolve investigação teórica e participa em projetos nos domínios das metodologias de avaliação e de participação, das políticas públicas, das associações e voluntariado, do empreendedorismo social e inovação social, dos estudos de género, da educação de adultos e aprendizagem ao longo da vida. Integra o Conselho Geral do Núcleo Distrital de Castelo Branco da EAPN (Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza ? Portugal) e é associado da Animar - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Local.
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