Education & Training

2008 - Post-Graduation in Leadership by the Harvard Institute for International Development

1999 - Post-Graduation on Environmental Economics by the Harvard Institute for International Development

1991-1994 - PhD in Regional Economics by the Centre of Urban and Regional Development Studies of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1985-1987 - Master in Economics with the speciality on Regional Economics by the Institute of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon

1976-1979 - Third year of the degree on agricultural engineering by the Agronomy Institute of the Technical University of Lisbon

1976-1978 - Second year of the free course of Landscape Architecture by the Technical University of Lisbon.

1975-1980 - Five years degree in economics by the Portuguese Catholic University