Gabriel Bernardo Da Silva Email & Phone Number

São Paulo, Brazil

- Responsible for formulating, implementing and managing projects related to migration issues in Brazil and Latin America.- Supervising and managing logistics, drafting proposals, reports and conducting research.- Monitoring and evaluating projects, and maintaining relationships with partners.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill E Região

The Rotary Peace Fellowship is a two-year academic scholarship program, offered on a world-competitive basis, that includes applied research, skills development, and training. It supports mid-career professionals to expand their capacity as leaders and catalysts for peace and conflict resolution in their chosen field. The joint Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center takes advantage of the best faculty, courses, resources and technology that each university offers.

Panamá

Geneva, Switzerland

Catania, Sicily, Italy

• Undertook international research about the political, legal and social implications of migratory flows in the Mediterranean from a human rights perspective and in light of related European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) practices.

Catania, Sicily, Italy

• Advanced legal training program in International Human Rights Law, European Migration and Asylum Law and policies.• Spearheaded the promotion and development of social justice initiatives, including dossiers, reports and legal advice to organizations working with migrant and refugee.• Monitored the compliance of regional actors with international legal standards.• Investigated and monitored the Italian public policies at the local, regional and national tier on migrants and refugees, managing a legal clinic unit to that addresses human rights policies and migration issues.

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

• Guided a social entrepreneurship project to open a social center to facilitate migrant and refugee integration • Partnered with other NGOs and Social/Political Institutions to draft human rights reports presented at the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review • Developed projects and access to Italian and European funding to carry out socio-educational projects for the immigrant/refugee public.• Spearheaded political advocacy with Italian public institutions at the local and regional tier to develop a refugees and immigrant support service network for refugees and immigrants.• Managed the social center’s daily operations, the team of volunteers, budget and the contact network, as well as expanded the activities and search for new users.

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

• Part of the team that managed the Italian Red Cross reception structure in the ports of Augusta and Pozzallo between 2017 and 2019.• Assisted more than 10,000 refugees in more than 20 save and rescue operations.• Provided emergency medical assistance after disembarkation, as well as the identification and screening of cases of special health needs and social vulnerabilities. • Responsible for the RFL ("Restoring Family Links") sector, in the search for reuniting members of the same family, assisting refugees and immigrants both at the port and at the various reception centers. • Supported the identification of bodies rescued at sea, in order to generate information for possible future research of relatives.• Liaised with port authorities (Italian Navy, Coast Guard, Ministry of Interior, Frontex), NGOs, and specialized agencies.

Syracuse, Italy

• Collaborated with the International Mission of the Marist Institute, founding a new project in southern Italy to facilitate refugee and immigrant social and cultural integration.• Supported legally, educationally and psychologically unaccompanied foreign minors in the reception centers of the Syracuse Region.• Acted as the legal tutor of 7 unaccompanied minors. • Developed socio-educational activities and Italian language classes in 4 first-tier reception centers and 2 second-tier reception centers• Created the social entrepreneurship component of a new network offering integration services for refugee children and youth• Contacted NGOs and public authorities in order to advocate for and monitor the fulfilment of refugee and immigrant public policies.

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

• Taught philosophy to 6 elementary school classes

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

• Developed charity activities with elementary and high school students, as well as alumni, aimed to educated to solidarity.• Spearheaded volunteers’ activities to the students in precarious communities, with the purpose of promoting human development, house reforms, and delivery of materials and supplies. Monitored of weekly Youth Ministry groups.

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

- Taught philosophy/religious to 3 elementary school classes

Rome, Italy

- Fundraised at headquarters in Rome.- Follow-up of ongoing solidarity projects, mainly in Asia, as well as relation with strategic partnerships.

Geneva, Switzerland

- Attended UN Human Rights Council sessions and UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as well as Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Treaty Body) meetings to represent the interests of the FMSI and defend children's rights, networking and coalition building.- Researched and drafted of dossiers and reports aimed to promote children's rights in countries that were under review of the Universal Periodic Review cycle aimed to promote change in national policies.- Advocated for Child Rights in lobby meetings at several embassies and diplomatic representations, in order to promote the reports submitted by FMSI to be appreciated by the UN Human Rights Council in the UPR review.

Samut Sakhon, Thailand

- Taught English as second language, computer skills, and physical education for 130 refugee children from Myanmar in Samuth Sakhon, on the outskirts of Bangkok.- Defended refugees and detained immigrants, visiting prisons and their families and drawing up defense strategies, in partnership with Caritas of Bangkok and local NGOs

Sri Lanka

- Taught English as second language, computer skills, and physical education for 50 child victims of the tsunami and civil war., as well as developed extracurricular activities aimed to building soft skills such as tolerance, respect, understanding and resilience.- Defended the rights of minorities victims of the ethnic conflict at the Kandy city Caritas office, drafting reports that addressed human rights, labor and immigration issues.

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

• Represented COMJUVE in the Municipal Youth Council as Agent of Solidarity.• Constructed public policies for youth within the Youth Council.• Advised the public authorities in the construction of effective public policies for youth.• Composed the board of directors between 2012-14 and was vice president of the municipal council in 2013.

Graduate (Master), International Relations And National Security Studies

Advanced Certificate In European Immigration Law, International Law

Certificate In Human Law And International Humanitarian Law, International Law

Certificate In Migration, Border Control And Human Rights, International Law

Post-Graduate Degree In Commercial Law, Commercial Law

Post-Graduate Degree In International And Economic Law, International Law

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor’S Degree In Social Sciences, Political Science, Anthropology And Sociology