Guilherme Johnston Email & Phone Number

Greater Aarhus Area

Leading on the effective collaboration between European Union funded projects and programmes across cities, regions and countries in the EU and beyond in areas such as climate change, digital transformation, and social inclusion. Promoting the use of innovative tools and frameworks to foster regional development, cohesion, and reducing economic disparities.

London, United Kingdom

• Sets the strategic direction of travel for the global partnerships team to achieve the objectives set out in the global strategy.• Line Manages the members of the global partnerships team and works with the assigned international associates.• Prioritises the work of the global partnerships team members to maximise the impact of the global programme.• Designs and delivers new strategic partnerships that lead to international business growth and facilitate the programmes objectives.• Ensures the successful implementation of complex multi-partner international projects and partnerships, that deliver new insights and approaches to urban innovation.• Ensures the integration of relevant urban innovation insights from around the world into the Catapult’s UK-based projects and partnerships

London, United Kingdom

- Development of accounts and projects that bring together Large Businesses with Global Cities, including engagement with academic research partners that support the delivery of the programme work for industry collaboration.- Work closely with internal team members to combine and incorporate the development and delivery of the Large Business Offer, SME strategy, International and EU Strategies.- Developing high quality bids for projects and other work that enable the Catapult to demonstrate impact in economic and business growth through work with Global Cities.- Identify target global city markets (through the Catapult's City Typologies framework)

Bonn Area, Germany

• Act as Global Coordinator for ICLEI on its Resilient Cities theme & adaptation, including the ICLEI inter-office cooperation and coordination• Act as contact point on resilience to (global) partners; • Represent ICLEI internationally, address international policy forums, meetings, and events; • Further develop the ICLEI methodology (sustainability cycle) on Adaptation and on Resilience.• Lead project design, development, acquisition and fundraising for programs and projects within this thematic area;• Support regional offices in their project design and fundraising efforts, especially in regards to multi-regional projects.• Be overall responsible for the preparation and implementation of the global Resilient Cities Congress series, with a particular focus on strategy and program;• Lead the strategic direction and positioning of the Congress series;

Londres, Reino Unido

• Manage delivery of resilience strategies in cities in Europe and Middle East;• Support development of relationships with city officials and other local stakeholders; • Manage relationship with resilience strategy deivery partners in the region; • Support member cities with implementation of resilience policies;• Liaise city officials with 100RC´s platform of city solutions tools;• Develop relationships between 100RC and other international local governments and multilateral organisations.

Londres, Reino Unido

• Develop and maintain international partnerships between the Future Cities Catapult and international stakeholders such as national and local governments;• Oversee implementation of international CR&D projects; • Prospect new project opportunities internationally for the Future Cities Catapult; • Manage the design and submission of new project bids;• Develop the relationship between the Future Cities Catapult and UK Government departments active internationally such as FCO, SIN, DFID, UKTI.• Design and monitor country strategies aiming at effectively promoting Future Cities Catapult overseas.

São Paulo E Região, Brasil

• Manage portfolio of Official Development Assistance (ODA) international cooperation projects funded by the British Government in Brazil in areas such as climate change, infrastructure and urban development;• Ensure projects are implemented on target, with impact, and with value for money; • Monitor activities of implementing agencies; • Search for new projects and evaluate proposals;• Represent the Embassy at conferences, seminars and other events related to the project areas.• Communicate projects achievements and milestones to internal and external stakeholders.

Tunísia

• Research for the best tool to perform the Green House Gas Inventory in the city of Sfax, Tunisia;• Organise a workshop with the technical officials of the city of Sfax to introduce GHG Inventory tools for cities; • Support the city of Sfax to contact the organisation selected to perform the GHG Inventory in the city;• Support GIZ Tunisia to establish partnerships with international associations of local governments.

São Paulo Area, Brazil, And Bonn, Germany

• Manage city related climate change projects funded by institutions such as the European Commission, British Government, Germany International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), and United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA);• Coordinate every aspect of the project implementation including reporting, administrative and financial issues;• Be responsible for the organization of workshops and other events under the framework of the projects;• Research for new funding opportunities for the organization and prepare project bids;• Coordinate the participation and represent ICLEI at meetings and events related to local governments and climate change such as COP15 in Copenhagen and the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro;• Coordinate the activities of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change Secretariat;• Coordinate the elaboration of case studies about cities and climate change.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Assist international companies, local and state governments willing to implement activities in Brazil;• Work as Interpreter and Trade Assistant at seminars and trade shows;• Participate at meetings with Brazilian and international companies as a facilitator to support the implementation of activities in Brazil.

Paris Area, France

• Support the implementation of European Union funded projects on gender equality in local governments;• Support the elaboration of the publication “A European Town for Equality”;• Support the elaboration of the “European Charter for the Equality of Women and Men in Local Life”;• Support the organization of international conferences related to gender equality in local governments under the framework of EU funded projects;• Support CEMR projects in other areas such as town twinning, decentralized cooperation, and environment;• Be the focal point of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Campaign at CEMR;• Promote the Millennium Development Goals in European local governments.

Porto Alegre E Região, Brasil

• Support the elaboration and implementation of cooperation agreements with other local governments;• Support the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Pimex Platform of International Municipal Cooperation;• Receive international delegations interested in learning more about Porto Alegre’s public policies such as the Participatory Budget;• Develop international fundraising activities for the Municipality of Porto Alegre;• Support the organization of the World Social Forum and the Local Authorities Forum 2003.

Master'S Degree, European Studies And Global Affairs

Activities and Societies: ASERI

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations