Name: Maria Luisa Saldanha Sanches Citizenship: PortugueseDate of birth: 27.11.1950 Education: Economist - Instituto Superior de Economia, Lisboa, (1978-1984): Five years of studies including macroeconomic systems, regional planning, statistics, econometrics WORK EXPERIENCEJuly 2013 to present Retired – Vice President of the General Council of the University of Evora, Portugal1st September 20 to June 2013 European Commission DG Regio/ Competence Centre for Smart and Sustainable growth Policy Analyst – Innovation & Smart Specialisation Synergies between Cohesion Policy and other policies. Responsible for: Innovation and smart specialisation; other: SMEs, Information Society, RDT, Single Market and Environment. 1st April 2003 to April 2005 European Commission DG Regio/ Unit Conception of policy Policy Analyst Specialist in spatial territory development and sustainable development in charge of analysing territorial policies and their.impacts January 2000 to March 2005 Manager in private companies, World Systems, Anite Systems, Luxembourg June 1997 to 2000January 1994 to June 1997 Eurostat, Luxembourg Project Manager Environment StatisticsMarch 1990 to January 1994 GEPAT (Department advising the Ministry of Planning and Environment), Lisbon Environment and Spatial Planning Head of UnitNovember 1988 to March 1990 National Institute for Statistics (INE), Lisbon Environment, Health, Demographic and Culture Head of UnitJune 1985 to November 1988 National Institute for Statistics (INE), Lisbon National Accounts: institutional and economic accounts Economist and StatisticianJanuary 1980 to June 1985 GEBEI (Ministerial Department for Economic Industrial Studies), Lisbon EconomistNovember 1974 to December 1979 ANGOLA – Liceu Salvador Correia, Luanda Head Master and teacher (1976/1978
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