Dr Jose Manuel Marques
Board Member
Dr. Jose Manuel Marques Lopes, 47 years old, was born on the Island of Santiago. He has a Master in Telecommunications Engineering, post-graduate in Education Planning and Degree in Statistics.
He held the position of General Director of Planning, Budget and Management at the Ministry of Education from July 1, 2017 to December 14, 2020, having a long professional career and performing various functions in the field of Management, focusing on the position of specialist in Monitoring & Evaluation in the Fight Against AIDS Program, financed by the Global Fund, between 2010-2017. It is also important to note that I have already worked as a consultant in the field of education and health, both nationally and internationally, which enabled me to gain knowledge in the various fields of intervention.
During the management as DGOPG (1 July 2017 to 14 December 2020), I had the opportunity to support the Ministry of Education, in the formulation and follow-up of sector public policies and technical and administrative support in budget management, human and financial resources and assets, as well as in the area of cooperation and administrative modernization of the Ministry (extension of GIS at all levels, implementation of the evaluation unit, implementation of Business Intelligence (Power BI), ensuring the sharing, rationalization and optimization of activities and resources common among services, including the administrative and pedagogical management of the sector, public procurement, facility and fleet management, remuneration processing, security and cleaning.
Additionally, I participated in the development and review of several studies and technical documents to support the decision, and participated in the production of some articles and strategic documents for the sector, the most recent being the National Plan for Mitigation of the Rich of COVID in the education sector.
Finally, I have more than 15 years’ experience in the field of teaching, having taught various subjects at the Public University of Cape Verde, and collaborated with several professional training centers throughout the country. Also, I have a long participation in international events (seminars, workshops and conferences) where I had the privilege to participate and be involved in the discussion and approval of important documents of a global nature, especially in terms of education.
Jose has worked for ten years in education planning, and in the management of the NGO Platform, under the programme for prevention and support for HIV victims in Cape Verde. He is also a lecturer at the University of Cape Verde in the fields of Statistics, Education Planning and Information Systems. He graduated in Statistics and Information Management at the University of Nova Lisboa, Portugal, studied Education Planning at UNESCO’s International Institute for Education Planning, France, and holds a Master’s degree in information systems from the University of Aveiro, Portugal.