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Raquel dos Santos - De Quaij MSc

Education Facilitator

Biography

Raquel dos Santos holds two bachelor degrees, one in Technology of Basic Sanitation (1995-UNICAMP/Brazil) and another in Technology of Civil Construction (1999-UNESP/Brazil). In addition, she holds two Masters degrees: in Public Health (2006-FMSC/Brazil) and in Environmental Sciences (2008-UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education/The Netherlands).

She is carrying out her PhD research "Pro-poor Water and Sanitation Services in Urban Areas: a multi-level analysis of Sao Paulo city, Brazil" as a part time PhD researcher affiliated to the Governance and Inclusive Development Group at the AISSR-UvA, in partnership with UNESCO-IHE, where she currently works as a Researcher/Lecturer in Water Management in the Department of Integrated Water Systems & Governance.

Raquel dos Santos research interests link to Institutional Dimensions of Water Systems, with primary scientific focus on Performance/Benchmarking of Water and Sanitation Services Pro-poor & of River Basin Organizations and, secondary scientific focus on (Pro-poor) Urban & Multi-level Governance Dimensions.

Her activities at UNESCO-IHE are divided in four parts:

Education (e.g. teaching/mentoring MSc students from the Water Management MSc Programme and teaching/coordinating several online courses: WELP, IRBM, PPP and PMDC);

Capacity building projects (e.g. NICHE/MOZ/149-Mozambique 2012-2016 "Set-up of the FIPAG Academy for Professional Development in Water and Sanitation" with partners from The Netherlands, Mozambique, South Africa, Brazil & Uganda);

Research projects (e.g.  PROBE I and II 2009-2015 "Benchmarking Pro-poor Water Services Provision" with partners from the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Iran, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia);

Educational quality control - Education Bureau (e.g. curricula development & training of MSc Students and IHE Lecturers in the use of Moodle eCampus Virtual Learning Environment).

Before joining UNESCO-IHE, she worked for about twelve years in the Environmental Health Department of the Sao Paulo State Health Secretariat (Brazil). First, she had a technical role in the Basic Sanitation Group coordinating part of the Water Quality for Human Consumption Surveillance Program and acting as a deputy director. After that, she attained a management position as a director of the Environmental Health Technical Group, working on environmental health projects and acting as the deputy director of the Environmental Department.

Memberships

2013-present - Affiliated PhD Researcher at the University of Amsterdam/NL (Research Programme: Governance and Inclusive Development (GID), Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR-UvA)

2010-2012 - Affiliated Researcher at the University of Sao Paulo/BRAZIL (Research Programme: Center for Environmental Policy Studies (NEPA), Environmental Engineering Sciences - (PPGSEA), Department of Hydraulics & Basic Sanitation, Sao Carlos Engineering School (EESC-USP)

2012-present - Member of the IWA (International Water Association) specialist group on Sanitation & Water in Developing Countries.

2012-present - Member of the IWA specialist group on Watershed and River Basin Management.

2010-present - Member of the IWA specialist group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment.

2010-2013 -  Representative in the Brazilian-Dutch Dialogue on Urban Water Management coordinated by NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership).

Link to CV

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Publications

Padilla J.H.R., Rincon M.A.P., Malheiros T.F., Parra C.A.M., Prota M.G., dos Santos R., 2013. Analisis comparativo de modelos e instrumentos de gestion integrada del recurso hidrico en Suramerica: los casos de Brasil y Colombia (Comparative analysis of integrated water resources management models and instruments in South America: case studies in Brazil and Colombia). Rev. Ambient. Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science, 8(1):73-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.4136/ambi-agua.971 (in Spanish) - peer reviewed open access journal.

Basilio Sobrinho G., dos Santos R., Galvao Jr A.C., dos Santos A.B., Malheiros T.F., 2012. Full-paper: Water Supply and Sanitation Performance Improvement in Brazil: benefiting the poor? Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 16-21 September in Busan, Korea (in English).

dos Santos R., Barbosa C., Malheiros T.F., 2011. Benchmarking servicos urbanos de agua e esgoto: na busca de boas praticas pro-poor e progresso frente as metas do milenio (Benchmarking urban water and sanitation services: searching for good practices pro-poor and progress toward the MDGs). In: Experiencias Internacionais e Nacionais de Abastecimento de Agua e Esgotamento Sanitario (Water Supply and Sanitation National and International Experiences). Cadernos Inesp Ano I- INESP Series on Public Policies 4: 61-81. Ceara Government (in Portuguese).

Schneider D.D., dos Santos R., Martinez R.C., Coutinho S.M.V., Malheiros T.F., Temoteo T.G., 2010. Indicadores para servicos de abastecimento de agua e esgotamento sanitario voltados as populacoes vulneraveis (Water & sanitation services indicators for vulnerable populations). Rev. Brasileira de Ciencias Ambientais (Brazil Sc Journ of Environmental Sciences) 17: 65-76 (in Portuguese) - peer reviewed open access journal.

Nashipili N.J., dos Santos R., Noor Z.Y., Schwartz K., Douven W., Jaspers F., 2008. The Performance of River Basin Organizations – A Comparative Study of River Basin Organizations in Namibia, Indonesia and Brazil. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-07574 (in English).