UNESCO

Cláudio Menezes has a MSc in Computer Sciences by the Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) and B. Sc in Mechanical Engineer by the Universidad Federal de Ceará (UFC), both in Brazil. With UNESCO since 1987, where he presently is a Senior Programme Specialist in charge of multilingualism in the digital world, promotion of ICT and persons with disabilities, access to scientific digital information, e-governance at local level, and implementation of extra-budgetary projects. His long IT career includes academic activities; planning activities in the Brazilian Government; and international cooperation activities in UNESCO. Before joining UNESCO, he was a professor with the Department of Computer Sciences of the Universidad Federal de Ceará, Head of the Computer Centre of the same University, officer of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Informatics Policies) and Chief of Division of a regional development bank (Department of Information Technology) in Brazil.