Dr. Marielza Oliveira, UNESCO, Director, Partnerships & Operational Prog Monitoring
- From 2015 to 2020, she was the Director of UNESCO Beijing, covering 5 East Asian countries.
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Overview
Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that peace must be built. UNESCO uses education, science, culture, communication, and information to foster mutual understanding and respect for our planet.
00:40- About Dr. Marielza Oliveira
- From 2015 to 2020, she was the Director of UNESCO Beijing, covering 5 East Asian countries.
- Previously, she was the global Results Manager (data scientist) for UNDP and held positions as country manager for a portfolio of Latin American countries (2001-2015).
- Previous positions also include Systems Engineer at the US Army Construction Engineering Research Lab/USA Corps of Engineers (US, 1987-1991, where she was responsible for AI systems development), senior consultant at Fundacao Dom Cabral (Brazil, 1995-1999), and Director of Executive Education at Ibmec Business School (2000–2001).
- Dr. Oliveira holds a Master of Science in Finance (1990) and a Ph.D. in Business Administration (1995) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
05:33- Making a Life that is Worth Living
- The private sector always pays you more. But the real satisfaction is in making a change.
- I’m a bachelor’s in economics, and you learn about the value of money, the issues of making sure that you look at the economic side of things, but when you love what you do it’s not about making money, it’s about making a life that is worth living.
09:10- Investing in yourself
- You have to stick out the knowledge that will help you to think through and really organize your approach in a way that is productive.
- I have a unique set of skills that make me different from other people at the UN.
- You really need to invest in your unique set of skills so that you shine.
- You also need to learn to apply your skill set.
19:59- Where do you draw your inspiration from yourself?
- I am a nerd and I love statistics.
- This is a Data Scientist thing, I love numbers.
- I am aware of the fact that the word number starts with numb.
- People do not want to know about numbers. They want to know what exactly it tells you about the situation.
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Profile
- From 2015 to 2020, she was the Director of UNESCO Beijing, covering 5 East Asian countries.
- Previously, she was the global Results Manager (data scientist) for UNDP and held positions as country manager for a portfolio of Latin American countries (2001-2015).
- Previous positions also include Systems Engineer at the US Army Construction Engineering Research Lab/USA Corps of Engineers (US, 1987-1991, where she was responsible for AI systems development), senior consultant at Fundacao Dom Cabral (Brazil, 1995-1999), and Director of Executive Education at Ibmec Business School (2000–2001).
- Dr. Oliveira holds a Master of Science in Finance (1990) and a Ph.D. in Business Administration (1995) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
