Ocean Policy: Portugal’s contribution to Blue Diplomacy
Ocean Policy: Portugal’s contribution to Blue Diplomacy
College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures Instituto Camoes University Lecture Series
Date: Tuesday 17 October 2023
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Venue: Adam Smith Building, room 718
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Duarte Bué Alves, Consul General of Portugal in Manchester
Website: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/87156601470?pwd=dDlXUnF5ZVhQOUNSbjRHZCtGbjBmdz09
Ocean Policy: Portugal’s contribution to Blue Diplomacy
Duarte Bué Alves, Consul General of Portugal in Manchester
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 5 p.m., Adam Smith Building, 718.
As we move from global warming to global boiling, what are the impacts on the ocean? What can we do to tackle sea level rise, acidification and extreme weather events? Knowing that life depends on the ocean, the challenges are paramount.
Portugal is leading an international blue agenda - learn why and how.
UPDATE: by popular demand, the event will now also be available live on Zoom, and will be recorded (and subsequently streamed on our site).
DUARTE BUÉ ALVES was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1974. He graduated from the Lisbon Law School in 1997 and received a LLM on European Studies from the Portuguese Catholic University in 2000.
He joined the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999. In 2004, he was posted at the Portuguese Embassy in Luanda, Angola, and in 2006 he took up the role of Deputy Head of Mission and Head of the Consular Section at the Portuguese Embassy, in Brussels. In 2010, Duarte Bué Alves moved to the Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, where, among other responsibilities, he was also Consul. In 2011, he returned to Lisbon as Head of Cabinet and senior diplomatic adviser to the Minister for Agriculture and Sea. He was also the Minister’s Sherpa for the Strategic Council for Open Economy. Between 2015 and 2016, he acted as chargé de mission for the opening the new Consulate General of Portugal in Guangzhou, China. In 2016, Duarte Bué Alves was appointed as Head of Unit for Transnational Threats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2017 and 2021, he served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the OECD, in Paris. Since September 2021, Duarte Bué Alves is the Consul General of Portugal in Manchester, UK.
He was external adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the Ocean, Peter Thomson, between 2018 and 2022.
Duarte Bué Alves has authored several articles and three books on international affairs, with a particular focus on the ocean. He speaks Portuguese (mother tongue), English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Publications
Books:
- Economia Azul (Lisbon: Fundação F. Manuel dos Santos, 2022).
- Diplomacia Azul - o Mar na Política Externa de Portugal (Lisbon: Caleidoscópio, 2017).
- Viagens Noutras Terras - Almeida Garrett, Diplomata em Bruxelas (1834-1836) (Brussels: Edições Orfeu, 2010;
Articles
- 'O Futuro do Oceano já aqui está', in Diário de Notícias, 13th July 2022.
- 'Três coisas que devemos ter presentes sobre o mar', in Observador, 23rd June 2021.
- 'Diplomacia 2.0 – Riscos e Oportunidades num Tempo de Transição Digital', in Negócios Estrangeiros, issue n. 20, February 2021;
- 'Portugal, a NATO e o mar: os primeiros 70 anos', in Observador, 30th January 2019.
- 'Oceano Global, Responsabilidade Individual', in Expresso, 22nd September 2018.
- 'Portugal é Mar', in Público, 22nd June 2018;
- 'Tráfico de Seres Humanos – um breve percurso pela experiência internacional de Portugal', CEDIS Working Papers, NOVA School of Law, January 2018;
- 'SKAN – Sharing Knowledge Agrifood Network – a Portuguese Project to Promote Technology Links between Europe, Africa and Latin America', in Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research, 2016;
- 'Gil Vicente e o Teatro Noh', in Bungakuuu, 2010;
- 'Modernidade, Pós Modernidade e Hipermodernidade ou a Crise Constitucional da União Europeia', in Negócios Estrangeiros, issue n. 12, January 2008;
- 'A presença chinesa em África. O caso de Angola', in Negócios Estrangeiros, issue n. 10, fevereiro de 2007;
- Review of 'Francisco Lucas Pires, Introdução ao Direito Constitucional Europeu', in Themis, NOVA School of Law, 2000;
- Review Notes on 'Francisco Lucas Pires, Introdução ao Direito Constitucional Europeu', in European Law Journal, vol. 5, n. 2, July 1999.