Etienne Figueiredo Franca (E81D-11E0-2F49)

Curriculum Vitae

Etienne Figueiredo Franca

Researcher and advisor focusing on policy formulation and governance issues. I have carried out a vast range of advocacy and political affairs activities. UNOPS Advocacy and Communication Technical Assistance Consultant (2024). USAID Senior Strategic Communications Advisor (2022-2024). UNICC Women in IT Roster (2022). IFAD Senior Consultant (2022). OMNICOM Senior Consultant (2021-2022). WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Senior Consultant, Advocacy and Communication (2020-2021): Supported strategic communication and advocacy to strengthen country readiness for COVID-19 vaccines introduction. Led on communication activities planning and implementation, identifying channels, partners, key advocacy moments and opportunities for information dissemination. Guided the production of tailored messages and materials, including knowledge translation, branding, and publishing management. SAVE THE CHILDREN US Advisor, Advocacy and Knowledge Management (2019-2020). Led on advocacy, strategic communication, and knowledge management activities. Collaborated with country offices, working groups and alliances in the international development space. Provided leadership in information dissemination and implementation of key communication systems, tools, products and events. UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR JUSTICE SUPPORT IN HAITI Deputy Chief, Strategic Communication (2018-2019). Conceptualized, managed, implemented and assessed the Mission communication plan and tactics. Coordinated the development of communications products and content across multiple platforms, ensuring accurate and consistent messaging, branding, and alignment with the communication strategy. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL Advocacy & Communication Specialist, Communication Officer (2015-2018). Led on communication activities around global health and cross-cutting development issues, including high- level events, content development, media outreach and senior leadership support. Carried out branding and message development, with a compelling narrative for Every Woman Every Child, which, in the period, mobilized over 60 country and 150 multi-stakeholder commitments to deliver on health and wellbeing. UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND Media & Communication Specialist (2009-2015). Coordinated the communication strategy for sexual and reproductive health, managing communications professionals and a portfolio comprising maternal health and reproductive health, with impact in over 150 countries, global policy fora and multi-stakeholder platforms. Coordinated advocacy and communications activities in support of the Campaign to End Fistula, with impact in over 50 countries. UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND Communication Officer (2004-2009). Led communications and advocacy activities at corporate level and in multi-stakeholder platforms, private sector and government fora in Brazil and in South-South contexts, with focus on mobilizing political and financial support for the institution. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Teaching & Research Assistant (2002-2003). Taught American Government and Introduction to Comparative Politics. Also performed data collection and analysis on comparative politics and violence trends in South America, public opinion and institutional performance. UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Communication Assistant (1998-2002). Planned and implemented broader communications and advocacy strategies at corporate level and as part of projects with government counterparts. Developed and implemented special projects and communications campaigns, as well as managed advocacy and communications projects. Carried out media outreach, advising and training of staff on communications routines. VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS: consultant and other positions (1991-1997). Led communications projects in institutions such as the Brazilian Presidency, the National Congress, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Federal Police, and the Council for Financial Activities Control.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Etienne Figueiredo Franca

Citation names

Franca, Etienne

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E81D-11E0-2F49
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1825-3025

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/etienne-franca-1a285522/ (Professional)
muckrack.com/etienne-franca (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/09/01 - 2026/09/01 Ongoing	Doutoramento em Relações Internacionais - Política Internacional e Resolução de Conflitos (Doutoramento) Major in Global Governance Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Global alliances and health security in times of COVID-19" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999/01/01 - 2002/04/30 Concluded	Master of Arts in Political Science (Master) Major in Political Science Universidade de Brasília, Brazil "Coalizões de advocacia na formulação da política de controle de drogas no Brasil, no período 1998/2000" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	AP
1987/07/01 - 1991/06/30 Concluded	Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Bachelor) Major in Journalism Universidade de Brasília, Brazil	Índice de Rendimento Acadêmico (IRA) 4,9383 out of 5,0

Outputs

Publications

Book	Militezegga Abduk Mustafa. Multi-Sectoral Approaches to Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition. Compendium of Activities.. Rome, Italy: Global Food Security Cluster (Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Program). 2023. Published • Editor
Conference paper	Etienne Franca. "Nobody is safe until everyone is safe: the COVID-19 pandemic threat games". Paper presented in APCP-UA: I Jornadas Doutorais em Ciência Política 2024,, Aveiro, 2024. Under revision Franca, Etienne. "Nobody is safe until everyone is safe: the COVID-19 pandemic threat". Paper presented in 2024 Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR24), Syracuse, 2024. Under revision Milhazes, Catarina; Franca, Etienne. "The concept of trust in political discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of African Union's contribution to global solidarity.". Paper presented in UNPOP International Colloquium. Emotions, narratives and identities in politics, populism and democracy., Coimbra, 2024. Submitted Franca, Etienne. "Advocacy coalitions and COVID-19: Recipe for failure or bending international policy development?". Paper presented in EISA – Pan European Conference on International Relations, Potsdam, 2023. Submitted Franca, Etienne. "Advocacy coalitions and COVID-19: Recipe for failure or bending policy development?". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Public Policy ICPP, Toronto, 2023. Submitted Milhazes, Ana Catarina ; Franca, Etienne. "Trust relations in a pathogenic period: African Union self-empowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in ECAS - European Conference on African Studies, Cologne, 2023. Submitted Franca, Etienne. "Pass-fail testing COVAX: Alliances and global health security in times of COVID-19". Paper presented in VI International Conference of Development Studies (VI CIED), Barcelona, 2022. Submitted Etienne Franca; Walter de Oliveira. Corresponding author: Etienne Franca. "Food Insecurity: Haiti’s half-empty, half-full cornucopia.". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Public Policy, Montreal, Canada., Montreal, 2019. Submitted Etienne Franca. "Timing, constraining methods, and the Brazilian legislature relative power". Paper presented in First Annual Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Panel: Socio-political trends in the Americas., Miami, 2003. Submitted
Conference poster	Franca, Etienne. "Global alliances and health security in times of COVID-19". Paper presented in Ciência 2024 - “+Ciência para Uma Só Saúde e bem-estar global”, 2024.
Journal article	Franca, Etienne. "Advocacy, communication, and partnerships: Mobilizing for effective, widespread cervical cancer prevention". International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 138 (2017): 57-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.12189. 10.1002/ijgo.12189
Online resource	Etienne Franca. High-level Mission discusses the future of the UN presence in Haiti. 2019. https://minujusth.unmissions.org/en/high-level-mission-discusses-future-un-presence-haiti. Etienne Franca. Human Rights: due Diligence Policy to Safeguard the Reputation of the UN, Protect Civilians, and Foster Accountability. 2018. https://minujusth.unmissions.org/en/human-rights-due-diligence-policy-safeguard-reputation-un-protect-civilians-and-foster. Etienne Franca. Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - An Advocate's Account. 1st Webinar on Gender and NCDs, World Health Organization.. 2017. https://www.who.int/global-coordination-mechanism/news/presentation-43-ewec-ncd-16062017.pdf. Etienne Franca. Unleash the Power of Adolescent Girls of the SDG Generation to Propel Progress for People, Planet, Says UNFPA. 2016. https://www.unfpa.org/press/unleash-power-adolescent-girls-sdg-generation-propel-progress-people-planet-says-unfpa. Etienne Franca. Explosion of data reveals vast and urgent needs. 2015. https://www.unfpa.org/fr/node/10556. Etienne Franca. New Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception in the Developing World. 2012. https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2012/new-study-finds-little-progress-meeting-demand-contraception-developing-world. Etienne Franca; Richard Kollodge. Corresponding author: Etienne Franca. Causes and Consequences of Population Growth in Mozambique. 2011. https://www.unfpa.org/news/causes-and-consequences-population-growth-mozambique.
Report	2014. Adding it up: The costs and benefits of investing in sexual and reproductive health. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.678.2341. Assistant staff 2014. State of the World's Midwifery - A Universal Pathway. A Woman's Right to Health.. https://issuu.com/unpublications/docs/world_s_midwifery_2014/2. Editor 2013. Good Practices on ending the Health and Human rights tragedy of obstetric Fistula, Evidence in Action Series, Special Edition. http://www.endfistula.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Good%20Practices%20Set%20Obstetric%20Fistula%20May%202013.pdf. Editor 2009. Relatório sobre a Situação da População Mundial - Enfrentando um Mundo em Transição: Mulheres, População e Clima. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/swop2009_0.pdf. Editor 2009. Cadernos de População, Ano I, Edição 4. http://www.unfpa.org.br/Arquivos/caderno_populacao4.pdf. Editor 2009. Cadernos de População, Ano I, Edição 3. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/caderno_populacao3_0.pdf. 2009. Cadernos de População, Ano I, Edição 2. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/caderno_populacao2_0.pdf. Editor 2009. Caderno de População, Ano I, Edição 1. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/caderno_populacao.pdf. Editor 2008. Relatório sobre a Situação da População Mundial - Construindo Consenso: Cultura, Gênero e Direitos Humanos. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/swop2008.pdf. Editor 2008. Saúde Sexual e Reprodutiva das mulheres adultas, adolescentes e jovens vivendo com HIV e Aids - Subsídios para gestores, profissionais de saúde e ativistas. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/saude.pdf. Editor 2008. Planejamento Familiar no Brasil: 50 anos de História - Conclusões do Evento Comemorativo ao Dia Mundial de População. http://www.unfpa.org.br/Arquivos/relatoriowpd.pdf. Editor 2007. Relatório sobre a Situação da População Mundial - Desencadeando o Potencial do Crescimento Urbano. https://brazil.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/swop2007.pdf. Editor 2007. Plano Integrado de Enfrentamento à Feminização da Epidemia de AIDS e outras DST. https://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/plano_feminizacao_epidemia_aids_dst.pdf. Editor 2004. AIDS: what young people think about it; educational practices and policies (Cadernos UNESCO Brasil, Série Educação para a Saúde, Vol 1). https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000138352. Editor 2001. Avaliação das ações de prevenção às DST/AIDS e uso indevido de drogas nas escolas de ensino fundamental e médio em capitais brasileiras. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000125251_por. Editor
Thesis / Dissertation	"Coalizões de advocacia na formulação da política de controle de drogas ilícitas no Brasil, no período 1998/2000". Master, Universidade de Brasília, 2002. https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/43224.
Website	Etienne Franca, coordenação editorial. COVID-19 vaccine introduction toolkit. 2021. https://www.who.int/tools/covid-19-vaccine-introduction-toolkit. Etienne Franca. Saving Newborn Lives Legacy. 2020. https://www.healthynewbornnetwork.org/issue/saving-newborn-lives-legacy/.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2017/11/09	United Nations: Working together with non-governmental organizations	How to navigate the UN - Orientation for NGO Representatives - https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/articlefile/1582050680.5626.pdf United Nations (New York, United States)
2003/04/10	Legislative process timing, constraining methods, and the Brazilian legislature relative power.	First Annual Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Panel: Socio-political trends in the Americas. Florida International University (Miami, United States)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - 2023/05/26	2023 Summer School: "Bridging the gap: Peace, Politics and Social Change" Doctoral Programme in International Relations - International Politics and Conflict Resolution (PIRC) Center for Social Studies (CES) School of Economics University of Coimbra (2023/05/24 - 2023/05/26) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2017/09/22	UNGA Every Woman Every Child partners Hub at UN Headquarters (2017/09/18 - 2017/09/22) Conference (Co-organisor)	United Nations, United States
2015/02/01 - 2015/03/19	CSW discussion on the use of data to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (2015/03/19 - 2015/03/19) Round table (Co-organisor)	United Nations Population Fund, United States

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05	Poster presentation at "Encontro Ciência 2024: +Ciência para Uma Só Saúde e bem-estar global" Other	Encontro Ciência 2024: +Ciência para Uma Só Saúde e bem-estar global Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/05/31 - 2024/06/01	Paper presentation during concurrent session at the "APCP-UA: I Jornadas Doutorais em Ciência Política 2024" Other	APCP-UA: I Jornadas Doutorais em Ciência Política 2024 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/05/28 - 2024/05/29	Participation at side events during the World Health Assembly: WHA Special Event - Celebrating 50 Years of Immunization Progress; Collective voices, lasting impact: Stakeholder collaboration for strong cancer policies. Other	World Health Assembly Organisation mondiale de la Santé, Switzerland
2024/05/15 - 2024/05/17	Paper presentation during the 2024 Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR24) panel: “Broadening and Thickening the ACF’s Theoretical and Empirical Foci.” Conference	2024 Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR24) Syracuse University, United States
2024/01/24 - 2024/01/26	UNPOP Paper presented: THE CONCEPT OF TRUST IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Book of Abstracts. UNPOP International Colloquium ‘Emotions, Narratives and Identities in Politics, Populism and Democracy’. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/113685 Conference	UNPOP International Coloquium Emotions, Narratives and Identities in Politics, Populism, and Democracy Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2023/09/05 - 2023/09/09	EISA Pan European Conference on International Relations 5-9 setembro Potsdam (virtual) Abstract number: PEC23-0047 Paper presented: Advocacy coalitions and COVID-19: Recipe for failure or bending international policy development? Section: S24 - Online Section Discussant Francesca Cerutti (Università Statale di Milano) Conference	EISA 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations European International Studies Association, Czech Republic
2023/06/27 - 2023/06/29	International Public Policy Association 6th International Conference on Public Policy 27-29 junho Toronto ICPP6 (virtual) Paper presented: Advocacy coalitions and COVID-19: Recipe for failure or bending policy development? T01P02.Nascent Policy Subsystems Topic : POLICY PROCESS THEORIES Chair : Nicole Lemke (University of Lausanne) Second Chair : Patrick Hassenteufel (University of Paris-Saclay (Graduate School for Sociology and Political Science)) Third Chair : Frédéric Varone (University of Geneva) Conference	6th International Conference on Public Policy International Public Policy Association, France
2023/05/31 - 2023/06/03	ECAS - European Conference on African Studies 31 maio - 3 junho Colonia (virtual) Paper: Trust relations in a pathogenic period: African Union self-empowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic Panel: Poli16 African regional organizations and their politics under the global condition Session 2 Wednesday 31 May, 2023, 10:00-11:45 The panel discusses the agency, inter-related actors and practices of African regional organizations in shaping and implementing policies of regional and global concern. Conference	ECAS - European Conference on African Studies

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/06/07 - 2024/06/12	Manuscript ID RPR-OAR-24-05-0097 - Advocacy Coalitions and the Co-Production of Anti-Corruption Policy in Botswana: A Discourse Network Analysis.	Review of Policy Research

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/01/01 - Current	International Public Policy Association - https://www.ippapublicpolicy.org	Member

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/11/06 - Current	STOP TB Partnership, Technical Assistance Consultant, Advocacy and Communications. In close collaboration with international partners such as USAID, WHO and TGF, provide technical assistance at the national, regional and global levels in high level advocacy and communications, including campaigns and special projects involving champions, celebrities, and the private sector. Other duties include developing communication materials, and amplifying strategic messages.	United Nations Office for Project Services Geneva, Switzerland
2022/06/13 - 2024/02/13	Strategic communications lead for the Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU) program, a six-year USAID-funded cooperative agreement focused on strengthening health information systems worldwide. Successful use of editorialized content on digital properties, email marketing, narrative cross-feeding, and content production (https://chisuprogram.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/CHISU_FY22_Annual_Report.pdf; https://chisuprogram.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/CHISU_FY23_Annual_Report.pdf).	USAID, United States
2020/12/01 - 2021/12/31	Strategic communication and advocacy for country readiness for COVID-19 vaccines introduction	Organisation mondiale de la Santé, Switzerland

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/04/30	HPM 330: Introduction to Health Organization Leadership, Management, and Organizational Behavior. Fall Session. Team-based service learning in a hospital, health center, or other organization to facilitate learning about leading teams, organizations, partnerships, and global initiatives. Change, conflict, human resources, and other topics are addressed through readings, cases, reflections, and guest practitioners.	Bachelor of Science in Public Health	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
2004/01/01 - 2004/12/31	Advanced Seminar on Culture and Society	BA in Communications (Bachelor)	Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília, Brazil
2003/01/01 - 2003/06/30	American Government	Political Science (Bachelor)	Florida International University, United States
2003/01/01 - 2003/06/30	Introduction to Comparative Politics	Political Science (Bachelor)	Florida International University, United States
2000/01/01 - 2000/12/31	Introduction to Political Science	Political Science (Bachelor)	Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2014/06/03 - 2014/06/03	UN News	ONU diz que investimento em parteiras pode salvar milhões de vidas

Distinctions

Award

2002	Academic paper award Florida International University, United States

Other distinction

2023	PhD Scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2023	PhD Scholarship Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2019	PhD Scholarship Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2015	Academic citation Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2014	Academic citation Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2009	Academic citation Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2006	Book citation Florida International University, United States