LAIS DE FIGUEIRÊDO LOPES, LL.M

Professional
For five years she led She spearheaded the technical and political articulation of the Regulatory Framework agenda of Civil Society Organizations in the Federal Government as Special Advisor to the Minister of the Secretary of Government of the Presidency of the Republic, from 2011 to 2016, having actively participated in the drafting of Law 13.019/2014, of Decree 8.726/2016, and of the other normative changes that occurred on the field in the period.

From 2005 to 2011, she worked with civil society organizations in the construction, ratification , and monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first human rights treaty of the 21st century, a subject that was addressed in her master’s dissertation defended in 2009.

She has almost 20 years of legal, regulatory and procedural management experience in the area, regularly advising civil society organizations and governments, especially with regard to the implementation of participatory public management and anti-corruption mechanisms.

Academic and institutional participation
Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (COGEAE) in specialization courses in Social Project Management in Third Sector Organizations and extension courses on MROSC and related topics. Researcher linked to NEATS – Center for Advanced Studies of the Third Sector at PUC/SP. Professor of the Social Projects Management course in the SENAC-SP Territory on Legislation in the field of social action in the territory.

She is currently a member of the Third Sector Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo Section (2019-2021) and Advisor to the Consultative Council of the Office of the Public Defender’s Ombudsman of São Paulo State (2020/2022).

She was a member of the Board of Directors (2011-2014) and the Advisory Board (2004-2011) of the International Center for Non-profit Law (ICNL), in Washington – USA, an international organization that operates in the regulation of the field of non-profit entities, social participation, and philanthropy in more than 100 countries.

She was a Counselor representing the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association at CONADE – National Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006 to 2011). She was President of the Special Commission on Third Sector Law and Social Movements of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (2009).

Lecturer in national and international events and postgraduate courses on civil society organizations, partnerships with the State, transparency, participation and anti-corruption mechanisms, human rights, people with disabilities, freedom of association and democracy. She has published books and articles on these topics, among which stand out the books Marco Regulatório das Organizações da Sociedade Civil: a construção da agenda no Governo Federal (2011-2014) [Regulatory Framework of Civil Society Organizations: the construction of the agenda in the Federal Government (2011-2014)] (ISBN 978-85-85142-35-3); and Entenda o MROSC: Marco Regulatório das Organizações da Sociedade Civil: Lei 13.019/2014 [Understand MROSC: Regulatory Framework for Civil Society Organizations: Law 13.019/2014 (ISBN 978-85-85142-71-1).

Her master’s dissertation, defended in 2009 at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, is entitled “Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, its Optional Protocol and Accessibility”, and was advised by under the advisory of Professor Dr. Flávia Piovesan.

Formação

• PhD student in Public Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2016 (in progress)

• Master in Law of Economic and Social Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2009

• Bachelor of Laws, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2000

• Languages: Portuguese, Spanish , and English

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