PAULA RACCANELLO STORTO, LL.M

Lawyer with extensive experience in Public Law and outstanding performance in providing services to civil society organizations. She acts in a preventive manner, by advising the management stages of partnerships in the various types of management instruments aimed at the collaboration of organizations with the State, or in a contentious manner supporting the defense of organizations in administrative and/or judicial processes. She participates in discussions on the legal framework for the field of non-profit entities in Brazil and Latin America, as well as restrictions on freedom of association in the interaction of civil society organizations with the State, which is the theme of her master’s dissertation defended at the University of Sao Paulo.

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. Regular speaker at events on the legal framework of non-profit organizations, public interest partnerships , and on democratic rights.

Member of the Inter-American Network of Law of Civil Society Organizations and Brazilian correspondent of the International Center for Non-profit Law (ICNL) for the United States International Grantmaking (USIG) project.

She has published several articles and collaborated with research and collective works on non-profit organizations, among which the following stand out: Questões de impacto federativo decorrentes do marco regulatório das organizações da sociedade civil e a Lei 13.019/2014 [Issues of federative impact arising from the regulatory framework of civil society organizations and Law 13.019/2014] (ISSN 1981-2493), Modernização do Sistema de Convênio da Administração Pública com a Sociedade Civil [Modernization of Public Administration Agreement System with Civil Society] (ISSN 2175-5760), Third Sector Roadmap. Associações e Fundações: como instituir, administrar e prestar contas [Associations and Foundations: how to establish, manage and render accounts] (ISBN 9788598948102), Direito Privado Administrativo [Private Administrative Law] (ISBN 9788522480630); and the Regional Study on Regulatory Frameworks for Civil Society Organizations in Latin America.

Her master’s dissertation, defended in 2014 at the University of São Paulo, is entitled “Freedom of Association and the Challenges of Civil Society Organizations in Brazil”, under the advisory of Professor Dr. Eunice Aparecida de Jesus Prudente.

Formação

• Master of Laws, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2015

• Bachelor of Laws, Mackenzie University, Brazil, 2000

• Languages: Portuguese and English

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