Paula Reis
Department: Social Sciences, Territory and Development
CARE – Research Center on Health and Social Sciences
Portalegre Polytechnic University
Relevant links outside academia
- Specialist consultant in territorial planning and tourism development;
- Research technician in R&D (project design, funding applications and project management);
- Municipality of Trancoso (territorial development and tourism).
Expertise
- Strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of territorial development plans;
- Evaluation of public policies, programmes and projects in rural and low-density territories;
- Territorial foresight studies and scenario-building methodologies;
- Sustainable tourism development and destination management;
- Evidence-based decision support for local and regional development;
- Rural development and territorial cohesion;
- Territorial governance and participatory planning processes;
- Development of territorial monitoring and evaluation frameworks to support public policy and strategic planning.
Relevant projects
- Support for the Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Tourism Development Strategic Plano of Vila de Rei 2030;
- Design and operationalisation of the methodological framework for statistical data collection and analysis within the Historical Villages of Portugal Network;
- Municipal Strategic Education Plan of Avis 2030;
- Tourism Development Strategic Plan of Vila de Rei 2030.
