Hélder da Costa

Hélder da Costa (2019)

Hélder da Costa is the general secretary of the g7 + states , an international organization of fragile states. Costa is from East Timor .

Career

Costa received a PhD in commercial policy from the University of Adelaide in 2001 . For several years he was director of the Centro Nacional de Investigação Científica (CNIC) of the Universidade Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e (UNTL).

He gained 27 years of experience in development policy, agriculture, efficient aid and management in Australia , New Zealand and Southeast Asia . Before becoming Secretary General, Costa was National Coordinator of the Fragile States Initiative in the East Timorese Ministry of Finance under Minister Emília Pires .

As General Secretary of the g7 +, he has been coordinating the daily work of the secretary's office in the Ministry of Finance in East Timor's capital Dili since 2010 . He also advises the finance ministers of the g7 + on the efficiency of aid and the introduction of the New Deal in their countries and on a global level. In addition to his office as General Secretary, Costa is chief advisor in the National Directorate for the efficiency of aid in the East Timorese Ministry of Finance.

Publications (selection)

Hélder da Costa: Building East Timor's economy: the roles of foreign aid, trade and investment , thesis, Department of Economics, University of Adelaide, (2000).
Hélder da Costa, Colin Piggin, Cesar J. da Cruz and James Fox (eds): Agriculture: New Directions for a new Nation - East Timor (Timor-Leste), Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, Canberra (2003).
Hélder da Costa: New Deal for Fragile States Needs Time and Political Commitment to Flourish (2014).

Web links

Commons : Hélder da Costa - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Website of the g7 + countries: Secretariat , accessed on April 22, 2017.
↑ Website of the East Timorese Ministry of Finance: Helder Profiles , accessed on May 1, 2017.
↑ Benny Fribeiro: BIOGRAFIA BADAK ESTANISLAU S. SALDANHA , July 15, 2015 , accessed on June 8, 2017.
↑ Inter Press Service: DEVELOPMENT: East Timor, Fragile States Compare Notes on Aid , April 2, 2010 , accessed May 1, 2017.
↑ ODI: A 'New Deal' for fragile states , December 14, 2011 , accessed May 1, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Costa, hero there
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	East Timorese politician, General Secretary of the G7 + countries
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[Sekr-1] Website of the g7 + countries: Secretariat , accessed on April 22, 2017.

[2] Website of the East Timorese Ministry of Finance: Helder Profiles , accessed on May 1, 2017.

[Biographie-3] Benny Fribeiro: BIOGRAFIA BADAK ESTANISLAU S. SALDANHA , July 15, 2015 , accessed on June 8, 2017.

[4] Inter Press Service: DEVELOPMENT: East Timor, Fragile States Compare Notes on Aid , April 2, 2010 , accessed May 1, 2017.

[5] ODI: A 'New Deal' for fragile states , December 14, 2011 , accessed May 1, 2017.