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About Lay Sêck
Abdulai Sêca, born in Guinea Bissau, on May 6, 1973, in the city of Bissau, where I studied Primary and Secondary. In 1996 benefited from a scholarship to study in Brazil, within the scope of the University Agreement program – PEC G, signed between the Government of Guinea Bissau and the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2002, I graduated from the TOURISM course at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), in the city of Porto Alegre.
In 2003 I started working on the design, preparation and implementation of Cooperation and Development Projects that contribute to guaranteeing the environmental and social resilience of communities living in coastal areas.
I coordinated two Projects co-financed by the European Union and the Italian NGO MANI-TESE (FOOD 2006/129-418 and Europe Aïd /128139/L/ACT/GW), which had impressive results, especially in the structuring and officialization of a community initiative called UNIPESMARCA – Fishermen’s Union of the Cacine River Bank and the Creation of a Fishermen’s Cooperative as a Promoter of Sustainable Development in the Region of Tombali and Quinara.
In November 2012, I joined the Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP), occupying the role of Coordinator of the Ecotourism Department responsible for:
