Jorge Barreto Xavier ( www.jorgebarretoxavier.com ) Currently·       Director General, Education, Social Development and Culture, Oeiras City Council;·       Commissioner, Oeiras bid to European Capital of  Culture 2027 (ECOC27);·       Director, Programme on Culture, Development and Society at the Public and Social Policies Institute (IPPS-IUL);·       Coordinator, Winter School, The Place of the City – urban development (IPPS-IUL-Aga Khan Trust For Culture);·        Assistant Professor at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Creative Industries Management and Public Policies of Culture;·       Associated Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL).·       Member of the Cultural Policy Designers Network. Past functions·       Secretary of State of Culture, Government of Portugal, to the Prime Minister (2012–2015);·       Director-General of Arts of the Ministry of Culture, Portugal (2008–2010);·       Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Oeiras, in charge of Culture, Youth and Consumers Defense (2003–2005);·       Consultant at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on Education (2005/2008);·       Coordinator of the Inter-ministerial Commission on Education/Culture of ... [more info]