Gonçalo Carneiro is a senior analyst at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. He has been involved in the elaboration of the Swedish marine spatial plan proposal, with particular focus on its strategic environmental assessment. Jointly with the Swedish Board of Agriculture, he co-led the elaboration of the latest strategy and action plans for fisheries and aquaculture. He is also involved in several of the Agency’s international cooperation work, in particular in Brazil and Mozambique. He coordinated the elaboration of the training modules used in the Agency’s global development cooperation programme.

Prior to joining the Agency, Gonçalo worked for an international development cooperation consultancy. His main areas of work were evaluation of development projects and capacity development programmes in the fields of coastal development and strategic environmental assessment. Earlier in his career Gonçalo worked in academia with research and consultancy in the fields of ocean and coastal management. Gonçalo holds a PhD in marine policy from Cardiff University.