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In high school, Bruno had the opportunity to witness the preparation of an important United Nations event for a few hours. “It was just before the General Assembly and I was amazed by all that,” he says. His desire, at that time, was to be a journalist. But during the visit, he came across an environment that won him over.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe entered the building and saw all those documents being prepared. I don’t know what happened, but at that moment I thought it would be more fun to be the person writing those documents, and not necessarily to be the person who covers and comments on those activities\u201d, he recalls.<\/p>\n
And that’s when Bruno Magalh\u00e3es – who has now been part of the Programme team at the WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger Brazil for four years – decided to study International Relations. He grew up in S\u00e3o Paulo but moved to Florian\u00f3polis to study at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. During this period, he organised several Model United Nations (MUN) events.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started to understand what the role of an international organization was, and the work of the UN and other intergovernmental organizations caught my attention. I also realised that International Relations go far beyond foreign trade or diplomacy\u201d, says Bruno, who moved to Bras\u00edlia for his Masters\u2019 degree at the University of Bras\u00edlia.<\/p>\n
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Working at the UN<\/strong><\/p>\n His first job at the United Nations was as an intern in the Programmes and Communication division of \u200b\u200bthe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “That’s when I realised that this is what I like to do and know how to do well, so I decided to invest in it”. As he was already working as a researcher during his Masters\u2019 degree, he was able to join other organisations for short internships during university breaks, such as the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG\/UNDP).<\/p>\n At the end of his Masters\u2019, the WFP Centre of Excellence Brazil was looking for an intern to assist in the celebrations marking the five years of the Centre. Centre\u2019s foundation. \u201cDuring this period, several delegations visited the Centre in Brazil and the programme team travelled often to other countries, so I started to help the team in providing technical support and also in follow-up processes with WFP headquarters\u201d, he recalls.<\/p>\n Today Bruno works with strategic planning and reporting, also providing technical support to countries in Africa and Asia, especially in the areas of South-South cooperation and capacity building.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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