Juvenal Pereira

Juvenal Pereira was appointed President of the Institute for Justice Modernisation and Innovation in October 2024. Prior to this, he served as President of the Implementation Team, National Civil Identification and Authentication System (SNIAC) in Cape Verde from 2017. He has coordinated important projects like CNI (National Identification Card), Cape Verdean Electronic Passport (PEC), Residence Card for Foreigners (TRE), Cape Verde e-ID Software for CNI and TRE digital use (authentication and signature). From 2008 to 2017 he was IT Coordinator at “Casa do Cidadão“. He led the transformative initiatives such as: Casa do Cidadão Mobile, Kiosk do Cidadão and Web Portal portondinosilha.cv. He also collaborated in the implementation of Cape Verde’s Public Key Infrastructure, specifically Root Certification Authority. Since 2007 he teaches Computer Science at Jean-Piaget University, Cape Verde Public University and Higher Institute of Economic and Business Sciences. He has held a variety of roles including IT support/Helpdesk, maintenance, analysis and programming, systems administration and information technology management. He has professional training certificates, knowledge and experience in Security Audit, Quality Audit, Systems Administration and Leadership. He has a Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Évora (UEvora) – Portugal.