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Jaume Guardans
Jaume Guardans Curriculum and Pedagogical Developer
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Last update: Aug 7, 2024
Jaume Guardans Curriculum and Pedagogical Developer
Last update: Aug 7, 2024
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Citizenships:
Colombia, Spain
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Catalan
Highest Degree:
Ph.D
Experience:
26 years
Sectors:
Human Rights, Conflict, Justice Reform, Law
Gender:
Male
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The expert boasts over two decades of extensive experience in advocacy for Human Rights, specifically in the reinforcement of the Rule of Law and justice reforms, demonstrating an adeptness at fortifying civil society empowerment through numerous cooperation initiatives globally. With profound specialization in governance, security issues, justice reforms, and legal protection, the expert's career comprises pivotal roles in both the identification and evaluation of significant cooperation projects predominantly backed by the European Commission, focusing on justice reforms and human rights protection across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Emphasizing program formulation and strategic capacity building, the expert has effectively catered to the needs of vulnerable demographics such as women and youth, whilst skillfully facilitating the development of partnerships between public, private, and civil sectors. With adept leadership roles, they have successfully guided multiple projects, ensuring transparency, accountability, and efficiency of public institutions. The expert has crafted training programs to elevate efforts in public sector reform, spearheading change projects that reinforce governance, reduce conflict, and advocate for human rights.

Noteworthy achievements include overseeing expansive justice sector interventions from the ground up, encompassing project phases like inception, strategic planning, and implementation, as well as post-evaluation learning. The expert has also played a critical role in leading evaluations of EU-funded programs and assisting multilateral organizations like USAID, UNWOMAN, and others, in project supervision, risk assessment and governance strategies.

In terms of technical expertise, the expert excels in institution assessment, development of logical frameworks for projects, and application of participative approaches in program execution. Their linguistic fluency extends across four languages—English, French, Spanish, and Catalan— bolstering their capabilities in cross-regional leadership roles which necessitates multicultural understanding and communication.

Rounding off a commendable list of attributes, the expert's dedication and adaptability stand out as they continuously foster innovative approaches to bolstering the efficiency of public sectors, driving social inclusion, and enhancing justice systems in complex sociopolitical environments.

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  • More than 20 years of professional experience in cooperation initiatives in the promotion of Human Rights (Rule of Law strengthening, justice reforms, Civil society empowerment), with strong work in supporting capacity building.
  • Deep expertise in governance and Rule of Law and security issues, in particular in Latin America and Africa.
  • Proven deep experience in the identification, formulation and evaluation of EC cooperation projects and programmes in the related to justice reforms, including legal reform, justice and protection of human rights, capacity building, training of justice officers, etc.
  • Proven expertise in strengthening the Rule of Law, development cooperation with focus in conflict prevention and management security and poverty eradication.
  • Great experience en supporting law enforcement, information and inter-institutional coordination, with Strong background Institutional Building including experiences in institutional assessment and capacity development
  • Long experience in good governance programs in including identifying and coordinating research studies, trainings, conferences and institutional strengthening projects.
  • Deep experience in conflict prevention and post-conflict government/civil society/ reconciliation, Civil Society and public sector capacity building and legal reform
  • Proven experience in all the phases of the PCM, in particular identification/formulation and evaluation, in the framework of international cooperation programmes with different agencies or multilateral organizations, principally the European Commission.
  • Previous experience in the application of participative and community driven approach for development programs’ identification/formulation (decentralized co-operation, Human Rights protection law, law reform, Non Governmental Organizations, protection of vulnerable groups, civil society, community development, relocation of population, law harmonization and constitutional law)
  • Fully proficient in EC procedures