Key skills and expertise

With over 20 years of experience, the expert excels in program and project management, focusing on protecting vulnerable communities from forced displacement and conflict. Key qualifications include expertise in humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, and human rights. Career highlights include leading international initiatives, managing budgets up to USD 2.5 million, and overseeing teams of 80+ staff. Previously held roles such as Programme Manager and Deputy Director involved strategic management and resource allocation. Accomplishments include the successful implementation of protection, health, and education projects, and significant contributions to peace and conflict resolution efforts in multiple countries.

Project experience and donor exposure

The expert has collaborated with international donors such as UNHCR, ECHO, USAID, Stichting Vluchteling SV Netherlands, and AICS, providing project implementation, technical assistance, evaluations, and capacity building. The thematic areas involved include protection, health, education, peacebuilding, and human rights. Projects have varied in scope from regional to national levels, taking place in geographic locations including Iraq, Colombia, Sudan, and Afghanistan.

Sectors and geographic focus

Worked across diverse projects involving sectors such as humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, human rights, and international development. Responsibilities have included roles as Programme Manager, Deputy Director, and National Consultant, with a focus on project management, strategic planning, and capacity building. The expert possesses interdisciplinary knowledge in conflict resolution and development projects, with a geographic scope that spans multiple countries, including Iraq, Colombia, and Sudan. This diverse experience supports cross-cutting initiatives aimed at addressing complex humanitarian and development challenges. The expert has extensive geographic experience across regions including Afghanistan, Colombia, Ecuador, Iraq, Maldives, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, and Venezuela, with deep familiarity with local governance and cultural dynamics, particularly in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Languages and education

With a background in language competences, the expert is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in English, with basic proficiency in French and Arabic. These language skills have been utilized in diverse international settings, including work in multilingual teams and in-country assignments across regions such as Colombia, Iraq, and Sudan. The expert holds a Master's Degree in International Cooperation and Development Projects Management from Universidad de Málaga, Spain, and a Graduate Degree in Government, Management, and Public Affairs from Columbia University SIPA and Universidad Externado de Colombia. Additionally, the expert is an Industrial Engineer from Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia. Complementary studies include training in migrations, transnationalism, and displacement at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and conflict and peace studies at institutions in Austria and Spain.