Summary CV of Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil

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1 Summary CV of Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil (as of December 2009) GENERAL BIODATA Peruvian Economist Born in Lima, Peru on October 25 th 1946 Married (to Rachel Hertenberg) with one daughter (Tanya) Languages: Spanish, English, French. Addresses: Universidad del Pacifico, Av. Salaverry 2020, Lima 11, Peru; Phone (51-1) ext. 2237; Fax (51-1) ; Web: MAIN ACADEMIC DEGREES and STUDIES Diplôme d Etudes Supérieurs for the Doctorat d Etat (Ph.D) ès Sciences Economiques, University of Paris I, France, 1971 Graduate Certificate in Economic Planning, Centre d Etudes des Programmes Economiques (CEPE), Ministry of Economics and Finance of France, 1973 Professional Title (Licence) and Bachelor in Economics, Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, 1969 Bachelor in Business Administration, Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, 1969 SPECIALIZATION AREAS Research: International Trade and Economic Development Policy: Trade Policy, International Trade Negotiations and Economic Integration MAIN PRESENT POSITIONS Universidad del Pacífico (UP) Full Professor of the Economics Department, teaching the course of International Trade and in some semesters also the course of Macroeconomics of an Open Economy [since March 1993] Coordinator of the International Economics and Business Area (AENI) at the Research Centre (CIUP) [since September 2005, and CIUP Senior Researcher since September 1994] Director of the APEC Study Center (CEAUP) [since its creation in August 1999, and Executive Director of its predecessor the Programa de Economía y Gestión en el Asia Pacífico (PEGAP)- established in April 1995] Other Main Professional and Academic Activities at Present Member of the Directive Council of the (National) Fund of Research and Development for Competitiveness (FIDECOM), as Representative of the (Peruvian) Academic Sector nominated by the National Assembly of University Rectors Asamblea Nacional de Rectores [since November 2008]. Leading Representative of the UP before the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru, for the provision of technical advice on issues in the agendas of the country s negotiations of Free Trade Agreements, such as those negotiated thus far with in chronological order- the US, Thailand, Singapore, Chile, Mexico, Canada, EFTA, China, the EU, Korea, Japan and for the TPP [since February 2004]. Member of the Directive Board of the International Trade Committee of the American Chamber of 1

2 Commerce of Peru [since August 2003]. Member of the Coordinating Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Studies on Asia Pacific Red de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Asia-Pacífico (REDEALAP) [since July 1997] Member of the Directive Council of the network of Peruvian APEC Study Centers Red Peruana de Estudios del Asia Pacífico (REDAP) [since September 1997, and First Coordinator of REDAP until September 1999] Leading Representative of the UP before the following international networks of experts: PECC (Pacific Economic Cooperation Council), as PECC Expert and as academic member of the PECC (Peruvian) National Committee (PERUPEC) [since April 1995]; ASCC (APEC Study Centers Consortium) [since August 1999]; PAFTAD (Pacific Forum on Trade and Development) [since June 1999]; LAEBA (Latin America and Caribbean and Asia Pacific Economics and Business Association), coordinated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) [since March 2001]; and REDINT (Latin American Network of Research on Integration), coordinated by the IDB [since October 2000]. Professor of International Economics at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Academia Diplomática del Perú [since 1993]. Member of the Peruvian Centre of International Studies Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales (CEPEI) [since 2009, and before Associate Member since 1987]. Associate Member of the Institute of International Studies (IDEI) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru (PUCP) [since February 1994, and Member of IDEI s Directive Council in 1995 and then during ]. MAIN PAST POSITIONS Member of the Consultative Committee of the High-Level Commission in charge of organizing APEC Peru 2008 (the Peruvian year of APEC) Comisión Extraordinaria de Alto Nivel (CEAN) APEC Peru 2008, chaired by the First Vice-President of the Republic of Peru [September 2007 February 2009]; as well as of the National Multi-Sector Commission for the Preparation of APEC Peru 2008 [May 2004-January 2007] and also of the Ad-Hoc Committee that elaborated the proposal for APEC Peru 2008 at the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru [March-July 2003] Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2008 APEC Study Centres Consortium Meeting, in charge of its thematic program [November 2007-June 2008] Member of the Academic Council of the UP [July 2006 July 2007]. Member of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru s Advisory Council on International Economic and Integration Affairs [March 2005 July 2006]. Technical Advisor to the (Peruvian) Business Council for International Negotiations Consejo Empresarial de Negociaciones Internacionales (CENI), during the period of the Peru-US FTA negotiations in which CENI established working groups opened to participants from the academic sector [May 2004-December 2005]. Co-Director of a Project between the UP and the Trade Cooperation Program of the Government of Switzerland s Economy Secretariat (SECO) for Enhancing the Capabilities of the (Peruvian) Private Sector on International Trade Negotiations [September 2003-August 2005]. Member of the Multi-Sector Commission Hub-Peru, coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru [December 2002-April 2003]. Leader of the Regional Trading Arrangements (RTAs/FTAs) Task Force of the PECC (Pacific Economic Cooperation Council)-TF (Trade Forum) [December 2001-December 2005]. Advisor to the Chair of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) Peru Commission formed by Peruvian business associations [July 2000-February 2004, and Member of this Commission since May 1998]. Vice-Minister of International Economy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru [August July 1996]. Honoured by the President of the Republic and the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the decoration medal Great Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services Gran Cruz de la Órden al Mérito por Servicios Distinguidos [July 1996]. 2

3 Main Advisor to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Parliament of Peru [1993]. Chief of the Prospective and Advisory Unit of the Cartagena Agreement Board (now General Secretariat of the Andean Community of Nations) [ , and International Officer in that Unit since 1987] Executive Coordinator of the Research and Training Office of the (Peruvian) National Planning Institute [ ] OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES IN THE 2000s Co-Organizer (together with representatives of the IDB and ADBI) of the IV Annual Meeting of LAEBA, on Infrastructure for Trading and Integration: Challenges for Latin America and Asia [February-June 2008] Consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru, under a Trade Policy Development Program with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the technical preparation of Peru s FTA negotiations with China [October 2005-March 2006] Consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru for the pre-investment study on the design of a Trade Policy Development Program with the IDB and on indicators for monitoring its implementation [November 2002-January 2003] Consultant to a World Trade Organization and World Bank Project on Non Tariff Measures [May- September 2005] International Consultant to the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) of the Inter-American Development Bank, for a report on the state of the Andean Community integration process [October 2003-April 2004] Member of the PECC-TF International Advisory Group [June 2000-December 2005] Advisor to the Directive Council in Peru of the Andean Competitiveness Project, coordinated by Harvard University and the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) [June 2000-December 2001] Member of a Multi-Sector Commission for Internet Access and Use by the Masses, coordinated by the Office of the Prime Minister of Peru [June-July 2001] Member of the Ad-Hoc Group convoked by the (Peruvian) confederation of business associations (CONFIEP) to design an APEC Peru Commission at the private sector level [February-March 2000] Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Commission of the Consortium of (Peruvian and Private) Universities [May 1997-February 2001] SUMMARY OF OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES IN PREVIOUS DECADES Professor at the Graduate School of the Universidad del Pacífico [ ] Professor at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, in Quito-Ecuador [1994] Leading Professor at the Center of Training for Regional Integration (CEFIR), in Montevideo- Uruguay [1993, 1994] International Consultant to the General Secretariat of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), in Montevideo-Uruguay [1993] International Consultant to the Foreign Economic Relations Division at the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (SELA), in Caracas-Venezuela [1992]. International Consultant to the United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations, in New York- USA [1987, , 1979 and 1978]. International Officer of the United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, in New York-USA [ ]. International Consultant to the United Nations Division on Natural Resources and Energy, in New York-USA [1986]. International Consultant to the Department of Scientific and Technological Affairs of the Organization of American States, in Washington DC-USA [1986] International Consultant to the United Nations Centre on Science and Technology for Development, in New York-USA [1985] Visiting Professor at the Economics Department and the Latin American Studies Center of the 3

4 University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania-USA [1985]. Visiting Research Fellow at the Latin American and Iberian Studies Institute of Columbia University, in New York-USA [ ] Special Advisor to the Director of the Centro de Economía Transnacional, in Buenos Aires- Argentina [ ] International Consultant to the United Nations Fund for Science and Technology for Development, in New York-USA [1982]. Coordinator of the Research Program in Peru of the Latin American Institute of Transnational Studies (ILET) [ ] International Consultant to the Development Centre of the OECD, in Paris-France [1981, 1975] Research Member of the Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo (DESCO), in Lima-Peru [ ] International Consultant to the Technology Division of UNCTAD, in Geneva-Switzerland [1979] International Consultant to the World Bank s Science and Technology Office, in Washington DC- USA [1979] Associate Professor of the Economics Department of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Lima-Peru [ ] Professor of the Economics Department and Member of the Research Centre at the Universidad del Pacífico, in Lima-Peru [ ] Technical Director in Peru of the Project on Science and Technology Policy Instruments led by the IDRC of Canada [ ] Consultant to the Technical Cooperation Service of the OECD, in Paris France [1973] Advisor to the Area of Economic and Social Planning of the National Planning Institute, in Lima- Peru [1972] Staff member of the General Studies Office of the National Planning Institute, in Lima-Peru [ ] Teaching Assistant at the Universidad del Pacífico, in Lima Peru [ ] SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS ( ) [Selected among those published in English, and from 2000 onwards] (*) Towards FTTAP Current Avenues and Possible Roadmap, in the APEC Japan 2010 Symposium, Tokyo, 9 December 2009, 8ppt-slides [ (*) Improving Trade Liberalization, in Driving Growth-APEC s Destiny: Priorities and strategies for APEC s future in the 21 st century, pp , The Australian APEC Study Centre at Monash University with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2008 [ISBN ] Trade in Goods Provisions, in the APEC SOM Trade Policy Dialogue on Identifying Convergences and Divergences in APEC s RTAs/FTAs, Arequipa, 27 May 2008, 4ppt-slides [ APEC s Role in Trade Liberalization, in the APEC Peru 2008 Thematic Seminar, Lima, November 2007 [ (*) Compatibility with the Andean Community Integration of Some Its Members Free Trade Agreements Negotiations with the United States, OBREAL (European Union-Latin America Relations Observatory) Policy Brief, November 2007, 15pp [ Political Economy Dimensions of a Latin American Perspective on Regional Integration with Asia Pacific, in the International Seminar Beyond P4: The Outlook for Further Regional Integration in Asia Pacific A Latin American Perspective, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Victoria University at Wellington, 7 th November 2006, 27ppt-slides [ (*) Analytical Survey of Non Tariff Barriers Facing Peru s Exporters, Consultancy Report, World Trade Organization and World Bank Project on Non Tariff Barriers Facing Asia Pacific Exporters, November 2005, 50pp [ ( ) An asterisk at the beginning of a paper means that its publishing was approved by a panel of experts, or that it has been subject to discussion by peers in public. 4

5 (*) Andean Report N 2, Juan José Taccone and Uziel Nogueira (eds.), Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Buenos Aires, June 2005, 118pp [ISBN ] (*) Preferential Trading Agreements in the Western Hemisphere, in APEC in the 21 st Century, Riyana Miranti and Denis Hew (eds.), pp , Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, 2004 [ISBN ]] Asia-Pacific Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) as Avenues for Achieving APEC s Bogor Goals, a Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)-Trade Forum (TF) Report led with Robert Scollay, PECC, Singapore, November 2003, 16pp.. Proposals for an APEC Common Understanding on RTAs, a Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)-Trade Forum (TF) Report led with Robert Scollay, PECC, Singapore, November 2003, 3pp.. Recent RTA Developments in the Americas: A Latin American Perspective, in the Trade Workshop of the XV PECC General Meeting, Brunei, 1 st September 2003, 10ppt-slides Proliferation and Convergence of RTAs in Latin America, in a PECC-TF and IIE (Institute of International Economics) International Seminar, Washington DC, 22 nd April 2003, 19ppt-slides (*) Mega-Blocs in East Asia and the Americas: How Might They Affect Each Other (and the rest of the world)?, co-authors: Robert Scollay and John Gilbert, LAEBA Working Papers N 8, IDB and ADBI, Washington DC, December 2002, 57pp. Facing Economic Integration on Two or More Fronts: The Situation of the Pacific Latin American Economies, in the International Seminar Developing Patterns of Regional Trading Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues and Implications, PECC-TF, Vancouver, th November 2002, 13ppt-slides. Effects of RTAs in Investment Location and Trade Patterns: the Andean Community Case, coauthor: Carlos Kuriyama Shishido, in the 2002 PECC-TF Meeting, Lima, th May, 12ppt-slides (*) Logistics and Markets: Overcoming the challenges of a difficult geography, co-authors: Jose L. Bonifaz and Roberto Urrunaga, in The Latin American Competitiveness Report , pp , World Economic Forum and Harvard University, Oxford University Press, New York, (*) Andean Community Trade Flows and Policies in the Nineties, in Regional Integration and Economic Development, Neantro Saavedra-Rivano and Akio Hosono and Barbara Stallings (eds.), pp , Palgrave (former Macmillan Press), New York, (*) Trade Policy and Investment Location: Effects of Peru s Tariff Structure in the Nineties Decade, in Integration & Trade N 14, May August 2001, pp , IDB-INTAL, Buenos Aires. (*) Trade Flows between the Andean Community and Asia Pacific: Recent Trends and Implications for a New Phase of Cooperation, co-author: Carlos Kuriyama Shishido, in Integration & Trade, N 12, September December 2000, pp , IDB-INTAL, Buenos Aires. Preferential Trading Agreements and Open Regionalism: Some Conceptual Notes and Policy Criteria, in the 2000 ASCC (APEC Study Centers Consortium) Conference Managing the Future; Empowering the Private Sector and in the PECC-TPF XII Meeting Charting the Asia Pacific Trade Agenda in the Millenium, Brunei, May 2000, 12 pp. * * * * * 5