ANA ROSA ALCALDE Fundación Carolina, España Key Qualifications: Experience in the international cooperation field of 11 years. High analytical skills combined with management experience of Good Governance (Public Sector reform, Decentralization, etc.), institutional development, and gender programs. Participation in the formulation and evaluation of several programs and projects. Good communication skills. Have worked in Africa (Ethiopia, Namibia, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia), Latin America (Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay and Panama), Middle East (Palestina) and Eastern Europe (Croatia). EDUCATION - October. 1995 - June 1996 Master s degree in European Union Law. Carlos III University, Madrid. - October 1987 - June 1992 Graduate degree in Law. University Complutense, Madrid. EMPLOYMENT RECORD Fundación Carolina, Research Fellow in Aid Effectiveness (since January 2005) Plan and implement the work of the research area on aid effectiveness. Conduct applied research in the area of aid effectiveness. Facilitate and foster processes to enhance the Aid Effectiveness agenda in the Spanish Cooperation System. Disseminate key information on aid effectiveness through workshops, seminars and various publications. Servicios Técnicos para el Desarrollo, s.l., Manager (May 2001-April 2002) Plan and direct the work of the firm in the area of international cooperation Set up of a network of international experts Identification, formulation, and management of several programs and projects related to institutional and community development, gender, rural development, and enabling technologies in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. UNDP Ethiopia Country Office, Junior Professional Officer (February 1999-February 2001) Financial and substantive monitoring of UNDP Civil Service Reform (CSR) Program for Ethiopia. Support to the reform process in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Development, Prime Minister s Office, Ministry of Justice and Social Security Authority. Focused on: realistic planning, result oriented monitoring, gender issues (especially for the Human Resource component), sharing of best practices. Set up of donors coordination group for the CSR. Financial and substantive monitoring of UNDP Support to Decentralization Program. Support to human resource development at regional and local level. Focused on: short-term training, long distance education, and access of women to training opportunities. Financial and substantive monitoring of UNDP Private Sector Development Project. Set up of Enterprise Ethiopia, following Enterprise Africa model, to support the development of small and medium entrepreneurs. Financial and substantive monitoring of UNDP Capacity Building for managing the Economic Reform Program within the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. Focused on aid coordination issues.
Active member of UNDP Gender Task Force, focal point for Knowledge Management and active participation the revision of work processes in UNDP CO. UN Volunteer in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Septiembre de 1997) Electoral Monitoring Officer for the municipal elections held in 1997 in Bosnia Herzegovina. Monitoring of the refugees vote in Karlovac, Croatia.. University Institute for Development and Cooperation, Research Fellow. (April 1995- September 1998). Spanish Research Institute of the University Complutense of Madrid. Main topics covered: Role of NGOs and Civil Society in the promotion of democracy and Human Rights agenda in Latin America and Europe: A comparative study. University of Sheffield (UK), Asociación de Investigación y Especialización en Temas Iberoamericanos (Spain), and Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UDC - UCM ) (Spain). The UE Development Cooperation Polices and The Project Cycle Management. NGOs and Firms role in the formulation and implementation of the UE Development Cooperation Policy. Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (IUDC- UCM). As Lecturer: I have been speaker in several Masters Programs in Spain: Master in International Cooperation in the Complutense University in Madrid, since 1997. Master in International Cooperation in Fundación Ortegya y Gasset, since 2003 International Masters Degree in International Cooperation and Development of the University of Basque Country (Spain), since 2003. International Masters Degree in Peace and Development of the University Jaume I of Castelló, Spain, since 2003. Introduction to African studies course of the Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, since 2003. WORK AS CONSULTANT (Since April 2002) Nov-March 05 June-July 05 February 05 Identification of the Regional Governance Program for Andean Countries. Spanish Cooperation Agency. (several countries) Evaluation of the project Strengthening of Trade Unions in Latin America and the Mediterranean, Paz y Solidaridad. (several countries). Identification and formulation of the project Strengthening of the Instituto Nicaragüense de la Mujer Spanish Cooperation Agency, Nicaragua. Nov-Dec 04 Elaboration of the 2 nd Yearly Work Plan for the Project PROJOVENES. European Commission, El Salvador. September 04 August 04 June-July 04 Evaluation of the project Fight HIV AIDS in Erongo by Medicos del Mundo España, in Namibia. Elaboration of the Strategy and Plan of Action on Gender for the Regional Bureau for Latin America, UNDP. Identification of a programme on Judicial System Reform in Ecuador. Spanish Cooperation Agency. 2
June 04 May 04 Facilitator of the workshop Project Cycle Management and the LogFrame Approach for European Commission Delegation staff. European Commission, Paraguay. Facilitator of the workshop Integration of the gender approach in the Spanish Cooperation Agency projects in El Salvador. Spanish Cooperation Agency. El Salvador. March-April 04 Elaboration of the Organization Manual for the Public Security Branch of the Police in Nicaragua. Member of the consultancy team of the firm Plus-Quam. Project funded by the Spanish Cooperation Agency. Nicaragua. March 04 February 04 Design of gender sensitive indicators for the projects of the Spanish Cooperation Agency in Panama. Projects referred to the following sectors: justice system reform, decentralization, health, education, rural development, and environment. Spanish Cooperation Agency. Panama. Facilitator of the workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation for the North of Morocco National Development Agency. EPTISA Internacional. Project funded by the Spanish Cooperation Agency. Morocco. November 03 Elaboration of the Overall Work Plan and the 1 st Year Work Plan for the Project Modernisation of the Prison System in Panama. EPTISA Internacional. Project funded by the European Union. Panama. October 03 September 03 March 03: Jan-Feb 03: December 02: November 02: Formulation of the Wide Sector Reform Plan for the Justice System in Nicaragua. Member of the team in charge of facilitating the workshops and formulating the plan. Spanish Cooperation Agency and UNDP Nicaragua. Nicaragua. Identification and formulation of the project Women access to justice in family law. Project funded by Spanish Cooperation Agency. Nicaragua. Action Aid Untying Aid Campaign. Consultant in charge of drafting a paper on the current status of tied aid in Spain to support Action Aid public campaign. Spain. Elaboration of the Institutional Development Plan for the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Nicaragua. Member of the team in charge of designing and drafting the Plan. Specific reference to increasing women access to justice and gender issues within the Supreme Court. Project funded by the Spanish Cooperation Agency. Nicaragua. Elaboration of the Guidelines to Integrate the Gender Approach in Spanish Cooperation Projects. Member of the team in charge of drafting official guidelines to integrate the gender perspective in Spanish Cooperation funded projects. Spain. Project Cycle Management Workshop for Doctors of the World Sweden. Facilitator of the workshop. Sweden. September 02: Evaluation of the Project Income Generating Activities in the Dairy Sector in Mahdia, Tunisia funded by Principado de Asturias, Spain. Member of the evaluation team. Tunisia. August 02: June-July 02: Logical Framework Workshop for the Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation of the Republic of Namibia. Facilitator of the workshop. Work carried out under the framework of the Spanish Cooperation funded project Technical Assistance for the Ministry of Lands implemented by. Windhoek, Namibia. Elaboration of the Organization and Procedures Manual for the Spanish Technical Cooperation Office in Nicaragua. Member of the consultants team. Work carried out in consortium with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Spain. Managua, Nicaragua. 3
May-June 02: April 02: Elaboration of the Organization and Procedures Manual for the Contraloría General de la República de Nicaragua. Member of the consultants team in charge of the gender organizational analysis. Consulting work carried out in consortium with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Spain. Managua, Nicaragua. Evaluation of the Leadership Development Program of the International Federation of the Red Cross. Member of the evaluation team. Geneva, Switzerland, April 2002. PUBLICATIONS Retos de la Declaración de París para la planificación estratégica de las agencias en la Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, n.º20, primavera invierno 2007. Cooperación para el desarrollo en África subsahariana: entre la ambivalencia del discurso y la complejidad de las realidades africanas en el libro Enara Echart Muñoz y Antonio Santamaría (coord.) África en el horizonte. Introducción a la realidad socioeconómica del África subsahariana, IUDC-UCM, Madrid 2007. Las tareas de planificación en el libro Varela de Ugarte, F (dir) La Calidad de las intervenciones de Desarrollo. CIDEAL y EPTISA Internacional. Madrid, 2007. Gobernabilidad y cooperación internacional al Sur del Sahara en el libro Ayuda, mercado y buen gobierno. Los lenguajes del desarrollo en África en el cambio del milenio. Icaria, Madrid, 2005. NEPAD y Gobernabilidad Un proyecto africano?, en Cuadernos Bakeaz, nº 64. Bilbao, 2004. Guía para la integración de la equidad entre mujeres y hombres en los proyectos de cooperación internacional. Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. Madrid, abril de 2004. La Ayuda Ligada en España. Ayuda en Accion. April, 2003. Relaciones de género y desarrollo. Hacia la equidad de la cooperación. Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid y La Catarata, Madrid, 1999. Coordination of the edition with Irene López Méndez. Translation of the paper State, Gender and Institutional Change in Cuba s Special Period : La Federación de Mujeres Cubanas. Maxine Molyneux, research fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. Coherencia y Política de Desarrollo en la Unión Europea. Translation of the paper by Paul Hoebnik. Research fellow of Third World Centre of the Catholic University of Nijmegen (Holanda). Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación. Nº 2, Primavera/Verano 1998. Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Los Derechos Humanos, la Democracia y el Desarrollo: Hacia un trato justo e igualitario. Translation the paper by Gordon Crawford, Professor of the School of International, Development and European Studies. University of Leeds (UK). Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación. Nº 1, Otoño/Invierno 1997. Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Las licitaciones internacionales en el marco de la política comunitaria de cooperación al desarrollo: Un enfoque desde la transparencia. Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, October 1996. 4
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