Experience

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  Mopawi - mosquitia pawisa aslika

  Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

  Agribusiness manager

  Training 2,007 American palm (Elaeis oleifera) producers to collect, process and pack the batana oilto export around 80,000 liters per year to Italy. Coordinate the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification project for American palm forests. Train producers to reduce the cost of production and maximize productivity. Data collection on people affected by natural disasters and development of a food security project. Socialize and harmonize about climate change and REDD+ topics with indigenous people in different places of the Muskitia region. Provide technical assistance to the Miskitu indigenous authorities by developed and planned forest management projects with cultural emphasis. Worked with project manager to resolve supply chain problems, improve operations and provide exceptional technical support to producers. Managed quality assurance program including on site evaluations, internal audits and customer surveys. Mostrar menos

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  Rainforest alliance

  May 2011 - Jan 2012

  Agribusiness consultant

  Advise the timber cooperatives to implant administrative structure agreed by the organization´sboard of directors. Implement a business strategy developed by RA. Implement the commercial strategy developed by RA. In coordination with the value-added specialists and other specific topics consultants follow the implementation of the necessary tools for the monitoring and effective administration of the enterprises internal process and activities. Coordinate and supervise the activities of local consultants and service providers of training of technical assistant in topics related business development and markets including those contemplated in the project implementation agreement. Create data collection system for RA projects including detail information of the achievement of planindicators and the counterpart of the co-ejected projects and small and medium size enterprises too. Support the elaboration of progress reports of activities for the donors. Support the general manager of UNICAF-BRP to develop an internal loan manual. Mostrar menos

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  Goal global

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Indigenous peoples sustainable livelihood consultant

  Conduct a diagnostic and mapping the three most important Miskitu people livelihood. Implement four projects oriented to improve the Miskitu people livelihood. Identify the Miskitu people traditional and non – traditional resilience mechanisms that decrease the vulnerability of the communities to climate risk.

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  Deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit gmbh

  May 2013 - Sept 2013

  Free, prior and informed consult consultant

  Coordinate with Miskitu indigenous authorities the implementation of the free, prior and informedconsult to the Miskitu people about a project that the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) wanted to implement in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. Collaborate in the design of the consultation process. Kept detailed records of consult progress, discrepancies and other funding issues. Provided language interpreting to GIZ personnel during the consulting workshops.

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  Forest stewardship council honduras

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2016

  Social responsibility consultant

  Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resourceutilization issues. Advised on design, planning and implementation of timber and non-timber certification projects. Finalized project plans and obtained final approval from donors. Elaborate and implement annual plans and annual budget. Collaborate in the elaboration of the FSC – Honduras Communication Strategy focusing on promoting the FSC trademark in the social responsibility framework. Supervise the funds donated to partners organizations. Supervise the necessary personnel to develop the activities of the project efficiently. Train and coach board of director and members of the timber production cooperative base on the requirements previously identify of the cooperatives. Prepare workshops and events to promote FSC certification and its benefits for the environment,indigenous peoples, communities and the society in general. Prepare promotional material and FSC promotion campaigns. Facilitate visits between producers and key companies in the hard wood business to work in a strategic plan to introduce FSC – Products in the local market. Facilitate visits between producers and government to influence them to generate public policies to introduce public purchases of FSC – Products. Mostrar menos

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  Fundación prisma

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Consultant - remotely worked

  Trip preparation: support the logistics, inform the researchers about the regional context and investigate about the territorial dynamics in the Muskitia. Support during the researcher’s trip: uarantee the success of the researcher´s trip in the Musktia, including context analysis and translation contributions. Following of the researcher’s trip: contribute with follow-up interviews of pertinent actors in the Muskitia, provide analytical contributions, review written material and participate in redaction of the final report. Mostrar menos

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  Société de coopération pour le développement international (socodevi)

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  Organizational developing specialist

  Advise the personal and board members on the administration and management of the cooperative. Advise and train personnel and board members on their role in controlling the operation of the cooperative. Prepare and hold coordination meetings between board members and personnel of the cooperative and the technical team of the project. Ensure the constitution, formalization, accompaniment and following of the legal and fiscal status of the cooperatives. Coordinate the implementation of the commercialization strategy with the forestry and agroforestry specialists. Coordinate with the equality woman-man specialists and the Canadian assessor the adequate implementation of the equality woman-man strategy activities. Coordinate with the monitoring and evaluation specialist the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system of the project. Ensure the implementation of the environmental strategy of the project in collaboration with the Canadian environment adviser of the project. Support the promotion of the partnership between cooperatives and private companies. Prepare Project progress reports and another report required by SOCODEVI, donor and Honduran government. Ensure the link between the project activities and those of the government institutions and other projects in the intervention area. Evaluate the organizational capacities of the cooperatives or associative organizations, developing a strengthening plan and participating in its implementation. Identify the training and coaching requirement of the cooperatives. Organize the logistics and participate in the training events with other project specialists.Support the cooperatives and federation in the preparation of its strategic plan, its annual operatingplan and its budget. Implement the PERFORMCOOP program and use the monthly control panel of the cooperatives jointly with the directive board to analyze the situation of the cooperative. Mostrar menos

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  Social capital group

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  International consultant

  Design of mediation process plans, training, community relations and prior consultation. Preparation of budgets, schedules, reports, etc. Presentation meetings and events reports,. Organization and facilitation of meetings, workshops, assemblies and other social events. Participation in work coordination meetings, teleconferences and calls.

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  Iucn

  Feb 2020 - Mar 2020

  International consultant

  Design of a participatory route to build a canon fund to sustainable manage by the indigenous council’s sea food coming from Karataska Lagoon.

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  Rights and resources initiative

  Sept 2023 - now

  Director

  CLARIFI, the Community Land Right and Finance Initiative, is a recently launched IP, LC & AD led and governed funding mechanism that mobilizes and strategically deploys public and private funds to advance and scale up the formal recognition of Indigenous Peoples', Afro-descendant Peoples', and Local Communities' land rights, livelihoods and conservation efforts.