Ines Hernando

Experience

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  Committee of the Regions

  Feb 1999 - Feb 2000

  Internship

  Provided technical and administrative support to the Committee of the Regions Secretariat.Monitored the activity of Commissions and Plenary meetings, both at the COR and at the European Parliament. Supported research activities, prepared meetings documentation and translated documents (English/Spanish).

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  European Parliament

  Feb 2000 - Oct 2000

  MEP Assistant

  Provided technical and administrative support to a member of the European Parliament.Monitored the parliamentary activity of the Budgets, Legal Affairs and Internal Market committees. Drafted informative notes with a special focus on the following issues: EU budgetary process, the Electronic Commerce Directive and the European Charter of Human Rights

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  AHCIET

  Feb 2002 - Dec 2003

  Institutional Relations Officer

  Identified project opportunities and funding sources to develop ICT projects in Latin America for this organization that brings together over 20 telecom companies operating throughout Latin America. Supported the organization of international events and the delivery of the public affairs strategy.

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  Red.es

  Dec 2003 - Mar 2013

  Provided strategic analysis and planning on eHealth issues. Managed the overall coordination and follow-up of the Health IT projects delivered by the organisation within the framework of the Spanish National Electronic Health record initiative. Conducted policy research and prepared project proposals to support the design of two national programs to enable the use of information technologies in public schools and geographically remote areas. Supported overall control of programmes’ implementation once they were launched.

  • eHealth Coordinator

    Dec 2005 - Mar 2013

  • Programme Officer

    Dec 2003 - Dec 2005
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  Freelance

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2015

  Healthcare consultant

  Worked with pharmaceutical companies on long and short term consulting assignments focusing on health economics and outcomes research.

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  COCIR

  Nov 2015 - Feb 2018

  EHealth Senior Manager

  Lead all digital health and data protection activities of the organization, collaborating closely with COCIR Secretary General and COCIR members to deliver COCIR’s digital health strategy.

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  EURORDIS

  Feb 2018 - now

  Director of European Reference Networks and Healthcare

  Monitor the European landscape on rare disease healthcare from a policy and advocacy perspective, managing all related activities. Support the establishment of European Reference Networks (ERNs) and enable meaningful engagement of patient representatives in the ERNs through the European Patient Advocacy Groups (ePAGs) to improve rare disease patients' health outcomes and experience with care.