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Natalia Girón Sierra

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Summary

Team Leader, International Cooperation Expert and Project Manager with strong experience in rural development, operational planning, impact monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder liaison, budget development, information management and administrative logistics, and extensive experience working within international organizations, United Nations, and government, with the international community, private sector, and inter-sectoral government. Main areas of technical expertise are projects of development, international relations, negotiations whit private and public sector, training management as well as monitoring and evaluation of projects with international cooperation organizations and truism sector.

Skills and

abilities

Leadership, ability to work in a multicultural team, goal oriented, able to work under pressure, high level of precision, quality, focus and accountability on different tasks. Project and report writing in Spanish and professional level English.

Experience Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras – SRECI / April 2014 – December 2022 Director of Multilateral Cooperation, International Cooperation Department/ July 2022 – December 2022

- Management and coordination of international cooperation with the United Nations system.

- International relations with regional alliances, banks and multilateral organizations, international forums, and humanitarian aid.

- Manage natural disasters, coordinate national environmental emergencies, and provide humanitarian assistance.

Multilateral Policy Analyst, General Director of Foreign Policy / December 2020 – July 2022

- Expert in Multilateral policy issues, responsible for the review, analysis, voting and adoption of resolutions related to the Human Rights Council and the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on social, humanitarian, and human rights issues and inter-agency liaison on issues related to subsidiary mechanisms of experts, open-ended intergovernmental working groups of the Human Rights Council.

- Operational and administrative expert to the Director General and the Strategic Planning Unit of the Secretariat, including strategic planning, interagency strategic plan, annual operational plan.

Counsellor to the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland / July 2016 – December 2020

- Operational management expert with United Nations agencies and international organizations to ensure humanitarian, cultural, cooperation and international promotion, as well as participation in working groups to discuss and negotiate of policies, regulations, and high-level decision documents Important for the development of Honduras.

- Networking and representation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Organization for Migration

(IOM), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNAIDS, the United Nations Office for Risk and Disaster Reduction (UNDRR), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other international organizations: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Global Fund. Gavi Alliance, Global Forum on Migration and Development, and Follow-up to the Development Forums for Internally Displaced Persons.

- Management of cultural events and the promotion of Honduras in Switzerland. 2

- Program management of the national projects with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on issues of international cooperation and monitoring of the international organizations in Rome, Italy (IDIF, FAO, IDLO and WFP). International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / April 2014 - June 2016

Coordinator of International Organizations

- Operational management of international cooperation and responsible for the coordination, alignment, and monitoring of non-reimbursable and reimbursable cooperation programs/projects with regional and international agencies and organizations.

- Program Management and Assistant to the Official National Liaison to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Climate Change Specialist,

- Networking and government representation in support the Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines, as well as the cooperation liaison with international climate change organizations in charge of climate finance. Multilateral Cooperation Coordinator

- International Cooperation Analyst: Coordinate the analysis of international cooperation projects and funding, ensuring that they aim to reduce poverty in the country and are aligned with the objectives of the Honduran National Development Strategy. Manage the input of data into the International Cooperation Management Platform. Support the implementation of the development cooperation effectiveness agenda. Preparation of periodic reports on international cooperation and the coordination and planning of events with international cooperation agencies.

- Program Management, responsible for directing, planning, organizing, directing, supervising, monitoring, controlling, and implementing non-reimbursable and reimbursable United Nations System and Bank cooperation programs/projects in accordance with national priorities. Supporting the Director and the Coordinators Group of the Directorate on issues related to the management and direction of international cooperation.

- Budget and Financial Management, responsible for the preparation and management of the program budget. Planning and coordination of activities. Involvement and coordination of strategic components, supporting management in strategic planning, preparation of the annual operational plan, budget, and management by results. Ministry for Planning and External Cooperation -SEPLAN / August 2010 to March 2014. Specialist for External Cooperation / December 2012 – March 2014

- Networking and government representation, government liaison with international organizations and government agencies for the negotiation, signing of agreements and contracts with donors.

- Operational expert, management and use of the cooperation management platform, monitoring of projects already established by the cooperating country; follow-up of signed agreements on technical cooperation, activities, aid effectiveness and working groups with aid workers, support in high-level meetings on international cooperation with the Government of Honduras.

- Budget and Financial Administrator, management of the program budget of the European Union, liaison for the Quality Management System based on ISO 9001, inter-institutional relations with the Directorates or Units of External Cooperation, preparation of the Strategic Government Plan through Strategic Planning and Management by Results and monitoring of the Annual Operating Plan.

Specialist for Institutional Relations and Training / August 2010 – November 2012

- Event management, coordination and organization of events related to the dissemination and training of the Honduran population on the Law of the Country Vision and the National Plan. 3

Organization and implementation of seminars - workshops for the training of university teachers in local development topics.

- Networking and Representation Expert, established relationships and led engagement and liaison between public-private institutions and SEPLAN. Technical assistance in strengthening the capacity of regional development organizations proposed in the Law of the Country Vision and National Plan.

- Budget and financial expert, responsible for the administrative operation of the office. Responsible for the coordination, design, and implementation of the Office's planning. Technical-administrative liaison within SEPLAN, preparation of the Institutional Strategic Plan

(PEI), management of the Integrated Financial Management System (SIAFI), management of the State Procurement and Bidding System through ONCAE, liaison with the Planning and Management Evaluation Unit for the preparation of the POA budget, entry into SIAFI and monitoring in the fulfillment of tasks and activities, as well as the fulfillment of results. Neverlands Development Organization – SNV / August 2008- February 2010 Monitoring and Follow-up of the Program of Tourism Destinations, Inclusive Tourism in Honduras:

- Program management for the creation of an office that develops an integrated system of information and tourism marketing and promotion of the competitiveness of the destination of the Bay of Tela "INFOTELA".

- Development of evaluation workshops by the Center of Excellence of Destinations of the University of Quebec and UNWTO, for the excellence of the destination. Development of a promotion plan for the projects developed and supported by SNV-Tela.

- Expert in promotion through monitoring and follow-up of cultural groups of creativity and cultural identity for local development program, in the northern zone of Honduras, UNWTO/UNDP/SNV.

Honduras National Chamber of Tourism / May – August 2008 Director of the Training Department of the National Chamber of Tourism of Honduras (CANATURH):

- Expert in the operation and management of training plans for small entrepreneurs and tour operators, evaluation of customer service training mechanisms for small hoteliers in the North Central Zone of the country.

- Networking and representing CANATURH to work with the Honduran Institute of Tourism to catalog the country's hotels.

German Agency for International Cooperation – GTZ – Project Rioplus-10 / September 2005- September 2006

- Expert in monitoring methodologies, Follow-up of the Impact Monitoring Agreement GTZ- Rioplus-10 - CARITAS-AECI, Honduras and logistical support for the preparation of training workshops. Impact monitoring and evaluation in the formation processes of the National Systematization Initiative. Elaboration of the Manual in Systematization of the Validation and Implementation of the Methodology of Impact Monitoring Rio plus-Zamorano.

- Review and analysis of impact monitoring documents from participants. Development and monitoring of tools for the evaluation of the knowledge and lessons learned from the workshops to the participants.

University of Zamorano, Department of Socio-Economic Development and the Environment /July 2004-March 2006

- Event management, organization and implementation of workshops for the application of the methodology of coastal zone development (SocMon - Socioeconomic Monitoring).

- Expert in the elaboration and validation of the document “systematizing the experience of the Rioplus-10 impact monitoring methodology” (Zamorano/GTZ). Education - Master Student in Project Management

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Present - International School of Project Management - EIGP, General Foundation of the University of Salamanca, Spain.

- Virtual Diploma Integration of Climate Change Adaptation in Development Planning July 2018 - Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Costa Rica.

- Diploma in Advanced Studies in International Cooperation with a focus on South-South Cooperation. December 2013 - National University General San Martín, School of Humanities, Argentina.

- Diploma in Effectiveness of External Development Cooperation. April 2013 - Andalusian Agency for International Development Cooperation (AACID), Honduras.

- Diploma in Public Procurement and Contracts. September 2012 - Technological University of Central America (UNITEC), Honduras.

- Master in Tourism Planning and Development. March 2006 - National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), Honduras.

- Bachelor of Engineering in Socioeconomic Development and Environment. December 2003 - University of Zamorano, Honduras.

Couses &

Trainings

- Course "Introduction to Triangular Cooperation", GIZ. Tegucigalpa. Honduras.

- Formulation of External Cooperation Projects, ICAP. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

- Course on the Budgetary Process with emphasis on SIAFI, SEPLAN. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

- Excellence in the Quality of Tourism Services, Hotel Escuela Madrid, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

- International Tourism Congress. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

- Seminar on Hospitality and Tourism Culture. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

- Inclusive Business Seminar for Service Providers. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

- SERVICE BEST Service Quality Certification. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Lenguages Spanish: Mother tongue

English: Proficient

French: Basic

Leadership Volunteered with Operation Smile in Honduras, assisting with logistical and administrative support during the Doctor's Brigade – San Felipe Hospital, Tegucigalpa.

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