As part of TABLE* - Uniandes (School of Government) collaboration, the goal is to expand the facilitation of food system debates in the context of global and local challenges; Facilitate diverse events and produce various communication tools to foster knowledge exchange and engagement; and Build and strengthen a network of key food systems stakeholders in Colombia and the LAC region. *TABLE is as a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), that has now grown to include la Universidad de los Andes, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Cornell CALS. With a mission to serve as an honest mediator in global food systems debates. https://tabledebates.org/

As part of TABLE* - Uniandes (School of Government) collaboration, the goal is to expand the facilitation of food system debates in the context of global and local challenges; Facilitate diverse events and produce various communication tools to foster knowledge exchange and engagement; and Build and strengthen a network of key food systems stakeholders in Colombia and the LAC region. *TABLE is as a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), that has now grown to include la Universidad de los Andes, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Cornell CALS. With a mission to serve as an honest mediator in global food systems debates.

Contribute to the evaluation of possible partners in the country; Support the formulation of a pilot project in Colombia.

Analysis of the policy landscape and the opportunities for the "Food and Water Programme" in Colombia; Identification and analysis of potential partners of the programme.

Lead activities of rural development and institutional articulation; Generate methodologies for the inclusion of agroecological approaches; Support social dialogue and policy processes in family farming and rural development.

Coordinate a project of Trilateral South-South Cooperation between the Government of Brazil, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, and FAO; with the aim of improving family farming policies in Colombia (rural extension, agroecology and short supply chains).

Support activities and projects related with family farming, institutional coordination, agroecology and sustainable food systems.

Lecturer of the course "Economy and Agriculture"

* RIMISP -Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural (Jan -April 2019 ): Institutional strengthening for rural development, RIMISP Colombia.* Korea International Cooperation Agency -KOICA (Nov - Dec 2018): Contribute to the design of the project "Women’s economic empowerment, FSN and Rights in post-conflict areas of Colombia", together with the World Food Programme.* National Planning Agency -DNP (Sep 2016 - Jun 2017, Nov 2017 - March 2018): Support the design of public policies for rural development and eradication of illicit crops; following the Colombian Peace Agreement and using the strategic public management approach.* Ministry of Labour (Sep - Dec 2016): Analyze and adjust existing information and indicators for monitoring the labor market in rural areas; Identify and propose new sources of information and indicators.

Advise and support the monitoring and implementation of programs and policies of family farming and territorial rural development.

Support the Vice-Ministry of Rural Development with the analysis and formulation of public policies in the areas of territorial rural development, family farming, and food security.

Advise and support the Deputy Director in the processes of public policy analysis and formulation. Design and lead the coordination of the Department’s foresight exercise to generate public policy inputs for the new National Development Plan of Colombia.

Rural Development Unit, National Planning Department -DNP (Bogotá D.C., Colombia)The objective of the consultancy was to give technical support for the creation and initiation of a task group to generate new and long term agricultural and rural development policy guidelines for the country.

UNDP, Rural development project (Bogotá D.C., Colombia)The result of the research-consultancy was a comparative analysis of three regional rural development initiatives in Colombia in order to assess the importance of the institutional innovations in the achieved results.

The result of the consultancy was a draft document of a Territorial Rural Development Policy for Colombia.

Coordinate the implementation of the institutional and territorial rural income generation programs. Accompany agriculture and rural development public institutions in the implementation of programs targeting population under extreme poverty. Promote the reforms or creation of new social programs related with agriculture and other rural income generation activities.

Student Assitant – Minor in ‘Global Poverty, Local solutions’International Institute of Social Studies-ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Hague, The Netherlands)Supervisor: Dr. Erhard Berner Main responsibilities: Attend and follow up the sessions, assist in the preparation and development of workshops, prepare and develop tutorials, act as second reader on exams and essays.

UNDP Virtual School (VS), Regional Bureau for Latin America and Caribbean RBLAC.Responsibilities: Attend and follow up the work of authors, reviewers and experts in human development courses, by developing case studies, literature review, and other activities.

Social Development Unit, National Planning Office -DNP Main responsibilities: Support technical assistance to national programs that were implementing the new targeting methodology for social programs (Sisbén III)

Jun – Nov: Assisting Carlos Garcia, Planning Advisor of the National Statistics Office of Colombia –DANE.Jun – Jul: Assisting ECLAC’s consultant Alberto Maldonado in gathering, classifying and producing municipal databases for Colombia.Mar – May: Assisting health economist Ursula Giedion in the project “User Fees for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in IPPF/WHR Member Associations”.