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Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, Philippines

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department. TA 10326: Supporting the Implementation of ADB's Climate Change Action Plan Through Enhancing Climate Finance Plans

Mandaluyong City, National Capital Region, Philippines

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department of ADB. Technical Assistance 9720: Supporting the Implementation of ADB’s Climate Change Operational Framework 2017–2030 - Establishing Mechanisms to Measure, Monitor, and Report on Commitments made under the Paris Agreement. Supported the establishment TA activities with the governments of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and, Tajikistan. Supported subject matter experts in developing knowledge products, i.e. waste sector roadmap for the government of Pakistan, approach paper in NDC reporting mechanisms from subnational to national level, policy note series on waste and urban sectors for GHG emissions reduction, approach in domestic climate finance tracking for Mongolia. Designed activity frameworks to support proposals in other developing member countries.

Mandaluyong City, National Capital Region, Philippines

Independent Evaluation Department of ADB. Management support for the validation of ADB's sovereign operations' program/project completion reports across sectors and themes. Assisted evaluators in developing the validation reports by managing the review process and ensuring integrity of the independent assessment.

National Capital Region, Philippines

Country Programme Portfolio on Poverty Reduction and Support for the Global Development Goals (MDGs and later SDGs). Co-managed programs and projects on MDGs/SDGs acceleration, poverty and environment initiative, migration and development, financial education and inclusion including remittances for development, and inclusive business.

Department Of Environment And Natural Resoources, Visayas Ave., Quezon City

Project funded by the MDG Achievement fund and supervised by the UN Environment Program and the UNDP. Managed the delivery of the joint programme outcome led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on integrating climate risk reduction into key national and selected local development plans and processes.

Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines

Coordinated UN Philippine system's committees and group activities. Served as technical secretariat support in the preparation of the Complementary Country Assessment and the UN Development Assistance Framework, as well as in convening UN Country Team, the UN Operations Management Team, and the UN Monitoring and Evaluation Group. Participated in UN Joint Team on AIDS, UN Cares, UN Inter-Agency Working Group for Indigenous People, UN Food Security Steering Committee, and the UN Pandemic Influenza Task Force.

Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines

Programme managed by the UNDP Philippines. Reviewed project proposals on biodiversity conservation submitted for funding by prospective grantees as well as the progress reports from current grantees. Backstopped the National Coordinator in preparing project proposals for funding, and monitoring reports for the Project Review Committee and the National Steering Committee. Represented the Programme in forums related to biodiversity conservation. Updated the projects database and uploaded necessary data and information to the SGP online database. Prepared financial documentation requirements for the country office operations through the UN Atlas Financial System.

Pasig, National Capital Region, Philippines

Reviewed the technical reports produced for the project on clean air activities on transport and air quality management. Represented the Project in technical working groups and other forums related to clean air and the transport sector organized by the government partners. Prepared regular technical updates to the Project’s chief-of-party and the USAID. Provided inputs to the 2009 annual and the terminal reports of the Project.

Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines

Consultant for the executive education program. Co-designed specific courses and training on key governance topics carried-out in the executive education program of the School. Authored proposals on training and technical assistance projects on environment and governance topics tailored for specific client groups and funding institutions. Prepared technical reports for submission to the School’s Dean and partner institutions. Represented the School’s Program in various meetings with partner institutions.

Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines

Program officer for the EQuALLS2 program funded by the USAID. Assigned to lead the education improvement cluster team of the municipalities of Jolo, Patikul and Siasi in the province of Jolo. Organized training workshops for grade school teachers in Science, Math and English. Developed strategies for the training and engagement of out-of-school youth. Coordinated village reading sessions among village schools in Sulu province. Worked with the local governments to strengthen their local school boards.

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Managed the activities of the Financial Markets Development Sector portfolio by coordinating regular multi-stakeholder meetings, including roundtable discussions and planning workshops. Monitored and reported on the progress of planned portfolio activities. Provided technical support through research and analysis of policy research outputs for the multi-stakeholder teams of the agriculture, fiscal management, and local government financial planning and management portfolios.Prepared terms of references of local consultants and monitored their progress; prepared abstracts and articles of researches developed by consultants for posting in the Project’s website; and, prepared accomplishment reports for the Project Management Office, Project funding institution, and partners.

Pasig, National Capital Region, Philippines

Provided support for technical research and analysis on clean air-transport issues; Facilitated the preparation of project work plans and activity designs for implementation of project partners from the government and civil society groups; Prepared regular status/accomplishment reports for the project’s clean air technical assistance component; Supervised project implementation work at the project’s target cities of Manila and Baguio; Supervised project implementation work of consultants, service providers, and subcontractors; and,Liaised and coordinated with project partners at the national and local levels;Served as resource person on clean air development mechanisms to local stakeholders organized by the Project in its target sites.

Pasig City

Agriculture and Natural Resources Staff.

Pasig City

Manila

Research and administrative support to the institutionalization of the budget support group of the Accelerating Growth, Investment and Liberalization with Equity (AGILE) project of USAID.

Master'S Degree, Human Ecology, With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Recipient of the Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR) scholarship grant

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Human Ecology, Major In Human Settlements Planning, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: UP Oikos, VIP-STET, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture, Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society), Society.

High School Diploma

Master Of Management, Development Management