Andrés Felipe Jacobo Cortés Email & Phone Number

Bogotá, Co

Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia

Colombia

✅ Writing compelling stories and reports about the impact of deforestation on local communities and the activities carried out by the Program in 12 connectivity corridors across 4 departments affected by deforestation and other environmental crimes.✅ Coordinating communication efforts and delivering impactful messaging that resonates with diverse audiences.✅ Fostering strong relationships between Chemonics and the program staff, ensuring clear and effective communication that… Show more ✅ Writing compelling stories and reports about the impact of deforestation on local communities and the activities carried out by the Program in 12 connectivity corridors across 4 departments affected by deforestation and other environmental crimes.✅ Coordinating communication efforts and delivering impactful messaging that resonates with diverse audiences.✅ Fostering strong relationships between Chemonics and the program staff, ensuring clear and effective communication that drives positive change. Show less

Colombia

✅ Writing reports and stories on the efforts carried out by the Activity to improve governance in 40 Colombian municipalities affected by the nation’s armed conflict ✅ Areas of research and reporting: decentralization, public financial management, tertiary roads, citizen participation, and electoral reform.✅ Coordinating communication efforts and delivering impactful messaging that resonates with diverse audiences.✅ Fostering strong relationships between Chemonics and… Show more ✅ Writing reports and stories on the efforts carried out by the Activity to improve governance in 40 Colombian municipalities affected by the nation’s armed conflict ✅ Areas of research and reporting: decentralization, public financial management, tertiary roads, citizen participation, and electoral reform.✅ Coordinating communication efforts and delivering impactful messaging that resonates with diverse audiences.✅ Fostering strong relationships between Chemonics and the program staff, ensuring clear and effective communication that drives positive change. Show less

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

✅ Coordinating strategic communications with local communities to implement the Illicit Crop Substitution Program.✅ Implementing the Illicit Crop Substitution Program in 9 municipalities of the Putumayo region (Colombia).✅ Writing official documents (reports, briefs, rights of petition) for the Colombian government.✅ Promoting and coordinating the implementation of illicit crop substitution agreements with farmer, Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities in… Show more ✅ Coordinating strategic communications with local communities to implement the Illicit Crop Substitution Program.✅ Implementing the Illicit Crop Substitution Program in 9 municipalities of the Putumayo region (Colombia).✅ Writing official documents (reports, briefs, rights of petition) for the Colombian government.✅ Promoting and coordinating the implementation of illicit crop substitution agreements with farmer, Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities in Putumayo✅ Providing political and technical advise for the Direction of Illicit Crop Substitution aimed at strengthening institutional coordination with other programs and agencies✅ Negotiated and implemented a regional illicit crop substitution agreement in Putumayo✅ Coordinated the implementation of the illegal crop substitution policy with 21.948 families in Putumayo✅ The work developed by the Putumayo regional team led to the voluntary eradication of 10.340 hectares of coca crops Show less

Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

✅ Writing, translating, and editing technical documents, legislation, quarterly and annual reports, corporate communications, and marketing materials produced by the program and delivered to USAID and Tetra Tech.✅ Coordinating outreach and communication activities between the program, USAID and Tetra Tech officials, and the public at large. ✅ Writing communication pieces (brochures/success stories/newsletters).

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

✅ Coordinating communications with program donors and members of the Colombian Congress✅ Writing and editing fundraising proposals for potential donors in the U.S. and Europe.✅ Writing research papers, press releases, and blog posts on the Colombian Congress. ✅ Coordinated the project to support the National Registrar’s office in re-designing the voting ballot for local elections, which was implemented in 2011 and reduced null voting in over 2%✅ Designed the… Show more ✅ Coordinating communications with program donors and members of the Colombian Congress✅ Writing and editing fundraising proposals for potential donors in the U.S. and Europe.✅ Writing research papers, press releases, and blog posts on the Colombian Congress. ✅ Coordinated the project to support the National Registrar’s office in re-designing the voting ballot for local elections, which was implemented in 2011 and reduced null voting in over 2%✅ Designed the project “Inter-University Cooperation to Strengthen Regional Legislative Transparency”. The project was funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences and enabled the Program to create 3 regional legislative monitoring centers in Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla.✅ Designed the project “Campaña Candidatos Visibles 2014”. The project was funded by Fundacion Corona and UNDP and enabled the Program to create the national online platform Candidatos Visibles 2014, with information from all the candidates running for the 2014 legislative elections. Show less

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

✅ Conducting research and writing/editing reports for a project on gender and race legislation, developed by the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies.✅ Translating Colombian legislation related to gender and race issues.✅ Identified authorship of and votes on legislation related to women, indigenous and Afro-Colombian groups from 1991 to 2012✅ Developed the coding of the gender and race legislators, bills and voting records✅ Built the first database in Colombia… Show more ✅ Conducting research and writing/editing reports for a project on gender and race legislation, developed by the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies.✅ Translating Colombian legislation related to gender and race issues.✅ Identified authorship of and votes on legislation related to women, indigenous and Afro-Colombian groups from 1991 to 2012✅ Developed the coding of the gender and race legislators, bills and voting records✅ Built the first database in Colombia including all legislative bills and voting records of female legislators from 1991 to 2012. Show less

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

✅ In-country researcher for the project “Political Representation and Social Inclusion: A Comparative Study of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala”, developed by Americas Society and Ford Foundation.✅ Built the first database in Colombia including all legislative bills introduced by indigenous and Afro-Colombian representatives✅ Participated as speaker in the conference “Perspectives of Afro-Colombian Representation”. Universidad de los Andes, 2012.

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

✅ Professor in the course Introduction to Political Science

Translation And Interpretation Spanish English Certificate, Language Interpretation And Translation

Specializing in Legal and Medical translation and interpreting

Master'S Degree, Political Science And Government, Gpa: 4.6. Ranking: 2 Of 28. Awarded And Published Thesis

Activities and Societies: Senior researcher in the Program Congreso Visible and member of the Philosophy and Political Theory research group

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government, Gpa: 4.2