Jorge Cabrera Email & Phone Number

Montevideo, Uruguay

Owner of jcse ict+d, a company that provides ICT consulting and development services, including the design & maintenance of websites and other web tools, site audits, support in the implementation of quality standards, and development and implementation of custom-made utilities. Some clients: International Cooperative Alliance; International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CICOPA); The European Confederation of Cooperatives Active in Industry and Services (CECOP - CICOPA Europe); EZAI Fundazioa (part of the Mondragón Group); Territorial Development Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (DETE-ALC); Redelaldia (for ILO); Berlitz Argentina SA and Berlitz Uruguay SA; and several other Uruguayan, Belgian and Mexican companies and organizations, both cooperative and non-cooperative.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Freelance translator specialized in cooperatives, social and solidarity economy, development, and information and communication technologies (English, French and Portuguese to Spanish). Some examples:• Lineamientos para la Legislación Cooperativa - tercera edición revisada (2013) - International Labour Organization (ILO)• Manual de elaboración de proyectos: una herramienta paso a paso para apoyar el desarrollo de las cooperativas y otras formas de organizaciones de autoayuda (2012) - ILO• Resiliencia en tiempos de crisis: el poder de las cooperativas financieras (2013) - ILO• El Dilema del Capital en las Cooperativas (2016) - International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)• Investigación sobre Capital Cooperativo (2015) - ICA• La gobernanza cooperativa apta para construir resiliencia frente a la complejidad (2015) - ICA• Cooperativas y sostenibilidad: una investigación sobre su relación (2015) - ICA• Monitor Cooperativo Mundial 2014 (2015) - ICA and Euricse• Programa de Formación SCORE - Manuales de formación y de formadores para los 5 módulos (2012) - ILO• Programa My.COOP - Cómo gestionar su cooperativa agrícola (2011) 6 manuales- ILO• Plan para una Década Cooperativa: nuestras historias (2014) - ICA• Las cooperativas y los ODS: un aporte al debate sobre el desarrollo post-2015 (2014) - ILO and ICA• Participation in the community of translators of the French CMS SPIP (Système de publication pour l'Internet)• Several translations of annual reports, audit reports, preparatory documentation for assemblies and other meetings, marketing materials, press releases, videos (subtitles) and website contents for ICA, ICA-Americas, CICOPA, CECOP CICOPA-Europe, EZAI Fundazioa, Domains.coop Ltd , among others (since 2010).

Oxford, Uk

Responsible for the area of customer support for the company's services in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Advice on the verification of eligibility of .coop domain registrants and collaboration in the preparation and implementation of marketing campaigns for the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

San José, Costa Rica

Responsible for the institutional website, and all ICT projects, including the development of several additional sites for events (Regional conferences, Summits and others), programs and projects (to date). Technical manager of Acidigital, a program aimed to promote and support the incorporation of ICTs in cooperatives (until December 2016). Technical responsible for the services provided as regional reseller for Domains.coop Ltd., company controlled by the International Co-operative Alliance (until December 2016). Responsible for all organizational information and communication tools - content and design (until March 2017) Research and Visibility Officer for the "Cooperatives in Development ", project co- financed by the European Union (between March 2016 and August 2018).

Montevideo, Uruguay

Advisory program on information and communication technologies that provided services to more than 35 Uruguayan and foreign cooperative organizations; coordination of the maintenance of an informative portal on cooperative and associative issues with more than 80,000 monthly visits, recognized at the time as one of the main Spanish-speaking references on the Internet about cooperative and third-sector activities and issues. In 1998, based on an agreement with Red Telemática Chasque, it became the first cooperative Internet Service Provider (ISP) worldwide (program discontinued in 2011)

Montevideo, Uruguay

Main duties:a) Coordination of the national counterpart for the Uruguayan Cooperative Movement Support Program (CUDECOOP - Swedish Cooperative Centre) between 1992 and 2002, which included more than 20 projects of institutional strengthening and development for almost all the Federations and cooperative integration organizations existing in the country.b) General coordination of the Development Initiatives Fund (FID) and the Economic Opportunities for Women Fund (FOEM) between 1992 and 2001. Revolving funds to finance associative and cooperative projects without conditions to access formal credit sources (more than 200 applications analysed and almost 100 approved, executed and followed-up).c) Executive direction of the "Project of Incorporation of the Environmental Dimension in the Management of Uruguayan Cooperative Organizations - SUMA: Cooperatives+Environment", between 2002 and 2007, which included: training, information and awareness-raising activities on environmental issues; development of models of environmental management for the different types of cooperatives; creation of new youth cooperatives in environmental areas; and the establishment of an alternative network of commercialization and consumption (RACC).d) Other functions: design, control and monitoring of several international cooperation projects (with European Union, IDB-MIF, ILO, Inter-American Foundation, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID), Avina Foundation, Embassy of Canada in Uruguay, among others); preparation of several documents on the reality of the national cooperative movement aimed at authorities and public bodies linked to cooperatives; general coordination of the 1st. and 2nd. National Survey of Cooperatives; coordination of the Internet Area for the MERCOSUR Specialized Meeting in Cooperatives (RECM); coordination and technical support for the Gender Equity, Youth, Cooperatives & Environment, and Local Horizontal Spaces (EHL) programs; among others.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Control, monitoring and follow up of the projects integrated to the Cooperative Movement Support Program in Uruguay (CUDECOOP - Swedish Cooperative Center, today WeEffect); preparation of overall economic and activities reports; design of administrative and accounting systems; support to beneficiary organizations in the preparation of its economic and activities reports.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Member of at least 9 housing, consumer, worker, and saving and credits cooperatives and associative projects (COFAC, CAYCU, COOMAG, GIAEA, La Covacha, EcoTiendas, among others).

Montevideo, Uruguay

Accounting and audit assistant at the Cooperative Technical and Business Assistance Service (SATEC) - Accounting, auditing and management advisory services for agricultural, housing, crafts, and savings and credit cooperatives. Teacher in several training courses of administration, accounting and computer.

Montevideo

Independent group of advisers aimed at supporting cooperative and associative organizations in different topics: accounting, management, basic business training, submission of credit applications and preparation of investment projects.