Team Leader, Democratic Institutions
United States Agency For International Development
Leadership of a US $8 million initiative to modernize the Guatemalan Congress, in the areas of legislation, representation and executive oversight, through the establishment of a Center for Legislative Excellence, to research/draft bills, provide informed analysis to policymakers; conduct budgetary and cost analysis and organization and facilitation of public hearings.. Provided technical assistance to the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches to amend the Guatemalan Constitution in conformity with the 1996 Peace Accords, submitted for vote to the Congress and subsequently ratified by public referendum. Supported te Office of the Human Rights´ Ombudsman, through the creation of a university-affiliated, expert technical assistance unit to advise the Ombudsman on managing its institutional work load, to design a state-of-the-art case tracking system and to prepare more effectiveeducational/outreach campaigns.