Javier Sagredo - Innovative sustainable development-based policy solutions

About Me

Committed to social change and transformations for improving people's lives.
Involved in social innovation as a platform for more democratic, effective and humane responses to complex challenges.
Wide knowledge of public policy solutions for sustainable development challenges, of the formal structures and practical work of public administrations and other State tiers in Latin America and Europe, and wider governance issues.
International expertise on drug policy, citizen security and criminal justice from a sustainable development and human rights approach.
Absolutely convinced that the best solutions and transformations will come from local initiatives connecting sound public policy with inclusive and innovative local economic development processes.
Interested on the use of social and solidarity economy approaches for the economic inclusion of the most vulnerable and for the generation of alternatives to illicit economies.
Growing interest in research, including monitoring and evaluation processes.

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Experiences

Director

COPOLAD, EU-Latin America & the Caribbean Drug Policy Cooperation Program

April 2021 to July 2023

Full-time

Madrid

Spain

Drug policy bi-regional cooperation program between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean, 43 countries involved.Supporting public responses to drug policy challenges for better results for people.Sustainable development, human rights and gender equity at the center.Work areas:- Drug policy local innovation labs.-Human rights improvements.- Strategic drug research agendas.- Drug policy impact assessments on sustainable development results.- Access to treatment for women and vulnerable population.- Comprehensive interventions on high vulnerable urban areas.- Alternatives to arrest and incarceration.- Improvement of proportionality of drug penal law.- Money laundering and financial and patrimonial investigations.- Social use of seized assets.

Permanent expert on drug policy of the EU International Technical Assistance in Bolivia for Institutional capacity strengthening in sectors of integral development with coca, illicit drug trafficking and food security for efficient management of the European Union Sector Budgetary Support in Bolivia (DITISA)Delivery of Technical Assistance to Bolivia and capacity building on:- Drug policy design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.- Drug policy knowledge management systems, national/local drug observatories.- Sustainable development strategies for coca leave production areas.- Money laundering prevention and control.- Corruption prevention and anti-corruption policies and interventions.- Seized assets management systems.- Drug policy and gender issues.- Development of addiction treatment services within the national universal health system.- Prison addiction and health responses.- Alternatives to arrest and incarceration.- Development of national policy design, territorial implementation.- Drugs and social exclusion issues.- Management of seized chemical substances.- Police training.- Narcotics and psychotropic pharmaceuticals control system.- Technological solutions for coca leave crop control.

- Conceptual development of a sustainable development approach to criminal justice, violence prevention and treatment of offenders, Thailand.
- Case studies on rural/local development processes, Thailand, Myanmar (see: https://www.maefahluang.org/en/doitung-development-project/)
- Impact evaluation of rural development projects, Myanmar (see: https://www.maefahluang.org/en/international-program-03/)
- Local innovation on sustainable development-based drug policy.
- Sustainable development of urban neighborhoods highly dependent on illicit economies, Latin America.
- Local sustainable development-based alternatives to arrest and incarceration, Latin America.
- Context and stakeholder analysis on sustainable development issues, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia.
- Adaptation of Local Childhood Strategies to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Spain.
- Development of new success metrics for public policies on drugs based on the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030: Co-authoring of "Aligning Agendas: Drugs, Sustainable Development, and the Drive for Policy Coherence", by the International Expert Group on Drug Policy Metrics (CPPF, International Peace Institute), New York.
- Revision of the 2018 Position Paper on Drug Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
- Reviewer for the the journal "International Politics", edited by the London School of Economics.- Conceptual development of a sustainable development approach to criminal justice, violence prevention and treatment of offenders, Thailand. - Case studies on rural/local development processes, Thailand, Myanmar (see: https://www.maefahluang.org/en/doitung-development-project/) - Impact evaluation of rural development projects, Myanmar (see: https://www.maefahluang.org/en/international-program-03/) - Local innovation on sustainable development-based drug policy. - Sustainable development of urban neighborhoods highly dependent on illicit economies, Latin America. - Local sustainable development-based alternatives to arrest and incarceration, Latin America. - Context and stakeholder analysis on sustainable development issues, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. - Adaptation of Local Childhood Strategies to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Spain. - Development of new success metrics for public policies on drugs based on the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030: Co-authoring of "Aligning Agendas: Drugs, Sustainable Development, and the Drive for Policy Coherence", by the International Expert Group on Drug Policy Metrics (CPPF, International Peace Institute), New York. - Revision of the 2018 Position Paper on Drug Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. - Reviewer for the the journal "International Politics", edited by the London School of Economics.
Skills: Project Management · Teamwork · Stakeholder Analysis · Policy Analysis · Research

LAC Regional Advisor on Democratic Governance and Citizen Security

United Nations Development Program

September 2013 to October 2016

New York

United States - New York

Drug policy advisor: Co-author of UNDP’s position on addressing the development dimensions of drug policy, which fed the global discussion on drug policy with an innovative approach grounded in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/addressing-the-development-dimensions-of-drug-policy.html
Advisor on UNDPs participation on the UNGASS 2016 discussion on global drug policy reform.
Public policy for development: Member of the drafting team, co-author of the recent 2016 Regional Human Development Report on Multidimensional Progress, for Latin America and the Caribbean. Author of chapter on the new policy framework for pending transitions and institutional architecture for development, including inter-sectorial, multi-level interventions across the life cycle to address poverty and vulnerability, along with local economic development dynamics.
http://www.masqueingreso.org/human-development-report-2016/
Advisor on citizen security public policy: development of a proposal for crime and violence prevention for Central American countries. Revision of the last draft of the 2014 Regional Human Development Report on Citizen Security in Latin America.
Member of the Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy / London School of Economics - LSE/IDEAS http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/Projects/IDPP/The-Expert-Group-on-the-Economics-of-Drug-Policy.aspx
“·After the Drug Wars”: Report of the London School of Economics Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy, London, Feb. 2016.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/reports/afterdrugs.aspx
“Prevention of crime related to drug use”. Contribution to the 5th International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Cities and the New Urban Agenda, International Center for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), October 17, 2016.
http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/International_Report/CIPC_5th-IR_EN_Chapter-5.pdf

Senior Advisor on Drug Policy

Organization of American States

June 2012 to August 2013

Washington DC

United States - District of Columbia

Responsible for the regional programs of the Institutional Strengthening section of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) and cross-cutting issues, covering social integration policy and alternative development.
Responsible for monitoring and promoting of the institutional, legal and social aspects of the Hemispheric Drug Strategy.
CICAD’s coordination of Drugs and Social Inclusion aspects of the 2013 OAS Report on Drug Policy in the Americas.
Institutional strengthening and capacity building of National Drug Councils and Commissions, as well as other public structures working on drug policies.
Strengthening of inter-institutional coordination mechanisms and network development among all national and sub-national public institutions with competences on drug policy.
Development of national and local drug information and research systems (National Drug Observatories) in order to design sound evidence-based policies.
Decentralization of health and social integration policies on drugs towards regional and local levels.
Design and Implementation of key regional and national projects, such as SAVIA (Salud y Vida en las Américas), LEDA (Legislación sobre Drogas en las Américas), “Closing the Gap” (alternatives to incarceration for drug related offenders) and BIDAL (Bienes Decomisados en América Latina).
Design of proposals for the reform of institutional strengthening sections of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism, in order to evaluate national drug public policies in the Americas.
Interaction with donor countries, international agencies and private sector for resource mobilization, as well as for the development of fund-raising strategies and proposals.
Modernization of legislation and criminal justice system in drug related issues, while respecting human rights frameworks.
Development of community-based initiatives and supporting regional and national civil society organization, participation and accountable decision-making, among others.
Interaction with different political and technical representatives of diverse public policy sectors (education, health, social development, employment, economic development, justice, law enforcement, etc.) to coordinate policy development and implementation efforts.
Direct cooperation and dialogue with a wide variety of public, private and civil society stakeholders, in all international, regional, sub-regional, national, local and community levels; among them, some of the UN system agencies (UNDP, ECLAC, PAHO, ILO, UNODC, WB).

Management of the SAVIA (Salud y Vida en las Américas) project, a regional Latin American initiative (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) for the development of regional and local drug use and social integration programs.
Capacity development of local authorities and other institutional, civil society and community actors.
Management of national/local grant programs for the financing of social inclusion and prevention programs from local authorities.
Training of local stakeholders on drug use and social integration policies and local drug policy design.
Development of local rapid-assessment studies on drug consumption.
Technical assistance for the formulation of local drug policies and regulations.
Co-financing and fund-raising for local drug demand reduction initiatives.

Management of the program for the development of 13 National Drug Information and research Systems (National Drug Observatories): Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
Development of the proposal for the strengthening of the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs.
Decentralization of National Drug Policies to regions and municipalities within the Andean Countries.
Management of the Institutional Strengthening of National Drug Commissions Project in Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Andean Countries.

Responsible for International Academic Programs, Academic Networks, and International Fundraising. Worked with a network of more than 200 universities European, North American and Latin American Universities within EU’s funding programs and other funding sources.
International fundraising for academic programs.
Program officer for European Academic Programs (Erasmus, Tempus, Alfa, Socrates, Leonardo and others).
Coordinated active participation of the university in international academic networks.
Coordinated training and conferences for youth information managers to promote broader knowledge of European information sources.
Developed an international program database and website.

Management of the municipal European and international programs. International Municipal Networks.
Worked with EU’s and Eastern European Municipalities within local development EU’s funding programs.
Secretariat for European and cross-border local networks (EUROTOWN and Spanish/Portuguese Council of Municipalities).
International fund raising for local projects.

Legal follow up of European portfolios for private and public customers.
Responsible for the production of a specialized publication on European issues (Spanish and French versions).
Relations with European institutions.
European Fund-raising.

Skills

Planning and monitoring of public policy interventions

Advanced
Public policy architecture for sustainable development

Advanced
Local development

Advanced
Decentralization

Advanced
Public policy on drugs

Expert
Citizen security interventions at local level

Expert
Social inclusion interventions

Expert
Sustainable development on areas with illicit economies

Advanced
Drug legislation

Advanced

Management of international national and regional projects

Expert
Evaluation of public policy interventions

Advanced
Evaluation of sustainable development interventions

Advanced
Metrics of success on public policy interventions

Advanced

Spanish

Expert
English

Expert
French

Expert
Italian

Good
Portuguese

Good

Education

Social Economy, cooperatives and non-profit entities

Common Law - Erasmus Scholarship

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University of Valencia

University Alberto Hurtado, Santiago de Chile

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut d'Études Européens, Belgium

University College Galway, National University of Ireland

University of Salamanca, Spain

Social Development Institute of the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., USA.

Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain

Organization of American States, Washington D.C., USA.

Organization of American States & International Red Cross Committee, Washington D.C., USA.

Organization of American States, Washington D.C., USA

Organization of American States/ Inter-American Secretariat for Women, Washington D.C., USA

Regional Governments of Castilla y León (Spain), Poitou-Charentes (France) and Centro (Portugal)

Spanish International Trade Institute (ICEX), Salamanca, Spain