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Javier Sagredo

Innovative sustainable development-based policy solutions

Sustainable Development
Social Innovation
Local Development
Drug Policy
Citizen Security
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Javier Sagredo
United States
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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

Independent consultant on public policy innovative solutions for sustainable development

Self employed
Since July 2023
Full-time
Salamanca
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.

Independent consultant on innovative sustainable development-based policy solutions

Self Employed
October 2016 to July 2018
    • Conceptual development of a sustainable development approach to criminal justice, violence prevention and treatment of offenders, Thailand.
    • 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
  • 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 Advisor

Euroadvisers S.A.
May 1990 to May 1991
Brussels
Belgium
  • 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.
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