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.
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.
