Dr. JAIRO MORALES NIETO jairo.morales99@gmail.com interafrica.interafrica@gmail.com Landline: (+2721) 790 9052 Mobile: (+2771) 5896540 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Physical Address: Personal Information: 214 Mutual Heights Nationality: Colombian 14 Darling Street Date of Birth: 03 October, 1948 Cape Town - South Africa Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: PhD in economics specialized in development economics and economic policy focused on: (i) design, formulation and implementation of strategies and policies supporting post-conflict and transition processes towards peace, democratic governance, economic recovery and equity social development.; and (ii) microeconomic policy local economic and small business development issues including design and development of local economic development agencies, business incubators and microfinance mechanisms and facilities as a part of national development and anti-poverty strategies and policies; (iii) state building including democratic decentralization reform and national and local participatory planning and decisionmaking. More than twenty three years of international management and organizational development experience at UN Chief Technical Advisor and Executive Director level assisting post-conflict societies in four continents. Strong economic policy research, analytical and writing skills, excellent academic credentials and a publications record. Excellent representation and fundraising skills, with considerable experience of advocacy with governments, donors and community representatives. Extensive experience in strategic planning, in program development, implementation and evaluation and in developing assistance and cooperation models towards self-sufficiency and sustainability. Excellent communication, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills. Proficient in use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Internet. A strong familiarity with Latin America, Asia, Oceania, Balkan Countries and Southern African regions developed during more than 23 years of living and working in those regions. EDUCATION: Doktor der Volkswirtshafswissenshaft (equivalent Ph.D. in Economics) University of Muenster (1979), West Germany. Dissertation Title: Agrarreform and Structural Wandel in der Landwirshaft Kolumbiens. Cum Laude. Main field of study: Theory and Praxis of Economic Policy and Development Economics including Theory of Co-operative cooperation. Diplom Volkswirt (Master in Economics) University of Muenster (1976). West Germany. Main field of study: Economic Policy and Regional Economics. Economist (Bachelor of Science in Economics) Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia (1972). Main field of study: Co-operative Economics and Agricultural and Trade Policy. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: ENHANCED INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Dates: August 2008 to November 2010 Trust Fund Executive Officer of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) under UNOPS contract. The EIF is a
multinational endeavor aimed to integrate the Least Development Countries (LDCs) into the multilateral trading system in order to reduce poverty and benefit from increased market access. The EIF Programme is supported by 23 Donors, 50 recipient countries and a core of seven International Organizations (WTO, the World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD, ITC, UNDP and UNIDO). The EIF fund amounts to US$250 million. Major achievement: Contributing to establish a fiduciary culture and organization into the EIF programme and process based on the application of accountability principles, risk management practices and accurate reporting schemes developing with the TFM team a suitable methodological toolbox covering information, appraisal, assessment, reporting and coordination needs at all levels of the TFM activity and performance as stated in a vade mecum of fiduciary tools (internal use); and also support to the EIF Board and the ES in the design and development of critical tools for the identification, formulation and approval of Tier 1 projects (institution building) and Tier 2 projects (trade investment( including the EIF M&E framework and the Compendium of working documents; encouraging the TFM team to perform diverse training and capacity building modalities beyond purely banking functions and responsibilities in benefit of local counterparts strengthening knowledge and skills, national ownership and fiduciary accountability; introducing strategic thinking and planning and assessment schemes covering short, mid and long term processes while addressing global and fiduciary requirements including business cycle development, financial forecasting and funding analysis as supported by systematic project identification through survey on Tier 2 projects and targeting; accelerating decision-making and delivery based on my own experience and knowledge regarding political and administrative patterns in the LDCs and UN financial rules and regulations after working in both environments for more than 25 years as Director and Chief Technical Advisor of some of the largest UN development programmes in Latin America, Africa and Central Asia and Europe (Switzerland) in my capacity of the EIF Trust Fund Executive Officer. INTERAFRICA CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Dates: February 2007 July 2008 Executive Director of INTERAFRICA LOCAL ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS CC. IT is a newly established international development consultancy, research and capacity building organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa. INTERAFRICA s mission is to contribute to the successful transition of African Countries towards peace, democratic governance, economic recovery and equality social development. Major achievement: Conformation of an international network of researchers and consultants focused on transition towards the above-mentioned destinations; elaboration of research papers on microeconomic policy and small business development; policy advisory to the Macedonian Government in decentralization reform. UNHCR - REINTEGRATION & DEVELOPMENT EXPERT ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Dates: June 2005 January 2007 Economic Advisor to the Government of Pakistan in the search for comprehensible solutions to the situation of more than 3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan through development responses that benefit both refugee settlements and host communities. Major achievements: Consensus building among key stakeholders (government, civil society and donors) on the relevance of the strategy and policy on Afghan refugee issues from the Pakistani perspective; design and formulation of a development programme addressing the refugee affected areas based on a comprehensive needs assessment exercise and project portfolios involving all the parties concerned; design of a fundraising strategy including organization of a donor conference. UNOPS - CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA Dates: July 2001 May 2005. International director of the Small Enterprise and Human Development (SEHD) programme in South Africa and Economic Advisor to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in local economic development policy, small business and enterprise development, and microfinance, as part of the national development strategy and microeconomic reform supporting the transition of the country towards a multi-racial democracy and a participatory open-market society. Major Achievements: Establishment of a network of four local economic development agencies (LEDAS) in four of the seven provinces of the country and creation of a financial facility (LEF) supporting small business and entrepreneurial development in partnership with the respective local governments, private sector, economic-
oriented NGOs and international assistance community. LEDA s main focus aimed to promote competitiveness and entrepreneurship through provision of technical support to ongoing businesses, and creation and expansion of new entrepreneurial endeavors e.g. in the form of the establishment of technology business centers as incubators, innovation centers, demonstration centers or hybrid centers with the aim of accelerating the development of technology driven enterprises. The LEF was designed to provide financial services to LEDAS clients working in partnership with a network of retail financial intermediaries and commercial banks. The success of LEDAS and the financial facility attached to them (LEF Local Enterprise Fund) led the DTI following our advice - to the creation of the national Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and also to reform microfinance policy following lessons learnt and best practices from the SEHD programme. Project Budget: US$11.0 million from UNOPS plus US$3.0 million as a cash contribution from the respective provincial governments. UNOPS/UNDCP CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Dates: June 2000 September 2001 International Coordinator of the UNDCP Programme for Afghanistan based in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Programme aimed at reduction and eventually elimination of existing and potential sources of opium cultivation through alternative development strategies which included agricultural diversification and modernization, agroprocessing, credit, trade and rehabilitation of social and economic infrastructure. Major achievements: Establishment of the programme in two provinces (Nangahar and Kandahar in Afghanistan) involving thousand of rural and urban communities; reduction of poppy cultivation in the target areas; introduction of alternative crops, financial schemes and trade facilities; strong social organization and mobilization; and introduction of drug control as a cross-cutting issue into the public development agenda and UN common programming framework. The war in Afghanistan that followed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack forced the programme to close down operations during 2001. Project Budget: US$ 14.0 million UNDP ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISOR CARACAS, VENEZUELA Dates: January 2000 May 2001 Special policy advisor to the Government of Venezuela on behalf of UNDP addressing three particular policy issues: (i) introduction of social investment responsibilities into the corporate framework of PDVSA, the country s state-owned oil company; (ii) establishment of an environmentally-friendly partnership between PDVSA and private, multinational oil corporations supporting sustainable development of local communities surrounding oil fields through projects focused on the environment, health, education, and the local economy; (iii) introduction of the concept local economic development into the policy framework of FUNDACOMUN, the country s stateowned foundation responsible for the implementation of social and local development policy. Major achievements: (i) PDVSA began a review aimed at introducing social responsibilities into its corporate framework; (ii) PDVSA signed an agreement with BP and AMOCO to implement sustainable development projects in some municipalities and communities of the Orinoco Delta; (iii) FUNDACOMUN incorporated the concept local economic development into its normative and operational framework assisting every province of the country in this respect. UNOPS REGIONAL COORDINATOR CUIDAD GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA Dates: January 1997 December 1999 Regional Coordinator of PROGRESS (Sustainable Human Development Programme at Local Level) which covered seven countries of Central America. PROGRESS aimed to contribute to eradicating poverty and increasing human development in 20 provinces of the Central American region. These provinces had directly or indirectly suffered the devastating effects of the civil wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. Major achievements: (i) PROGRESS was attached to the Central American Social Integration Council which comprises of the seven Ministries of planning and social affairs in the region; (ii) PROGRESS signed an agreement with the Central American Development Bank to identify anti-poverty projects in the target areas with a project portfolio amounting to US$100 million; (iii) PROGRESS supported the creation of a network of 16 Local Economic Development Agencies (LEDAS) working in target provinces; (iv) PROGRESS in cooperation with ILO supported the establishment of a financial facility addressing small business development in seven countries through the LEDAS; (v) PROGRESS developed a comprehensive tool box to support the formulation of human development initiatives comprising territories (natural resources), population (human resources), government (institutions, policies) and enterprises (business opportunities): (vi) PROGRESS developed methodologies for formulating municipal investment plans and project portfolios; identifying business clusters and developing business incubators; and setting up GIS and M&E systems; PROGRESS promoted and strengthened the creation of a network of municipalities involving the target provinces in the seven Central American countries.
Project Budget: US$4.5 million. UNOPS/UNDP CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR MANAGUA - NICARAGUA Dates: January 1991 December 1996 Country Coordinator of PRODERE, a UN multi-agency development programme which aimed to support the social and productive reintegration of thousand of Nicaraguan refugees and repatriated and internally displaced people, who had suffered the devastating effects of 10 years civil war. PRODERE developed strategic and policy approaches supporting the transition from a war situation to lasting peace as well as the transition from humanitarian aid to sustainable human development cooperation. Major achievements: PRODERE has been recognized as one of the most successful UN interventions in Central America since most critical objectives were achieved in terms of supporting lasting peace processes, political stabilization and economic recovery of the target areas. PRODERE was a multi-stakeholder operation undertaken in partnership with the national and local governments, UN Agencies (UNOPS, UNDP, WHO, ILO, WFP and UNCDF), donors and financial institutions as well as learning and research institutions. PRODERE directly reintegrated about half a million uprooted people into their communities of origin through the application of an integrated human development approach which comprised setting up of a number of development mechanisms aimed to consolidate democratic governance (Human Development Councils), promote economic recovery (Local Economic Development Agencies, Technology Incubators (Estanciacora), Local Enterprise Funds), strength social services (Integrated Health Services) and protect and empower people in search of self-sufficiency and sustainability. PRODERE was adopted by the UN system as an intervention model which has been successfully replicated in many countries and different social contexts throughout the world. Project Budget: US$30.0 million UNOPS/UNDP CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR LA PAZ, BOLIVIA Dates: March 1987 December 1990 International Director of AGROYUNGAS, a UN development programme aiming to reduce the dependence on coca cultivation of about 30,000 peasant families in the Yungas (inter-andean valleys of La Paz) through alternative development which comprised a series of interventions for crop substitution, diversification and industrialization of agricultural production and other development options in the social and infrastructure sectors. Main achievements: AGROYUNGAS was a multi-agency operation which brought together a number of UN Agencies (UNOPS, UNDP, FAO, UNIDO and WFP), financial institutions, agricultural research and extension institutes and ministries (Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public Works) along with municipal authorities and peasant unions. AGROYUNGAS prevented the expansion of coca cultivation through the introduction of more than 6.000 hectares of new alternative crops, coffee and fruit processing plants, marketing organizations and basic socioeconomic infrastructure. The alternative development strategy was based on the establishment of 10 agricultural and agro-industrial development centers for coca substitution (Mayachasita Centers a type of agricultural technology incubator centers) owned and administered by the peasant organizations. AGROYUNGAS also assisted the Ministry of Agriculture in the design of the alternative development policy for the whole country. Project Budget: US$24.0 million FAO COUNTRY DIRECTOR Dates: June 1982 February 1987 Country Director of Project FAO/COL/79/001, which was established to assist both the Ministry of Agriculture and the Planning Ministry in the design and implementation of the policy for the decentralization and regionalization of the agricultural sector in the whole country through the creation of Regional Units for Agricultural Planning (URPAS) with the direct involvement and support of the provincial governments and all entities of the agricultural sector operating at national and local levels. From a technical point of view, the project aimed to build local planning capacities in the agricultural sector through (i) formulation of agricultural development and investment plans; (ii) identification and formulation of agricultural investment projects; (iv) mapping of the whole country using remote sensor systems (aerial photography, radar and satellite imagery; (v) establishment of statistical system (by sampling and consensus) to evaluate the performance of the agricultural sector; (vi) training in planning, project formulation and evaluation, photogrammetry and photo-interpretation, statistical and econometric analysis, computing, information and decision models; and (vii) fundraising. Main achievements: The project was a pioneer in agricultural decentralization and an innovator of new techniques for agricultural planning and decision-making. The project established 24 URPAS in partnership with
24 provincial governments and line departments occupying more than 400 professionals from the agricultural sector throughout the country. These technical staff was trained in a broad spectrum of planning techniques and methods applied to the agricultural sector. The project produced short and mid-term development plans; identified and consolidated project portfolios; established mapping and statistical systems covering different items and created the institutional conditions to ensure the sustainability of the model in the longer term. In fact, when it ended, the project became a Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and established an important basis for the further decentralization of the public sector in Colombia generally. Project Budget: US$20.0 million OAS CHIEF ECONOMIST QUITO - ECUADOR Dates: June 1980 May 1981 OAS (Organization of American States). Chief economist in charge of the formulation of two pre-feasibility studies supporting (i) bi-national border integration between Colombia and Ecuador; and (ii) regional development of Cayapas and San Lorenzo Basins in the Province of Esmeraldas (Ecuador). The studies were conducted by OAS Geographical Group II upon request of the Planning Ministry of Colombia (DNP) and the Ecuadorian Institute of Hydrological Studies (INEHRI). Main achievements: The two studies were successfully completed and incorporated into a bi-national project portfolio for negotiation with international financial institutions. CIAS JUNIOR RESEARCHER Dates: 1972-1974 CIAS (Center for Social Research and Action). Assistant to Professor Dr. H.J. Mohr in the preparation of two books (i) Economia Colombiana: Una Estructura en Crisis. Tercer Mundo, 1973; and (ii) Política Económica en América Latina. Tercer Mundo, 1974. CONSULTANCIES UNDP Dates: May June 2007 Strategy and Policy Design on Decentralization for Local Human Development UNOPS Dates : July October 2001 Policy Paper on Microfinance supporting SMME s development in the country. SKOPJE, MACEDONIA LUANDA, ANGOLA IFAD LUANDA, ANGOLA Dates: October November 2001 Feasibility study for the establishment of a financial facility to support the development of a water management system involving 300 small farmers in Luanda Province. GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO RABAT, MOROCCO Dates: April May 1995 Pre - feasibility study for the establishment of a regional development corporation in the Northern Provinces of the country FEDEGAN Dates: January May 1982 Formulation of the National Rehabilitation Plan for the regions affected by the armed conflict in Colombia. The plan was adopted by the government. DUTCH EMBASSY MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Dates: June - December 1981 Formulation of two projects: (i) feasibility study for the development of the artesian and semi-industrial fishing sector in the Gulf of Uraba including manufacturing and marketing phases; and (ii) feasibility study for the development of the small business sector in the Uraba Region using cluster approaches. The two projects were successfully implemented by the Development Corporation of Uraba (CORPOURABA)
RESEARCH & TEACHING ACTIVITIES UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANDES Dates: June December 1981 Teaching the formulation and evaluation of regional development projects to postgraduate students of the Interdisciplinary Center for Regional Studies (CIDER) at the University of Los Andes. Economic researcher Center for Economic Development (CEDE) at the University of Los Andes Other Teaching Activities I have been invited to lecture in Development Economics many times by research and learning institutes in Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, USA and South Africa. PUBLICATIONS: 1. J. Morales. Strukturwandel in der Landwirtshaft Kolumbiens. Dissertation. Universitaet zu Muenster, 1979 2. J. Morales. La Política de Desarrollo hacia el Futuro. PRODERE. El Salvador, 1996 3. J. Morales. La Estrategia del Desarrollo Local. PROGRESS. Ciudad de Guatemala, 1998 4. J. Morales. Lecturas sobre Desarrollo Humano. UNDP. Caracas, 2000. 5. J. Morales. Towards an inclusive and sustainable microfinance strategy in South Africa. Policy Paper. The DTI. March 2005. 6. J. Morales, Exploring new scopes of microeconomic policy for change. Published by the magazine AfricaGrowth Agenda. Cape Town, July 2007. 7. J. Morales, Making microeconomic policy work for small business development, Pretoria, 2007 (in preparation) 8. J. Morales. A Strategy towards Human Development. A normative and methodological platform for policymakers and strategists working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (in preparation) LANGUAGES: Spanish (Mother tongue), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), French (basic knowledge) COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient in use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Internet REFERENCES: Eduardo Lawrence, Full Professor of Business (Chile) - Lawrence@entelchile.net John Ickis, Full Professor of Economics (Costa Rica) - ickisj@mail.incae.ac.cr Carlo Panico, Full Professor of Economics (Italy) panico@unima.it Leonardo Romeo, Senior Advisor UNCDF - Leonardo.Romeo@undp.org Bernhard Schlachter, Director UNOPS Office, Geneva BernhardS@unops.org