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Download CV PDF ROSARIO IRAOLA CV Full Name: Rosario Iraola Martinez Birth Date: 11-03-1958 Sexe: Female Nationality: Spanish Address: Calle San Pedro, 5, 3 º, 20280 Hondarribia, Guipuzcoa. Spain. Phone: + 34649101059 Email: [email protected] Summary Working Sectors: Health Education Food Security WASH Nursing degree, Anthropology degree, Master degrees on Public Advocacy Health and Conflict Resolution. Gender Other Education Protection/ Advocacy DRR Attended several workshops on Health, humanitarian action, Protection, Advocacy, evaluation, Project cycle, Gender, Human Skills and competences: Resources, Sphere. Strategic planning and visioning. Results oriented. Work Experience Decision- Making Training and Evaluation Oxfam Intermon, Burundi, Mauritania, Humanitarian and Creating training materials Regional Advocacy Manager, 2012 -2014. Languages: Consultancies for different humanitarian organizations, Cuba, Spanish: Native Ethiopia, South Sudan, French: Fluent English: Fluent Sphere Project representative in Haiti, 2010-2011. Portuguese: Good knowledge Euskera: Good knowledge Oxfam Intermon, Barcelona, Gender and Protection Responsible, 2009-2010. Training materials creation Guidelines for integrating Gender and Oxfam Intermon, Barcelona, Regional Humanitarian Protection approach into the Coordinator for Est. and West Africa, 2005-2009. Humanitarian project cycle, Oxfam Intermon, Barcelona 2010. Oxfam Intermon, Barcelona, Humanitarian Conflict management focal point, 2003-2005. Guideline for integrating protection into the Humanitarian project cycle, Intermón Medecins sans Frontieres, General and Medical coordinator in Oxfam, Barcelona 2010. different African, Caribbean and South American countries, 1991-2001. Sphere Training materials. Advocacy training materials Registered Nurse in different Hospitals and Health Centers in Switzerland and Spain, 1981-1990. CV Rosario Iraola, International Cooperation , February 2014 1 Work Experience Year Organisation, Position Relevant achievements 2013-2014 Oxfam Intermon To consolidate Oxfam Intermon as an Position: Regional Refuges Advocacy Manager Mali +3, Nouakchott, Regional Humanitarian Advocacy actor Mauritania Function: To develop, update and coordinate Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania Malian Refugees advocacy strategies 2013: Oxfam Intermon To consolidate Oxfam Intermon as a Position: Humanitarian Programme Manager, Nouakchott, Mauritania Mauritanian Wash and Food Security Humanitarian actor Function: To develop and manage Refugees and Food crisis programmes 2012: Oxfam Intermon To consolidate Oxfam Intermon as an Position: Humanitarian Programme Manager, Bujumbura, Burundi Humanitarian Food Security actor Function: To develop and manage a Food crisis Programme in Makamba province 2012: Oxfam Intermon Development of an Oxfam Intermon Position: Consultant livelihoods strategic paper aimed to link humanitarian and development Function: Livelihoods strategy and action plan design for food insecurity approaches through a DRR approach, for prone contexts ( Ethiopia and South Sudan) Ethiopia and South Sudan 2011-2012: Etiopia-utopia Institutional and Project managers Position: Consultant for International Development NGO in Health capacity building Projects, Tigray, Ethiopia. Function: Oral Health Project Management: capacity building in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, with local partners. 2010-2011: The Sphere Project, RedR, Bioforce, World Vision, Danish Two Sphere Training of Trainers for 50 Church Aid stakeholders. Position: The Sphere Project Representative, Port au Prince, Haiti 40 (two days) workshops for 800 Function: Promotion and training on the Sphere Humanitarian Charter humanitarian workers. and Minimum Standards for national, international and local Government agencies Developing training materials. To lead the constitution of the Sphere group Haiti 2009-2010: Oxfam Intermon Creation of a Guideline for integrating the Position: Humanitarian Action Gender and Protection Responsible gender approach into the Humanitarian project cycle. Function: To develop Oxfam Intermon capacities to integrate gender and protection into the Humanitarian Project Cycle design. Creation of a Guideline for integrating Protection into the Humanitarian project cycle Training on Gender mainstreaming on WASH sector CV Rosario Iraola, International Cooperation , February 2014 2 2006-2009: Oxfam Intermon Consolidating Oxfam Intermon as a key Position: Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for West Africa ( humanitarian actor in DRR and Response Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Tchad) , Barcelona WASH and Food Security Programmes in the region. Function: In the regional and national context of natural disasters, and violent conflicts, design, monitoring and evaluation of emergency response and disaster risk reduction risk programmes on Food Security, WASH, advocacy, for local population, IDPs and refugees, in collaboration with local partners, authorities, UN agencies and Oxfam International. 2005-2006: Oxfam Intermon Burundi Oxfam Intermon office creation Position: Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for East Africa ( Burundi, and launch of humanitarian programmes Ethiopia, South Sudan) in country. Function: Within the regional and national context of natural disasters Management of DRR and Food crisis and violent conflicts, design, monitoring and evaluation of Programmes emergency response and disaster risk reduction programmes on Food Security, WASH, advocacy for IDPs and refugees in collaboration with local partners, authorities, UN agencies and Oxfam International. 2003-2005: Oxfam Intermon Oxfam International conflict management Position: Humanitarian Conflict Management Focal point strategy review and definition Function: Within the Oxfam International network, review and creation of the Oxfam humanitarian conflict resolution strategy 2000-2001: Medecins sans Frontieres Spain Field management of Health humanitarian Position: Humanitarian Programmes Field Coordinator, Caqueta and programme in Caquetá, Colombia. Putumayo Function: In a complex crisis with IDPs and violent conflict, design and MSF office creation and launch of health implementation of health humanitarian programmes, with humanitarian programmes in Puerto Asis, multicultural teams. Putumayo. 1998-1999: Medicos sin Front eras Spain Humanitarian Health Programme Position: Country Coordinator Luanda, Angola management in 4 provinces ( Caconda, Chicomba, Quilengues and Songo) for war Function: In a civil war context design, implementation and monitoring of affected population. four Health projects in 4 isolated and highly vulnerable regions of the country. 1996 Medicos sin Fronteras Spain Design of a HIV/SIDA prevention Position: Health Needs Assessment Consultancy, La Habana, Cuba programme for high vulnerable population in la Habana, Cuba. Function: Identification of health needs in the country in order to design a Health programme for vulnerable population, along with local Health authorities. 1994:1995: Medecins sans Frontieres, Spain Creation of a humanitarian working Position: Country Coordinator, La Habana, Cuba framework with the Hydraulic Ministry. Function: In a humanitarian crisis context, tropical storms damages, Consolidation of Médicos sin Fronteras as design and implementation of a Hydraulic Wash Programme to a key humanitarian actor in the Wash support Hydraulic Ministry, in the 14 provincial cities. sector in Cuba. CV Rosario Iraola, International Cooperation , February 2014 3 1994: Medecins sans Frontieres, Spain Medical management of an Emergency Position: Medical Coordinator, Benako refugee camp, Tanzania Health and Nutrition Programme in Benako refugee’s camp Function: In the aftermath of the Rwandan crisis, that provoked, design and delivering of a Health and Nutrition Programme, in Benako refugee’s camp, in coordination with others NGOs, UN agencies and Tanzania local authorities. 1991-1994: Medecins sans Frontieres, Spain Creation and management of a health self- Position: Country and Field Coordinator, Nsok Nsomo, Mbini, financing mechanism at district level Equatorial Guinee Management of Health Programmes Function: Primary Health Programme management in the districts of Nsok-Nsomo and Mbini, with wash, Health centres building, Training of Health Promoters Health Promoters training components. 1981-1993: Spain and Switzerland Health Centres and Hospitals Health care professional nursing Position: General Nurse at Emergency and Primary Health Care consolidation. Function: Providing General nursing care EDUCATION 2002: Conflict Resolution Master Degree. Peace Studies Department, Bradford University, United Kingdom. 1997: Social and Cultural Anthropology degree. Philosophy Department, Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain. 1988: Public Health Master Degree. Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas. La Habana. Cuba. 1980: Nursing Degree. Nursing school, Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain. Further Education 2012: Human Rights, methodology and gender perspectives in memory, justice and reparation processes. Hegoa, Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional, UPV/ EHU. Bilbao. 2010: Sphere Training of Trainers. IECAH (Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria) and the Sphere Project , El Escorial, Madrid, España. 2010: Protection on Humanitarian Action. NOHA, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. CV Rosario Iraola, International Cooperation , February 2014 4 2009: Protection on Humanitaria Action Oxfam Great Britain, Barcelona,
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