Vice-Minister of Environment
Ministry of Environment
▪ Conduct and supervise the Undersecretariats of Natural Heritage, Climate Change and Environmental Quality, investment projects and entities attached to the Ministry
▪ Drafting of proposals for environmental regulation and reform of regulatory bodies
▪ Conducting the environmental public policy to allow strengthening the management of the entity in coordination with the Vice–Minister of Water Resources
▪ Advise on the merger process between the Ministry of Environment and the National Water Secretariat
▪ Management of international cooperation for institutional strengthening
▪ Representative of the Minister before the Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund
Undersecretary of Climate Change
Ministry of the Environment
▪ Conduct and supervise 20 national Climate Change adaptation and mitigation programs with international cooperation funds
▪ Coordinate and reach consensus on criteria and national positions in international negotiations on Climate Change
▪ Head of Delegation COP 25
▪ Representative of Ecuador in the Green Climate Fund, Euroclima+ and other international organizations
▪ Propose and promote national policies to increase resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in social, economic, and environmental systems with respect to the negative impacts of Climate Change
Legal/Environmental Consultant
"Ecomental" Consulting Company
▪ Environmental legal advice and compliance with environmental regulations in the mining and industrial sector
▪ Environmental legal audits
▪ Legal representation in administrative and judicial proceedings in environmental matters
▪ Obtaining environmental permits: registrations, licenses, audits, among others
▪ Consultancies in regulatory development
DEGREES AND STUDIES
● Master's degree in Environment with a Major in Public Policy
University of Melbourne, Australia
● Lawyer with a Major in Public Law
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, UCSG, Ecuador
● Diploma in Public Policy, 2020
Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
CONSULTANCIES
● United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), August 2019–September 2019
● United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), May 2019–June 2019
● Euroclima+/ October 2018–June 2019
● United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), October 2018–December 2018
● Conservation International (CI), March 2018–June 2018
● Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), December 2017–May 2018
PUBLICATIONS
Identification and Development of Inter-institutional Coordination Mechanisms for the regulation of access and use of genetic resources, biological resources, associated traditional knowledge and cultural expressions in Ecuador, IEPI, 2012
ACHIEVEMENTS
SENESCYT Fellow. Excellence Scholarship Program for Postgraduate Studies in Australia