PABLO MARSAL
Nationality: Argentina and Spain (both passports)
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
BA in Institutional Organization and Management (Universidad Nacional de San Martín) and Master of Arts in Development Management and Policy (Georgetown University), specialized in civil society organizations and their relation with the State and the corporate sector. With profile as an organizer and coordinator of institutional partnerships and strengthening networks in international institutions such as the Kellogg Foundation of U.S. (in its Buenos Aires office), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and others. Former Chair of the association of NGO professionals in Argentina (AGODI) and one of its founders. Capabilities as practitioner and as a researcher, has published recent works such as: How are NGOs funded in Argentina?, by Editorial Biblos, 2005, and the Argentine chapter of the Project "Accountability and transparency of Civil Society Organizations" (www.agodi.org.ar), 2007, among other works.
Resumé
UNESCO - Regional Office - Montevideo
Consultant responsible for conducting survey on institutional challenges and opportunities for generating extra-budgetary resources. Training staff and analysis of their recent projects.
Consulting Period: 1 January-31 March, 2008.
Second Consulting Period: September 2008-July 2009.
www.unesco.org.uy
Council on Foundations, USA.
Consultant, responsible for conducting a survey on the status of donors in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Period of Consultancy: February 15-April 30, 2007.
www.cof.org
Bernardo Blejmar y Asociados, Consultant firm.
Training program for The Ford Foundation, Southern Cone Office, Santiago, Chile.
Consultancy period: July to December 2007.
www.fordfoundation.org
AGODI (Asociación de los Profesionales de las ONG – Argentina).
Main Researcher : “Project Accountability and Transparency Civil Society", funded by WK Kellogg Foundation, USA, coordinated by ICD, Uruguay.
Period:September 2006 to February 2008.
www.agodi.org.ar
Amnesty International – Argentina.
Executive Director
Period: From November 2003 to August 2006.
www.amnesty.org.ar
JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Buenos Aires Office , Argentina - Senior Coordinator
NGO- Japan Desk
Overall launching of the office, program design, coordination with Argentine government authorities (Foreign Ministry, Social Development, etc.) Coordination between Argentine and Japanese NGOs. "Start-up" contract for one year.
Period: From December 2002 to November 2003.
www.jica.org.ar
CEDES-Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Technical Coordinator at Civil Society
Area
Period: From August 2001 to November 2003.
www.cedes.org
W.K.Kellogg Foundation, Argentina
Buenos Aires Office - Operations Manager
Project Management. Proposal Evaluation. Advice to corporate donors on gifts and Corporate Social Responsibility and NGO applicants. Evaluation and monitoring of budgets. Coordination with USA. Organizing seminars and conferences. Head of HR, suppliers, contractors, bank, supervisor of accounting. Intranet system design and supervision of projects and budgets. any decision required during Director’s absence.
Period: September 1994 - July 2001.
www.wkkf.org
C.L.A.C.S.O.(Concejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales) Buenos Aires
Marketing Consultant - Development and follow through of a strategy for book distribution and publications of a nonprofit organization.
Period: January 1994-August 1994
www.clacso.org.ar
Delivery of certificate by authorities from JICA in Tokyo duringn March 2003 upon completion of the course on "Project Cycle Management Training Method."
Along with Andr�s Thompson, Program Director, Philanthropy and Volunteerism of the WK Kellogg Foundation, in seminar "Civil Society and Accountability, Teaching by Example" in Montevideo on 16 and 17 April 2007.