Maria Victoria DUQUE LOPEZ
Business Administrator- Fundacion Universitaria Filipense (Pasto) 1990
Senior Management Courses - Office of Government Commerce of England –
2006
Specialist in Narrative Creation - Fundacion Universidad Central (Bogota) -2009
CONSULTANT AND RESEARCHER
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
With 27 years of experience, acquired the ability to direct, coordinate and lead
working groups to meat the objectives and results foreseen. In the research and
analysis field, worked in the design, planning, formulating and policies
management from a human development perspective and an effective
communication, for the development of complex environments. This way,
participated in the formulation of public policies in Colombia and Latin America
in social, conflict, peace, democracy, citizen security and environmental
matters.
Experience in strategic and programmatic consulting for national and
international organisms. Expert in formulation, tracking, evaluation,
systematization and monitoring of programs, projects and processes with a
differential approach (gender, youth, and minorities among other). Experience
in implementing citizen participation and effective communication processes for
change, based on methodologies that build consensus, public dialogue and
formulating policies, proposed by the United Nation Development Program –
PNUD (for its acronym in Spanish) for processes in the elaboration of the
Human Development Reports.
BRIEF RESUME
1. Education
 Business Administrator- Fundacion Universitaria Filipense (Pasto)
1990
 Senior Management Courses- Office of Government Commerce of
England – 2006
 Specialist in Narrative Creation - Fundacion Universidad Central
(Bogota) -2009
2. Experience in Research and Public Policy Formulation:
 Research
and
formulation
on
Human
Development
recommendation for public policy, as part of the team of the
Human Development Report of PNUD in Colombia and New York
(2000-2011)
 Advisor to the Caja de Vivienda Popular for the improvement on
housing and human resettlements to evaluate the policy and
propose guidelines and management models (2011-2012)
 Advisor to the Secretary of Mobility Office for the formulation of
mobility policy incorporating a Human Development perspective.
3. International Experience:
 General Manager of the Report on Human Development for
Central America, 2007-2011
 General Manager of the Report on Millennium Development Goals
for Latin America and Caribbean, coordinated the teams of
consultants responsible of the field investigation, 2011-2012
4. Professional Activity Areas
Keen in the coordinating teams to reach results, in research and consultancies
on public policy, programs, and projects in the following areas:
 Armed Conflict and Peace
 Environment and Mining
 Victims and Reconciliation
 Citizen Safety
 Housing and habitat
 Mobility
Founding member and sub director of Razon Publica. Political analyst and
collaborator of different national and international media.
5.
Academic Experience
 Public Opinion and research on Public Opinion (Escuela de
Comunicacion y Periodismo- Universidad Sergio Arboleda)
 Seminar on Conflict and Territory (Faculty of Sociology –
Universidad National de Colombia 2010- present)
6. Personal Information
 ID: CC No. 30,735,901 RUT: No. 30,735,901
 Born in Pasto, Colombia on the 27th of February 1967
 Divorced. Daughter: Valentina Dupont Duque, born on 23 of
September 1994 in Bogota
1. CONFIRMED SKILLS
Private Sector
 Systematization, evaluation, tracking, monitoring of projects with a
human development and a communication for development
approach.
 Formulation of Projects, Programs and Strategic Areas
 Projects and Programs Evaluation
 Structuring and optimizing Enhanced Value Chains
 Strategic Business Management
 Design and implementation of strategies to identify new market
niches
Public Sector
Formulation, Systematization, monitoring and tracking of policies on:
 Mobility
 Assisting Victims of conflict
 Conflict Resolution
 Improvement and human resettlement
 Incentive planes for defaulting debtors of priority housing
Academic activity
 Experience in university teaching
 Experience in research
 Experience in media communication
2. ACADEMIC TRAINING
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Universidad Central - Specialist in Narrative Creation- October
2008- October 2009
APM GROUP: Prince 2, Best Practice, Office of Government
Commerce of England PRINCE 2 - Senior Management Projects
– Certification August 2006
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Course
on Human Rights – December 2004
Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Faculty of Sociology –
CES – Forced Displacement in Colombia – Course of the
Specialization, June – December 2004
Universidad de los Andes- PNUD- Faculty of Administration –
Master´s Department on University Management in alliance with
the United Nations Program for Development – Course on Human
Development, 2003
Fundacion Social Colombiana CEDAVIDA. Courses on
pedagogy for Peace – 2002
Instituto Universitario Filipense - Faculty of Administration –
Bachelor in Business Administration 1986-1990
3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN COLOMBIA
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Research, Analysis, Drafting documents and Formulation, Evaluation
and Monitoring of Projects
Mayor of Bogota´s Office
Advise the Mayor´s office on inter-institutional coordination and management for
the strengthening of the relations of the District Administration with the National
Government, and carry out initiatives for the development of strategic matters
for the Capital District. October 2012- present
District Secretary of Mobility
Advised the Secretary´s office in the formulation of the mobility public policy in
the Development Plan - Bogota Humana - 2012-2016. March 1, 2012 –
September 10, 2012
Razon Publica and other media.
Analyst on politics, conflict, peace, citizen security, mining and environment
topics. Permanent collaborator on analysis to Razon Publica Journal.
Occasional collaborator of EL Tiempo, El Nuevo Siglo, Semana, and Hora 20
among other. 2007- present
Caja de Vivienda Popular – Secretary of Habitat
Consultant for elaborating the guidelines on human resettlement Public policy,
elaboration of the diagnosis of the Housing Improvement Program and of its
Management Model. May 2011 – January 2012
OXFAM GB
Coordinator of the Final Evaluation team of the Peasants Markets Project.
December 2008 – march 2010
Inter Agency Dialogue – DIAL. Consultant - Elaboration of the background
Document of the Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia, 2008-2009
World Lutheran Federation. Consultant. Drafted the documents of the
Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Aid Project.
August 2008 –march 2009.
Norwegian Council for Refugees- Colombia. Consultant. Institutional
Strengthening and Strategic and Programmatic Advisory, February – July 2008
Mayors of Bogota’s office – Secretary of Habitat. Advisor of the Secretary’s
office. Structured, drafted and consolidated for the District’s Secretary of
Habitat, the management and handover report.
Office of the Resident Coordinator and the Humanitarian coordinator Colombia
Coordinator of the Peace Committee. August 2006 – September 2007
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Director and Projects Manager
World Lutheran Federation. External Consultant. Lead de FLM Program in
Colombia, built the policy document and practical tool of institutional
development. November 2009 - May 2010
Norwegian Council for Refuges- Colombia. Consultant – Institutional
Strengthening and Strategic and Programmatic Advisory. February – July 2008
Fundacion Razon Publica: Founding member, Executive Director and Sub
Director of the Razon Publica Magazine, designed the project, identified and
selected the founding members and the intellectuals that take part in the project
and led the consolidation process of the project.
United Nations Development Program – UNDP – Colombia. General
Manager. Bogota´s Human Development Report. June 2005 – September 2007
United Nations Development Program – UNDP- Colombia. Manager of the
Peace and Human Development Area, March 2004 – March 2007
United Nations Development Program – UNDP – Colombia. General
Manager. National report on Human Development The Conflict, Alley with an
Exit. . March 2002 – February 2004
Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Department of Philosophy, Director of the
Extracurricular program, February 2000- June 2002
Fundacion Proyecto Colombia, Executive Director. Responsible for
representing the board of directors in different scenarios. January 2000December 2008
Fundacion Antonio Puerto. Advisor. Project Advisor “Business Strengthening
and increase productivity of the craftworks sector in the Department of Boyaca”.
September 2000 – December 2001.
Banco de la Republica, Library and Cultural Centre Leopoldo Lopez Arbelaez
in Pasto. 1986 – 1992
4. PARICIPATED IN PUBLICATIONS
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Mining, Territory and Conflict in Colombia, chapter on Mining:
Explosive fields. Economic boom and conflict, history repeats itself.
Edition Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Regular Analyst of Razonpublica.com, invited columnist of El Tiempo,
El Espectador and Semana.com
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Report on Millennium Development Goals for Latin America and the
Caribbean. Part of the writing team, United Nations Development
Program, December 2011
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Report on Bogota´s Human Development for Central America
2009/2010. Opening Room to Citizen Security and Human Development.
Part of the writing team, Bogota, United Nations Development
Program, October 2009.
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Report on Bogota´s Human development. Bogota, Colombia´s bet. Part
of the writing team, Bogota, United Nations Development Program,
August 2008
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Bogotá, Election 2007, Opportunity for the Human Development. Part of
the writing team, Bogota, United Nations Development Program,
October 2007
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Land use: a big challenge for Bogota, Part of the writing team, Bogota,
United Nations Development Program, October 2007
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Report on Bogota´s human development. Influence public policy or
publish a book? In the Latin American Human Development
Magazine # 36, September 2007
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How to achieve a Bogota without poverty. Part of the writing team,
Bogota, United Nations Development Program, April 2007. Facts of
the Alley magazine. Special collaboration from magazine 1 march
2005 to magazine 24 march 2007, Bogota, United Nations
Development Program.
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The future of Bogota’s institutional organization, Part of the writing
team, Bogota, United Nations Development Program, September
2006
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The future of Bogota´s Mobility, Part of the writing team, Bogota,
United Nations Development Program, June 2006
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National Report on Human development for Colombia, 2003. Conflict and
alley with an exit. Part of the writing team, Bogota, United Nations
Development Program, 2003.
Other Publications
In the south it rains differently… a tribute to mature love (being edited)
Poems to life, to wine and to love (selected Works), March 1999
Selected Works of Colombian poesy, new voices of the ending century, June
1998
Each morning has its name, October 1997
Of skin Violeta Cerilla, April 1997