CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Miguel Saravia Lopez de Castilla
Date of Birth:
31 May 1969
Nationality:
Peruvian
Profession:
Librarian and Information Scientist
Specialisation:
Rural
Information
Systems.
Information
and
Communications Technology for Development. Rural
Telecommunications. Rural Radio. ICT training to youth,
women and governmental officials. Information flows
analysis. Knowledge management.
Education:
Key Qualifications:
1986 – 1992
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
1999
Open University
* BA Librarianship and Information Science; Faculty of
Human Sciences
* Diploma on Managment in Voluntary and Non-profit Sector
* Lecture, Information and Communications Technology.
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Country Experience:
Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, United Kingdom, Uruguay y Zimbabwe.
Language Capability: Spanish, English (advanced)
EXPERIENCE
2003 – Present Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) - Latin
America Office. New Technology Programme Manager.
Responsible for the development of a new programme at the ITDG
Regional related with new technologies at its impact on the poor life.
2000 – 2002
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) - Latin
America Office. Information and Communication Technology
Programme Manager.
Responsible for the management of several projects related with ICT
applications in rural and peri-urban areas. Advise the Group on an
overall strategic direction on ICT for Development.
1996 – 1999
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) - Latin
America Office. Communications Area Manager and ICT Advisor.
Responsible for Management of Communications Area activities,
including: Institutional Communications, Public Affairs, Publications,
Information Services, and Institutional Marketing.
1994 – 1996
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) - Latin
America Office. Information Services Manager and ICT Advisor
Responsible for all information services, including ITDG Library and
advising regional offices to implement documentation centres and
information services. Involved in projects as information researcher
and as information-flow specialist.
1993
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) - Latin
America Office. Information Manager and ICT Advisor.
Responsible for ITDG Library Management and ICT subjects.
1992 -1993
Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL). Information Officer
Responsible for IDL Information System that support the Human
Right protection activities of the organisation. Support Institutional
Magazine
and
books
production.
Responsible
of
designing
databases.
1991
Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL). Human Rights Promoter.
Support IDL´s Education Area workshops in Peru.
Consultancy/ITDG Project Activities/Other relevant activities
2004 Civil Society and National ICT Programs: 4 case
IDRC (Canada)
studies (Peru, El Salvador, Venezuela and Uruguay).
(on-going)
Design of the “Social Surveillance Observatory” (on-
CIES (Perú)
going)
Design of the “Documentation Centre for Human
Peruvian Ombudsman
Rights and Collective Memory”
2003 Member of the consulting team in charge of the design
of the new “Rural Telecommunications Strategy” for
the Government of Peru
World Bank
Consultancy to design a monitoring system for the
IDRC / CIED
“Algualtiplano Project”
Research: Civil Society Role in the construction of
GTZ (Germany)
Information and Communication Policies: The Peruvian
case.
Research on information needs of peasants in the
ITDG, SNV and IMAR Costa
north cost of Peru (Chancay River).
Norte
2002 Research: Civil Society Organizations facing the
APC
National ICT Programs: a review of 9 countries.
Fellow in the project: “Making Knowledge work for the
DFID-UK
poor” funded by DFID-UK
Advisor at the FAO research: : “Perú: Hacia una
FAO and IACD-OAS
Estrategia de Reducción de Pobreza en la Era de la
Información”.
Consultancy to design an Knowledge Management
GTZ (Alemania)
system fo the “Red SIDA Peru”
ONUSIDA – Naciones
Unidas.
Fellow of the international project: “Poor Urban Women
DFID-UK
and ICT”
2001 ICT applications on SME in Latin America. Consultant.
Intermediate Technology
Consultants
Knowledge Management System Design for Children
Health Ministry - Peru
and Youth Health Programme. Consultant.
GTZ
Agriculture Information System Design. Consultant
Agriculture Information Office
- Agriculture Ministry - Perú
Developing Appropriate ICT for Rural Areas.
DFID-UK
Researcher
Reading University
Poor Urban Women and ICT. Researcher
DFID-UK
2000 Cybercities (Teletopia/Ican21). Pre - Feasibility Study
in Piura and Villa El Salvador. Consultant.
Inter-American Development
Bank Challenge One
Consulting
Contents Area Strategic Planning Advisor.
Peruvian Scientific Network
Knowledge and Information Systems in Peri-urban
DFID-UK
Areas. Peru Project Manager
Rural Radio Broadcasting Enterprises, project
ITDG-Peru
Manager
DFID-UK
1999 Risk Management and Disaster Prevention Master
ITDG
Programme.
Latin American Network of
Information Technology Manager: Costa Rica, Ecuador
Social Studies on Disaster
and Argentina.
Prevention. (La Red)
Latin America Faculty of
Social Science.
1998 Rural Information System. Project Manager.
Information and Communications Technologies for
InfoDev World Bank
ITDG
Sustainable Livelihoods. Researcher
DesInventar Project. Central America, Perú, Ecuador,
La Red
Colombia.
ICT Training Programme to 15 Municipalities in San
Business School for
Martin.
Graduated (ESAN) - Local
Government Programme
1997 National Disaster Information Network. President.
National Disaster Information
Network
ICT Training Programme to Latin American Artisanal
International Collective for
Fishers.
Safe Fishing (Canada)
Internet connection to 10 provincial municipalities in
Business School for
San Martin
Graduated (ESAN) - Local
Government Programme
1996 La Red Information Project Manager
La Red
Technical Committee Member of Electronic
United Nations
Conference: Solutions for Cities at Risk
IDNDR QUIPUNET
1995 Lecturer in Information Technology
Pontifical Catholic University
of Peru
1994 SME in Peru. Literature Review
Lecturer in Information Technology
DESCO
Pontifical Catholic University
of Peru
1993 Lecturer in Archive Management,
General National Archive and
the American State
Organisation.
1992 “Pautas y prácticas de crianza en sectores marginados
DESCO / CELAM-Chile
urbanos, rurales e indígenas”. Literature Review
1991 "Red de Descentralización y Democratización de la
DESCO
Información". Como tal asesoré a diversas
instituciones en Lima y provincias tales como: CERA
Bartolomé de las Casas-Cusco, CESDER-Chepen,
CEPES, INPET, CIDAP, FLORA TRISTAN, IPAL, IEP,
IPADEL, ADEC-ATC
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
2004
Bridging the digital bridge: Connecting the scientific community
with the “other knowledge”. Presentación durante la VI Conferencia
Internacional sobre Publicaciones Electrónicas (EL PUB). Brasilia, Junio
2004
Políticas Públicas para el acceso efectivo a las NTICs en zonas rurales
de América Latina. Ponencia ante el Taller Internacional: “LA Onda
Rural” que organizó la FAO en Quito, en Abril, 2004.
Sustentabilidad de los proyectos TIC en la Región Andina. Presentación
ante el Taller Andino de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación
que organizó la Comunidad Andina de Naciones. Lima, Abril, 2004.
2003
"Otro lado de la brecha: Perspectivas Latinoamericanas y del Caribe ante
la CMSI" / RedISTIC, Diciembre, 2003
Construcción concertada de un modelo de provisión de información para
pobladores rurales de Cajamarca /Junio, 2003
ICT at the Service of Development - Multi-stakeholder Initiatives and
Lessons Learned. Presentation at GKP Workshop, held in Babaro,
República Dominicana. Enero, 2003.
Ideas para repensar la Conectividad en Áreas Rurales. Presentación en
Taller de OSIPTEL sobre Telecomunicaciones Rurales. Marzo, 2003.
2002
Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación en zonas rurales:
reflexiones desde la experiencia de ITDG. Ponencia a taller de OSIPTEL.
Diciembre, 2002
¿Con S o con C? La guerra de las siglas: Otra Mirada a los Sistemas de
Información Rural en el Perú. Ponencia presentada al Taller
Internacional: Sistemas de Información Rural en la Región Andina
organizado por el ITACAB y la GTZ. Agosto, 2002.
Open Knowledge Network: The role of International NGO’s. Presentation
at OKN Workshop, held in Chennai, India. Mayo, 2002.
2001
The role of Information and Knowledge in the development of rural areas.
Analysis from Sustainable Livelihood Framework. Paper to Global Social
Networks International Conference. Buenos Aires, December 2001. (In
progress)
Information and Communication Technology for Rural and Peri-Urban
Development. Lima, ITDG, 2001 (In press)
InfoDes Project Systematisation. Edilberto Portugal and Miguel Saravia.
Lima: ITDG, June 2001.
Impact Assessment in ICT and Telecentre Projects. Reunión Regional de
Tecnología de la Información organised by Inter-American Development
Bank. Managua, Junio, 2001
2000
Sistema de Información para Areas Rurales. Seminar "Internet: Agenda
Pendiente" organised by OSIPTEL. Lima, Febrero , 2000.
http://www.osiptel.gob.pe/actyev/cont/proximos/semint/presen/07msaravia/Ponencia.doc
Mixed Media /Medios Enteros: Radiodifusión e Internet en América
Latina y el Caribe. Fundación Friedrich Ebert. Tampa, Florida, 23 y 24 de
setiembre del 2000. http://www.comunica.org/tampa/docs/saravia.doc
Biblio Web: El portal de las Bibliotecas del Perú. Seminario "Convención
ABLA 2000" Organizado por el Instituto Cultural Peruano
Norteamericano. Lima, Agosto, 2000.
1999
Sistema Urbano-Rural de Información: Apuntes para una reflexión. 4to.
Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecología y Ciencias de la Información. Lima,
Noviembre, 1999.
1998
Cabinas: Putting Peru on the Net; Appropriate Technology, Vol. 24 No. 4,
March 1998
1996
Internet Manual, ITDG (Internal Document)
1994
Organizaciones No Gubernamentales de Desarrollo en el Peru. Lima:
DESCO, 1994.
1994
Informacion para el Desarrollo Comunitario, co-author, for IPAL, CEDRO,
ITDG and the British Council
1989-1990 Violencia en el Peru (two versions), co-author, DESCO, Lima, Peru