CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: HERNÁNDEZ JIMÉNEZ 2. First name: Verónica 3. Date of birth: 30/10/76 4. Nationality: Spanish 5. Contact details: C/ Cazadores, 5. Alcorcón 28922, Spain +34916162059 / +3465566860 veronica.hernandez.jimenez@gmail.com 6. Driving Licence: Since 1995 7. Education: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle (UK) (2003-2007) IMEFE/European Structural Funds (2002) (1994-2001) Superior Council for Scientific Investigation (CSIC - 2000) PhD in Participatory Land planning in Spain: an integrative perspective. Supervisor: Dr. Nick Winder Co-supervisor: Professor John Tomaney Examiners: Professor Patsy Healey (University of Newcastle) Dr. Mark Lemon ( Sheffield) Diploma in Environmental technical consultancy (375 hours) Bachelor and Master in Agricultural Engineer Diploma in Sewage and Waste Management (300 hours) LIFE/European Structural Funds (1999) Diploma in Soil and land conservation techniques (100 hours) 8. Language skills: Native Spanish. High Level English. Basic Level French. 9. Computational skills: GIS (ArcView, ArcMap), Autocad, Photoshop, Internet, MS Office (Access, Project, Word, Excell, Power Point), Statistical Tools (SPSS, N40), Endnote and web design (HTML, ASP). 1
10. Present position: Post-doctoral Researcher to establish a strategic line of research in Participatory Planning in the Projects and Rural Planning Department at the, within the VI framework project of the European Union. Post-doctoral Researcher to explore the role of farming areas in periurban zones and in the in the wider landscape. Case study: Barcelona (as examples of large cities). Member of the Association OCT Observatorio por una Cultura del Territorio. Urban and rural fringe dynamics, farming landscapes, rural challenges. Member of the Association Germen-IEPALA. Identification, monitoring and evaluation for Rural Development and Sustainable Development Projects. Institute for Political Studies for Latin America and Africa (NGO-IEPALA). 11. Key qualifications: Research in conflicts emergent in the rural urban fringe and the relationships between city and countryside. Use of participatory techniques as mechanisms of convergence in policy making. Management and Research of EU projects. High level of skill in team work and multidisciplinary work. Identification, monitoring, evaluation and management of rural development and sustainable development projects Co-ordination of agro-ecology projects Experience in international cooperation projects with a range of funding agencies and NGOs. 12. Specific international and national experience: Country Spain (Navarra/Extremadura/Castilla- León/Andalucía/Castilla La Mancha/) Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) Oct/98-May/2001 Bolivia Aug-Dec/2001 Peru Aug-Dec/2002 South Africa Sept/2002 United Kingdom August 2003 June 2007 2
13. List of Publications: 1. Co-author: Problem-Framing and Policy-making: higher education, asylum and land planning. 21 st Century Society Journal, June 2009 (in press) 2. Principal author: Chapter XIV: Planificación Participativa en el entrono de las grandes ciudades. Cohesión e Inteligencia Territorial. Edited by J. Farinós, J. Romero, J. Salom. Universitat de Valencia.Valencia, 2009. ISBN:978-84-370-7593-8 3. Co-author:Making sure you solve the right problem. Ecology and Society, 14:2 2009. 4. Principal author: Chapter 12: "Knowledge integration for sustainable planning", in the edited Volume: Beyond the rural-urban divide. Emerald, London. 2009. United Kingdom. 5. Principal author: Receptivity in governance structures for better land planning in peri-urban areas. ISBP EU project, 2008. 6. Principal author: Role of farming in big cities Importancia de los espacios agrarios de las grandes ciudades. Seminar in the Round Table Espacios Periurbanos during the National Congress of Environment (December 2008) 7. Principal author: An example of adaptive governance in regional planning. Resilience Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008. 8. Author: Participatory Land Planning in the region of (Spain): an integrative perspective. Doctoral Thesis, Newcastle University, June 2007. 9. Co-author: Guideline for a better planning in the Autonomous Community of (to local policy makers, planners and landowners). English and Spanish version. Universidad Europea de Newcastle., 2006. 10. Author: Land planning in (rural land use vs. urban land use). Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology. Hungary, 2005 11. Co-author: Agroecologia: Discusion entre la tradición, las correintes neorurrales y el atractivo comercial Electronic Journal in Gloobal ONG IEPALA (www.gloobal.net) 12. Co-author: Plan Estratégico de Actuación en Perú. Directorate in Cooperation for Development of the Autonomous Community of, 2003. 13. Co-author: Retos tras Johanesburgo. Work document for ONG IEPALA., 2002. 3
14. Professional Experience Record: Date Location Company Position Description 11/2009 to date IEPALA Lecture Lectures in Rural Development and Food Sovereignty within the Course of Food in Development Cooperation in the AECID (Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation Foreign Affairs Ministry) 05/2009 OCT (Observatory for Culture in the Territory), CAIXAForum Coordinator and Speaker 1st Workshops in the analyses and debate of the land planning strategy in periurban areas: the region of (11 th 14 th of May 2009) A open forum for stakeholders involved in the issue of land planning and sustainability (scientists, politicians, farmers, ecologists,, which aimed to bring together antagonised stakeholders and therefore to encourage some strategic agreements regarding to participatory planning and sustainability of the region. Ver: http://www.ppr.upm.es/jornadas/principal.php 12/2008 CONAMA (National Congress of Environment) 1/2007 to date 7/2003 6/2007 Newcastle (UK) ISBP, 6 th FP EU funded project Newcastle and European Univerity of TiGrESS, 5 th FP and Speaker Post-doc researcher and Lecture PhD student and Researcher Round Table of Periurban areas, Workgroup on Landscape and Stewardship and workgroup of farming and environment: searching for consensus" Department of Rural Planning in the School of Agronomy at the. Research and management activities in the ISBP project. Integrative Systems and the Boundary Problem aims to harmonize the different EU, national and regional policies in development and social cohesion. To accomplish this, we search for new ways to establish networks of consensus amongst antagonized stakeholders. Quantitative analysis / Qualitative analysis Coordination of guidelines for policy makers Dr. Nick Winder, Reader in Cultural Ecodynamics, Newcastle University Dr. David Pereira, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences ( Newcastle, UK) and Department for Environment (European, Spain). Research activity and management of the following issues: Regional Land planning Land use change Habitat Fragmentation 4
EU funded project Participatory planning 1/2002 6/2003 Peru ETSIA. Researcher Dr. Nick Winder, Reader in Cultural Ecodynamics, Newcastle University Dr. John Tomaney, Professor, Newcastle University Dr. María Ascensión Encinas, Researcher, Spanish Science Council. Department for Projects and Rural development. Faculty of Agricultural Engineers,. Research activity and management of the following projects: Sustainable use of natural resources in Southern Iberian Peninsula (with WWF/ADENA) Socioeconomic impact of Agenda 2000 in Spanish rural environment (with CARITAS SPAIN) Analysis of Monitoring and Evaluation methodologies in international cooperation projects financed by the Regional Government of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). Field work in Peru, specially in the regions of Lima and Cusco, studying the information necessities of the local agents in international cooperation project cycle management, specially the monitoring and evaluation process (10-12/2002). Santiago de Miguel. Research Manager, Cooperation for Development Area, Autonomous Community of Carlos Rodriguez Ariza, Evaluator, Spanish Agency for Cooperation for Development. 8-9/2002 Johannesbo urg IEPALA (Institute for Political Studies for Latin America and Africa) Representative 10/2002 IEPALA Speaker and Coordinator Attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development as representative for IEPALA and the Spanish Federation for Human Rights. Sonia Castañeda. Director of the International Department in the Fundación Biodiversidad Ministry of Environment and Rural and Sea affairs. Work Group Rio+10. Seminar: Challenges after Johannesbourg. Local Development Course (IEPALA and CCOO -Trade Union-) 5
1/1999 2002 Bolivia IEPALA and member Identification, monitoring and evaluation of development projects in Subsaharian Africa and Latin America. Monitoring of Food Safety projects with local NGOs in the regions of Chuquisaca and Potosí, Bolivia (8-10/2001). Member of the Working Group Rio+10: Participation in meetings and conferences with other Spanish organisations and NGOs. Courses about Rural, Sustainable and Local Development and Identification Rural Development Projects in Mozambique and El Salvador. Participation in establishing the contents on environmental issues for the set up of Gloobal Web site (www.gloobal.net). 9/2001 4/2002 /Ca stilla La Mancha/Ca stilla León 5-7/2001 /Guadalajar a 9/1999 7/2000 10/1998 7/2000 /Na varra CONSOLIDAR, S.L. KYBELE, Ecoagriculture group of ETSIA. Member and consultant and Member Carmelo García. Director, IEPALA Member of the team of consultants specialised in Rural Development and International Cooperation. Strategy development and identification of projects and courses of interest to the firm. Department for Rural infrastructures. Rural road design in the province of Guadalajara, Spain. Local Action Group: Sierra Norte de Guadalajara. Department for Agricultural Entomology. Breeding of insects. Biological control of plagues. Meeting and seminars about Socioeconomic Impact on Eco-Agriculture in Spanish Rural Enviroment. Course on Organic Agriculture with Organic Farmers, in the province of Navarra (Spain) 6