Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR

worked in private sector management positions in
construction companies. He is a co-author of: Viviendas
por autoconstrucción. La experiencia en el programa de
protección contra las inundaciones [Self-Built Homes.
Experience with the Flood Protection Program] and
Arquitectura para la emergencia social y ambiental
[Architecture for Social and Environmental Emergencies]
(zelig@fibertel.com.ar nachozel@gmail.com).
Ronaldo Marques, a Brazilian, studied public
administration and has a post-graduate degree in
economics from the University of Campinas. He has
25 years’ experience in the field of socio- environmental
studies. Currently, he is the Coordinator of Brazil’s
Special Committee on the Environment of Companhia
Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM). In 2004, he
served as Municipal Secretary for Services of the Municipality
of Sao Paulo (ro.mm@terra.com.br).
Marilia Scombatti, a Brazilian, studied sociology
and has an M.A. in Urban Planning from the
University of the Sorbonne. She has 30 years’ experience
with involuntary resettlement projects. She has
been a consultant for private sector enterprises, the Inter-American
Development Bank and the World Bank.
Her areas of expertise include: social and environmental
impact mitigation; resettlement plans; media programs;
environmental training; and the monitoring and evaluation
of social program outcomes. She has worked in
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (mariliascombatti@gmail.com).
Eduardo Aguirre Cantero, a Guatemalan,
is an architect who graduated from the University San
Carlos de Guatemala and specializes in risk management.
He has served in several government posts, including
the Manager of the Office of the President and the Vice
President of the Republic. From 2006-2008 he was
Coordinator General of Guatemala’s Reconstruction
with Transformation Plan following Hurricane Stan.
He was also National Coordinator of Pro Habitat
(Production and Housing), a UN and Guatemalan
government project to design 60 urban centers for
risk prevention and mitigation. He was National
Coordinator of the reconstruction and risk management
component of the municipal local development
program supported by the German Cooperation agency
(GTZ), and Assistant Secretary of the Peace Secretariat.
He has also served as Dean of the Architecture Faculty
at the University of San Carlos, Director of the Farusac
Research Center, professor and founder of M.A.
programs in Human Settlements and Environmental
Protection. He has also been a consultant for UNDP,
the World Bank and the GTZ. He has won national and
international awards for his work promoting housing
for low-income families. Publications include: Historia
de la Arquitectura contemporánea de Guatemala (1997)
[The History of Contemporary Guatemalan Architecture]
and Arquitectura vernácula guatemalteca (1991)
[Guatemalan Vernacular Architecture]. He has been
editor/director of the journals Resultados and En obra,
published by the Architecture Faculty of the University
of San Carlos. Currently, he is Sustainable Development
and Institutional Relations Manager at Cementos
Progreso S.A. (eduardoaguirrem@gmail.com).
Narzha Poveda Gómez, a Colombian, has
a B.A. in Social Sciences and an M.A. in Educational
and Social Development from the National Pedagogical
University of Colombia. She has 29 years’ experience
working on social development projects and
environmental impact studies, as well as teaching postgraduate
courses, and consultancy work. She worked
for nine years on resettlement of populations at risk
or disaster, coordinated interdisciplinary teams and
formulated public policies. She also participated in the
preparation of a resettlement toolkit and roadmap. She
has also prepared and conducted national and regional
socioeconomic studies (narzha@gmail.com).
Sergio Iván Carmona Maya (1962-2009),
a Colombian, was an anthropologist who studied at the
University of Antioquia and obtained an M.A. in Ibero-
American Political Systems and an Advanced Studies
Diploma in Governance and Democracy. For 15 years
he worked as a strategy and development specialist on
inter-connected electricity grids in Colombia. He was
a World Bank consultant, an advisor in Colombia to
several government institutions. He was a professor, organizer
of the M.A. degree in Environmental Management
at the National University of Colombia, and the
director-founder of its Laboratory on Environmental
Conflicts and Development. He wrote and co-authored
books and articles on subjects relating to the social and
cultural dimensions of environmental impacts, anthropology
and sustainable development, social management,
inter-cultural relations, conflict mediation and
environmental management in development projects.
He died in December 2009.
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