Electoral Campaign for HIC President Election 2011 – 2015 : Candidate Lorena Zárate’s application

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MarГ­a Lorena ZГЎrate

I was created in Los Angeles Plata, Argentina on November 18, 1971. We studied History in the nationwide University of Los Angeles Plata and had been user of this performing Group on artistic History.

Before joining the Habitat Overseas Coalition (HIC) in Mexico City, we struggled to obtain 7 years in Argentina as being a known user associated with the modifying and publishing group for the Centre for Environmental Studies and Projects Foundation (FundaciГіn CEPA, Centro de Estudios y Proyectos del Ambiente), the Latin American Forum for Environmental Studies (Foro Latinoamericano de Ciencias Ambientales)-UNESCO seat on Sustainable Development, additionally the journal Environment (Revista Ambiente).

I have already been surviving in Mexico City since June 1999 and I also joined up with the HIC-Latin America (HIC-AL) local team in 2000, collaborating with Fomento Solidario de la Vivienda (FOSOVI) along with other businesses associated with the Mexico Habitat Coalition (CHM). I’ve been the Coordinator regarding the HIC-Latin United states Regional workplace since 2003.

My language that is native is, we talk and compose English and French, and I also understand and read Portuguese.

Regional Workplace Coordination, HIC-Latin America

Main duties include:

• General administration, coordination and utilization of regional and worldwide tasks underneath the auspices of varied donors, along with drafting necessary reports;
• Organization, coordination and involvement in HIC local, nationwide and meetings that are international like the Board and General Assembly;
• Preparing, participation and followup of HIC regional, nationwide and worldwide occasions, particularly the World personal Forum, the Americas personal Forum, additionally the World Urban Form;
• Organization of training activities for HIC and associated companies;
• Ongoing communication and help for regional HIC user organizations in Latin America, plus in other areas (Spanish-, English-, French- and Portuguese-speaking people) to produce, implement, monitor and disseminate tasks and jobs in a cooperative way;
• Development and strengthening of links with other local, nationwide and worldwide sites, like the execution and diffusion of common tasks, such as for example promotions, activities, studies, and magazines;
• Composing center point electronic bulletins and articles for HIC regional and websites that are international
• Coordination and modifying of local, national and international HIC magazines, including involvement in French-Spanish, English-Spanish and Portuguese-Spanish translations.

Regional and Overseas Projects

Help towards the HIC-Latin American Regional Secretariat. Coordination of methods, agendas, action plans for social motions, technical groups, grassroots companies, NGOs, and academics to advocate for policies in popular housing and habitat, using the aim of enhancing housing conditions among low-income communities. Misereor, Germany, 2001-2003, 2004-2006, 2007-2009, and 2010-2012.

Individual liberties connected to habitat in Meso-America. Project developed resistance techniques for neighborhood companies and communities threatened by the Panama Plan in addition to chance for forced displacement and peoples legal rights violations. In coordination with Silvia Emanuelli (HIC-AL). Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Germany, 2003-present.

Regional Venture on Ladies and Housing: Constructing Dignity. In coordination aided by the Observatori DESC (Barcelona), HIC General Secretariat and HIC-Women and Habitat system for Latin America (Red Mujer y established men log in HГЎbitat). Sustained by ACCD and DiputaciГі de Barcelona, Spain, 2007-2008.

The social manufacturing of habitat as well as the straight to housing and also to the town in Latin America: Strategic instructions for HIC action that is regional advocacy . 12 companies and 7 cities/countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Uruguay) took part in this task, with preparation, evaluation and monitoring conferences in Caracas, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and BogotГЎ. Sustained by Oxfam-Novib, The Netherlands, 2005-2008.

Task to support advocacy procedures for policies associated with the social manufacturing of habitat. Supported by the Swedish Cooperative Centre, Sweden, 2007.

Overseas task in the social production of habitat: Conceptual development, case studies, support instruments and general public policy advocacy. The task involved diverse HIC organizations and HIC bodies in the centre East, Africa, Asia, European countries and Latin America. InWent, Germany, 2003-2005.

Regional task to bolster civil culture for the understanding of individual legal rights associated with habitat. 10 businesses and 5 cities/countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico y Uruguay. Preparing, evaluation and monitoring conferences in Buenos Aires, MГ©xico, and Los Angeles Paz. Supported by Oxfam-Novib, Holland, 2003-2005.

Ö Participated into the core group for the HIC evaluation that is institutional reviewed the dwelling of this coalition, including HIC-Latin America (June 2006-April 2007). Organization and involvement in workshops at international and levels that are regional in addition to planning of industry visits. Involved with developing terms of guide for assessment as well as in coordinating an element of the evaluation document’s translation that is final.

Г– Organization, coordination and followup of HIC internal conferences at regional and nationwide amounts in Latin America, in addition to adding to coalition that is global.

Г– Development, outreach and strengthening of links with companies, motions and companies that work on habitat and housing problems regionally and internationally. This includes public announcements, press outreach, public events, campaigns, document development, urgent action appeals, publications and action-research among other activities.