FELIPE CARRILLO-MORA
Home Address: Office: UNESCO
14, Rue de Musset 7 Place de Fontenoy, Of.3083
75016 Paris (France) 75007 Paris (France)
(33) 615280658 (33) 145681756
fcm@post.harvard.edu f.carrillo@unesco.org
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2005
Ph.D. (c), Economics of Education
Thesis: “Economic Impact & Cost Benefit Analysis of the Decentralization Process in Lat. America”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass), U.S.A., 2003
Ms.Sc., International Development and Regional Planning, Concentration in Political Economy Thesis: "Increasing Wages While Maintaining Competitiveness”.
Harvard University, Cambridge, (Mass), U.S.A., 2001
M.Ed., International Education Policy, Focus on Social Development, and poverty & inequalities in K-12 education. Advisor: Prof. Fernando Reimers
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
B.S.of Eng., Finance Engineering, Concentration in International Finance in Economic Development
Thesis: “Economic Impacts of the Armed Conflict in Colombia”.
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Visiting student, Political Science and Development Finance.
LANGUAGES
Bilingual: Spanish and German; fluent in English; very good knowledge of French & Portuguese
Consultant, Programme for the Reconstruction of Education Systems in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations: Elaborated and designed programme strategies and planning for 8 countries in conflict and post-conflict situations. Countries include Afghanistan, Angola, Colombia, Guatemala, and Liberia, among others. Coordinated and provided backstopping of programme activities implemented at HQ and field offices. Elaborated bid proposals to be submitted to international donor funds such as the Japanese UN Human Security Fund, IFIT, and U.S. Department of Labor, among others. Provided maintenance and coordination between different project partners, field offices and institutes as well as other international partner agencies. Monitored newly created education project offices in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Consultant, Programme on Social and Economic Development: Responsible for the preparation of executive summaries and reports to the Director, revised documents on Education Finance, Social and Economic Development issued by the European Union. Also drafted papers on Economics of Education, and on the identification of issues of social policies discussed in the European Commission, of relevance to countries outside the European Union. Assisted the Director of Education Policies and Strategies Unit, in the Analysis of Economic Developmental documents issued by Member States. Prepared critical analysis of documents issued by OECD and the EU on Science and Technology.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, Massachussetts. 2002
Research Assistant: Gathered Colombian oriented research data on Vocational Training and Higher Education to use for several publications.
Social Policies Coordinator, Executive Board Member: Provided technical advice on education and social topics. Coordinated teams of advisors on social issues by subject matter: education, social development, etc. Attended national and international conferences, such as UNESCO’s ”Education for All for Learning to Live Together” (Geneva, September 2001).
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, Bogotá, Colombia 1998 – 2000.
Executive Member: One of the 10 members in charge of the planning of higher education policies of Colombia. Together with the Ministry of Education, the Director of National Planning and other high-profile people in the educational system, the Council approved the creation of new universities, doctoral and master’s programs in public and private institutions nationwide, and decided on some investments and budget-related issues.
EXECUTIVE BOARD (BOARD OF REGENTS), NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, Bogotá, Colombia. 1996-1998.
Executive Member, Student Representative: Served as one of the 8 members of the highest body of governance of the largest public university of Colombia. The Executive Board’s responsibility included the appointment of the President of the University, deans, and tenured faculty, overseeing the university’s annual budget allocation, as well as the creation of new programs and the opening of campuses throughout the country.
MIT-France Program, Research Grant awarded to work at SCIENCES PO, Paris. Research interest Impacts of Globalization on Labor Markets & Social Welfare. 2003.
Government of Taiwan, Taipei: Awarded Fellowship for three-week seminar on Economic Development of Taiwan. 2003
Stichtung Porticus Foundation, Holland: Merit-based scholarship to pursue graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002.
Ecole Nationale D'administration (ENA), Paris: Fellowship to participate in the seminar Policymakers and Political Economic Reform: European Experiences, March 2001.
Paper presented on Higher Education Reform Trends in Latin America.
Organization of American States (OAS): Fellowship to pursue graduate studies at Harvard University. 2000.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.: Fellowship to participate in a seminar for high-level higher education administrators, November 1999.
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C: One of 35 people out of more than 500 applicants chosen from all over Latin America to participate in a leadership seminar for young leaders, April 1998. Focus on Human Capital.
UNESCO, World Conference on Higher Education, Paris: Selected by the Minister of Education to be one of the ten members of Colombia’s official delegation to the World Conference on Higher Education, October 1998.
Journal articles (selection):
“Un Compromiso Social con la Educación Superior” in ALEPH, No. 120 (January- March 2002), pp. 35-45.
“La Universidad y su Extensión en el Medio” in Cuadernos Ascun, Nos. 4-5 (Colombia: Asociación Colombiana de Universidades, 1998), pp. 90-96.
“La Universidad Colombiana También Tiene un Compromiso Social con el País” in Colombia: Ciencia & Tecnología, Vol. 15, No. 2 (April - June 1998), pp. 24-25.
Memos (selection):
"Decentralization in Colombia, An Incomplete Reform", Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 2003.
"Does Europe's Welfare State and Economic Institutions Converge Toward the U.S. Model?" MIT, Political Science, Forthcoming.
"Influence of European’s Institutions in its post World War II Economic Growth". MIT, Political Science. April 2003.
"Winner and Losers of Globalization", MIT, Political Science, December 2002.
"Protectionist Tendencies in the Late Nineteenth Century", MIT, Political Science, October 2002.
Newspaper articles (selection):
“Sociedad Civil: ¿Testigo Mudo?” in El Tiempo, November 9, 1997.
“30 Años Después...” in El Tiempo (May 21, 1998), p. 11A.
“Betrand Russell: El Filósofo de la Paz” in El Colombiano (March 5, 1995), p. 2E.
”Escondite Virtual Estudiantil” in Lecturas Dominicales (September 28, 1997), p. 2.
“La Despenalización de la Dosis Personal” in El Colombiano (November 1994).
“El Desastre Ecológico” in El Colombiano (November 1994).
REFERENCES (Available on Request)
José Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN
Alice Amsden, Barton L. Weller of Political Economy, MIT
Fernando Reimers, Ford Professor of Education, Harvard University
Mary Joy Pigozzi, Director of the Division for the Promotion of Quality Education, UNESCO