Agricultural Engineer Ross Mabel López International Consultant
Postgraduate in Environmental Management, Master in Internacional Cooperation and Development
Ross Mabel López Vega is Agricultural Engineer from the National University of Asuncion (UNA), she has a Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Management from the National University of Asuncion (UNA), a Master´s Degree in International Cooperation and Development from the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia – IUSS, Italy. She took courses in the areas of food and nutritional security policies, territorial social management, project design, beekeeping enterprises.
She worked as a liaison in the FAO Representative Office in Paraguay, in the general supervision of projects at the national and regional level. At the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FCA) of the National University of Asuncion (UNA), she worked in the Coordination of International Relations and Institutional Evaluation, as Coordinator of the professor and student mobility with foreign universities, thesis advice, research according to lines of interest of the FCA in the theme of Development, International Cooperation and Environment. With the organization Copenhagen Initiative for Central America and Mexico (CIFCA), Brussels, Belgium, she reviewed project proposals for the European Union (EU), analyzed technical documents, organized meetings with representatives of other entities and members of the EU, advocacy and lobbying, monitoring activities related to the network on agricultural and environmental issues. With the Directorate for Project Coordination and Administration (DINCAP) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), she worked on the coordination of activities between field projects, presentation of follow-up reports to the Program such as Technification, PRONAF, SEPIR, Paraguay Rural, FOCEM and accompaniment during project evaluation mission, preparation of proposals for new cooperation with donor and financial entities. At A-Fines she has accompanied projects related to value chains, private investment market studies.