Mauricio Forero

• Accomplished international consultant with over 18 years’ experience in the areas of Democracy, Elections and Human Rights. Providing technical assistance and advise to Electoral Management Bodies (EMB) and National Civil Registries Offices in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of electoral processes in conflict and post-conflict countries. Specialised in design, coordination, monitoring and implementation of electoral cycles and teams. Technical Assistance to national and local authorities and staff in the aspects of: Legal framework, political party’s leadership, civic and voter’s education, registration, gender, electoral disputes, logistics, trainings in Democratic local leadership, human rights, and elections including Presidential, Legislative, and local elections, special elections, and referendums. • Experience participating in electoral missions in Latin America (Colombia), the Caribbean (Haiti), Western Africa (Ivory Coast and Mali), Oceania (New Caledonia), the US. Adviser for Democracy and Elections in (Ivory Coast and Mali), 2 missions in Haiti as Human Rights Officer and as a Regional Coordinator for Democracy and Elections. (Coordinator in charge of 12 international staff) • Significant experience in drafting mid-term and final reports and workshops for training. In Mali, advised successfully national authorities in order to strengthen the capacity of national staff and national counterparts through coaching, mentoring and training in the workplace. Participated successfully as a member of the Trainers of trainers Team for a 150-regional staff during the cycle of elections 2013 2014. Succeeded in providing advice and in the implementation of a civic, voters’ education and registration program addressed to over 100+ civil society organizations and political parties in a region of 1.169.000 voters. Gained the trust and confidence of the actors involved as a member of the UNDP Democracy steering committee, grant basket fund of more than US$ 500.000+ • Experience empowering local leaders and their constituencies in political agenda issues. In the US, as Lead State Manager for a group of Fellows Program in Local Leadership and the issues of the national agenda and gender balance with equality. Electoral Reform expert in the State of Florida, contacts with elected officials and members of US Congress, to implement a new voting system nationwide: the rank choice voting or alternative voting with key oversight powers in campaign finance and fair participation. • Recruited, directed and trained 15 Fellows community leaders interested in advanced training for organizing and digital media strategies. They developed skills in organizing and leadership and were able to expand their grassroots organizations and to gather support from more than one hundred CSO's and private partners. • Certified in UNDP and European Commission -Cooperation in Electoral Assistance: experience working jointly with EU EOMs as partners in the Caribbean (Haiti) and Western Africa (Ivory Coast and Mali) in programs of Democracy and Electoral assistance, voter registration, and Monitoring of Elections. In New Caledonia: Successfully provided advice and follow up for the evaluations and the establishment of the electoral rolls for legislative elections and the referendum in 18 cities. Both electoral rolls included more than 150.000 voters. • Experience in communication, planning, and implementation: Ability to lead implementation, excellent communication skills, responsiveness to all partners, Ability to affect staff behavioural/ attitudinal change, Self-Management, Client-oriented results and knowledge transfer skills. Researcher, Author: publications on amazon.com goo.gl/ZzE3AS • Experience in supervising staff, national and international observers, their deployment, and coordination with core team and observers. In Haiti, coordinated and supervised a team of international observers in two (2) departments assigned to monitor the electoral process, for the first and the second tour of elections, despite the humanitarian crisis and IDPs as a result of the earthquake of 2010. Succeeded in submitting preparatory drafts, memos, analytical reports, and evaluation reports to the core group in Port-au-Prince. • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and operate under stressful situations in complex context including post-conflict countries. In Ivory Coast: advised successfully members of the electoral commissions about the resources and strategies for the mobilization of voters and the installation of temporary sites that were timely available for the Election Day.