Candela de la Sota Sández
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Luz Fernández, PhD
I had the opportunity to work with Candela while I was doing the research for my PhD. Candela is very well organized and has great analytical skills which were really useful when we were trying to analyze a huge amount of qualitative and quantitative data coming from our case study projects in Brasil . In addition, she is very focused on fulfilling objectives and able to find solutions under difficult circumstances as the ones that you usually face while working with development projects.
Luz Fernández, PhD
I had the opportunity to work with Candela while I was doing the research for my PhD. Candela is very well organized and has great analytical skills which were really useful when we were trying to analyze a huge amount of qualitative and quantitative data coming from our case study projects in Brasil . In addition, she is very focused on fulfilling objectives and able to find solutions under difficult circumstances as the ones that you usually face while working with development projects.
Luz Fernández, PhD
I had the opportunity to work with Candela while I was doing the research for my PhD. Candela is very well organized and has great analytical skills which were really useful when we were trying to analyze a huge amount of qualitative and quantitative data coming from our case study projects in Brasil . In addition, she is very focused on fulfilling objectives and able to find solutions under difficult circumstances as the ones that you usually face while working with development projects.
Luz Fernández, PhD
I had the opportunity to work with Candela while I was doing the research for my PhD. Candela is very well organized and has great analytical skills which were really useful when we were trying to analyze a huge amount of qualitative and quantitative data coming from our case study projects in Brasil . In addition, she is very focused on fulfilling objectives and able to find solutions under difficult circumstances as the ones that you usually face while working with development projects.
Experience
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REDS / SDSN Spain
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Spain
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director
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Jan 2022 - Present
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La Moncloa
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Spain
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Analyst-National Office of Foresight & Strategy
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Apr 2020 - Jan 2022
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SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute
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Sweden
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Research Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Investigadora asociada
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Nov 2019 - Apr 2020
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Technical assistance for the incorporation of environmental aspects in Humanitarian Aid of AECID
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Jun 2019 - Nov 2019
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Incorporation of the environmental approach in the interventions of the NGO "Médicos del Mundo"
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Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
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Specialist in energy for cooking and air pollution. German Cooperation Agency (GIZ)
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Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
Review and adaptation to the Latin American context of the conceptual framework and indicators of the "Cooking Energy System" tool, designed to evaluate the impacts derived from the implementation of clean energy systems for cooking in impoverished countries.
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Specialist in Social Footprint assessment and Sustainable Development Goals. COPADE Foundation
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Jun 2018 - Apr 2019
Measurement of the social footprint on small producers and the contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals of companies in the agri-food sector.
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Innovation and Technology for Development Centre - itdUPM
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Spain
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Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project researcher: "Air pollution impacts of urban agriculture in the city of Madrid, Spain"
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Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
Participation as air quality specialist in the research project aimed at quantifying and assessing the positive impacts of urban agriculture in the city of Madrid. Other participating organizations: Foro Agrario Foundation, Madrid City Council and Research Centre on Energy, Environment and Transports (CIEMAT).
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Specialist in energy, design and evaluation in the "Encasa Oaxaca" Program. Acciona.org Foundation.
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Nov 2017 - Dec 2018
Specialist in energy access for cooking in the Encasa Program, aimed at the provision of renewable energy, safe water, sanitation and cooking energy in isolated rural communities in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Design of the service provision model, sustainability plan and evaluation model. Other participating organizations: National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Interdisciplinary Group of Appropriate Rural Technology (GIRA).
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Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Specialist in the LIFE Project: Lugo+Biodinámico
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Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
LIFE Lugo + Biodinámico: research project for the design of sustainable urban planning strategies in the city of Lugo. Project granted by the European Commission, as part of the LIFE program "action for climate". Other participating organizations: Lugo City Council and University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).
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Coordinator of the project "Strengthening the Latin American Clean Stove Network"
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Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
Cordination and project management tasks, writing reports, organizing seminars and coordinating publications. The objective of the project was to create an interuniversity group to promote research and Knowledge sharing activities of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Clean Stoves. Other participating organizations: National Autonomous University of Mexico, Endev Peru.
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Specialist in pollution and climate change. Study sector of improved stoves Brazil.
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Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
Participation in the study of the sector of improved stoves in the Brazilian Semiarid region, developing the component of impacts on air pollution and climate change derived from the use of solid fuels for cooking at the domestic level. Other participating organizations: Brazilian Institute of Development and Sustainability (IABS) and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Spain
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Predoctoral researcher
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Sep 2013 - Dec 2017
Research project "Analysis atmospheric pollution reduction and climate change mitigation of improved stoves in Senegal". The research project was focused on analysing greenhouse gases emissions , with special focus on short-lived climate pollutants, such as Black Carbon. Other participating organizations: Cheick Anta Diop University of Dakar (Senegal) and Institute of Environmental Sciences and Water Research, IDAEA, Spanish Research Council (IDAEA-CSIC).
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Specialist in access to energy for cooking in the "Paragua Initiative", Nicaragua. ONGAWA.
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Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Responsible for the design of an intervention strategy for the promotion of clean energy for cooking in Nicaragua, within the framework of the "Paragua Initiative: Strengthening the Community Water Management Processes in Nicaragua", financed by the AECID. Participating organizations: ONGAWA, Engineering for Human Development.
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Project proposals writing for Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev). Plan Spain.
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Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
Participation as an expert in carbon mitigation projects in the preparation of two technical proposals for the Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-dev) of the World Bank.
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Specialist in energy access for cooking in the SAGE project, Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea Bissau.
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Jan 2013 - Aug 2013
Energy for cooking specialist and field coordinator in the evaluation of a promotion initiative of clean energy for cooking. Project SAGE (Food Safety and Environmental Management) in Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea Bissau. Other participating organizations: Alliance for Solidarity and Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (Senegal).
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Field coordinator project "Measuring impacts: renewable energies and human development in Senegal"
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Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
The objective of the project was to assess the impacts on local human development of different business initiatives in the sector of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Senegal. This project is part of the "AECID Program: Business and Development", led by ONGAWA, Engineering for Human Development. The tasks developed consisted of visits, interviews, focus groups, organization of seminars to present results and writing of three publications. Other participating organizations: Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal.
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Researcher in the project "Impact of CDM projects on human development in Brazil"
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Oct 2011 - Jul 2012
Documentation review and application of the Sustainable & Empowerment tool, designed to measure the human development impacts of the Clean Development Mechanisms projects under the Kyoto Protocol. Other participating organizations: Federal University of Bahía (Brazil).
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Education
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Technical University of Madrid
PhD in Environmental, Chemical and Materials Engineering -
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
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Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal
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Technical University of Madrid
Master in Technology for Human Development and Cooperation -
Superior National School of Chemistry of Rennes, France
Erasmus Programme -
University of Santiago de Compostela
Degree in Chemical Engineering