Helena Puig Larrauri
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Catalan Limited working proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Italian Professional working proficiency
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Arabic Elementary proficiency
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Michaela Ledesma
Helena brings an outstanding combination of intellectual rigor, creativity, integrity and diligence to her cutting-edge work as a peacebuilder. Her analytical and organizational abilities and commitment to open collaboration make her an ideal team leader or member.
Anders Haugland
This recommendation covers Helena Puig’s period with the CRMA project (Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis for development planning and enhancement of state government strategic planning capability in Sudan. Methodology for Crisis and recovery mapping and analysis: Helena Puig has provided substantive contributions to the development of the CRMA methodology. She has actively contributed to move CRMA (as a methodology tool kit) forward from being a local initiative to become a recognized standard for replication in other countries. Coordination and planning: Helena Puig has shown great potential in respect of coordination and planning. She has been responsible for planning project intervention in the project target states and she has been coordinating the capacity enhancement support to the state governments with impact recognized by Sudanese institutions, UNDP and the donor community. Overall: Helena Puig has proven very efficient in her work with ability to prioritize her multitude of tasks in a very proficient way. Through her work with data collection, data validation, analysis support and strategic planning capacity enhancement in Sudan the Staff officer has demonstrated sound judgment and excellent management skills, including ability to identify and propose solutions to issues/crises. She has demonstrated excellent teamwork, good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships with project staff, counterparts, clients and donors. I am most impressed with her high intensity performance during periods with heavy workload. Her active engagement has been of paramount importance for the programmatic design, resource mobilization and implementation of CRMA activities. I will also note that Helena’s integrity, positive attitude and good humor has made it a pleasure working with her. I can warmly recommend Helena Puig to any UN Agency, organization or business in need of an analytic, resourceful and hard working professional.
Michaela Ledesma
Helena brings an outstanding combination of intellectual rigor, creativity, integrity and diligence to her cutting-edge work as a peacebuilder. Her analytical and organizational abilities and commitment to open collaboration make her an ideal team leader or member.
Anders Haugland
This recommendation covers Helena Puig’s period with the CRMA project (Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis for development planning and enhancement of state government strategic planning capability in Sudan. Methodology for Crisis and recovery mapping and analysis: Helena Puig has provided substantive contributions to the development of the CRMA methodology. She has actively contributed to move CRMA (as a methodology tool kit) forward from being a local initiative to become a recognized standard for replication in other countries. Coordination and planning: Helena Puig has shown great potential in respect of coordination and planning. She has been responsible for planning project intervention in the project target states and she has been coordinating the capacity enhancement support to the state governments with impact recognized by Sudanese institutions, UNDP and the donor community. Overall: Helena Puig has proven very efficient in her work with ability to prioritize her multitude of tasks in a very proficient way. Through her work with data collection, data validation, analysis support and strategic planning capacity enhancement in Sudan the Staff officer has demonstrated sound judgment and excellent management skills, including ability to identify and propose solutions to issues/crises. She has demonstrated excellent teamwork, good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships with project staff, counterparts, clients and donors. I am most impressed with her high intensity performance during periods with heavy workload. Her active engagement has been of paramount importance for the programmatic design, resource mobilization and implementation of CRMA activities. I will also note that Helena’s integrity, positive attitude and good humor has made it a pleasure working with her. I can warmly recommend Helena Puig to any UN Agency, organization or business in need of an analytic, resourceful and hard working professional.
Michaela Ledesma
Helena brings an outstanding combination of intellectual rigor, creativity, integrity and diligence to her cutting-edge work as a peacebuilder. Her analytical and organizational abilities and commitment to open collaboration make her an ideal team leader or member.
Anders Haugland
This recommendation covers Helena Puig’s period with the CRMA project (Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis for development planning and enhancement of state government strategic planning capability in Sudan. Methodology for Crisis and recovery mapping and analysis: Helena Puig has provided substantive contributions to the development of the CRMA methodology. She has actively contributed to move CRMA (as a methodology tool kit) forward from being a local initiative to become a recognized standard for replication in other countries. Coordination and planning: Helena Puig has shown great potential in respect of coordination and planning. She has been responsible for planning project intervention in the project target states and she has been coordinating the capacity enhancement support to the state governments with impact recognized by Sudanese institutions, UNDP and the donor community. Overall: Helena Puig has proven very efficient in her work with ability to prioritize her multitude of tasks in a very proficient way. Through her work with data collection, data validation, analysis support and strategic planning capacity enhancement in Sudan the Staff officer has demonstrated sound judgment and excellent management skills, including ability to identify and propose solutions to issues/crises. She has demonstrated excellent teamwork, good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships with project staff, counterparts, clients and donors. I am most impressed with her high intensity performance during periods with heavy workload. Her active engagement has been of paramount importance for the programmatic design, resource mobilization and implementation of CRMA activities. I will also note that Helena’s integrity, positive attitude and good humor has made it a pleasure working with her. I can warmly recommend Helena Puig to any UN Agency, organization or business in need of an analytic, resourceful and hard working professional.
Michaela Ledesma
Helena brings an outstanding combination of intellectual rigor, creativity, integrity and diligence to her cutting-edge work as a peacebuilder. Her analytical and organizational abilities and commitment to open collaboration make her an ideal team leader or member.
Anders Haugland
This recommendation covers Helena Puig’s period with the CRMA project (Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis for development planning and enhancement of state government strategic planning capability in Sudan. Methodology for Crisis and recovery mapping and analysis: Helena Puig has provided substantive contributions to the development of the CRMA methodology. She has actively contributed to move CRMA (as a methodology tool kit) forward from being a local initiative to become a recognized standard for replication in other countries. Coordination and planning: Helena Puig has shown great potential in respect of coordination and planning. She has been responsible for planning project intervention in the project target states and she has been coordinating the capacity enhancement support to the state governments with impact recognized by Sudanese institutions, UNDP and the donor community. Overall: Helena Puig has proven very efficient in her work with ability to prioritize her multitude of tasks in a very proficient way. Through her work with data collection, data validation, analysis support and strategic planning capacity enhancement in Sudan the Staff officer has demonstrated sound judgment and excellent management skills, including ability to identify and propose solutions to issues/crises. She has demonstrated excellent teamwork, good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships with project staff, counterparts, clients and donors. I am most impressed with her high intensity performance during periods with heavy workload. Her active engagement has been of paramount importance for the programmatic design, resource mobilization and implementation of CRMA activities. I will also note that Helena’s integrity, positive attitude and good humor has made it a pleasure working with her. I can warmly recommend Helena Puig to any UN Agency, organization or business in need of an analytic, resourceful and hard working professional.
Experience
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Build Up ^
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & Strategy Lead
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Sep 2014 - Present
Build Up transforms conflict in the digital age. Our approach combines peacebuilding, participation and technology to identify and address emergent challenges to peace. We use digital technologies to build peace: we support peace innovators across the globe, working with local organisations to design and implement technology interventions to peacebuilding processes. We transform conflicts that happen in digital spaces: we conduct research and interventions to address polarization on social and digital media in contexts across the globe. We have demonstrated that our approach and methodologies work to address fractures in societies experiencing active violent conflict such as Syria, in post-conflict societies such as Colombia, and in societies where new divisions are emerging such as the USA. We foster a community of practice that thinks critically about conflict in the digital age through the annual convening of Build Peace, the leading global conference on peacebuilding and technology. Show less
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United Nations
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United States
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International Affairs
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Senior Advisor
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May 2022 - Present
As advisor on digital technologies and conflict prevention and resolution to the United Nations Mediation Support Unit Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, I work on a range of duties to support the development of knowledge in this area and provide operational assistance, as required to UN envoys, senior officials and UN representatives leading mediation, facilitation and dialogue processes. As advisor on digital technologies and conflict prevention and resolution to the United Nations Mediation Support Unit Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, I work on a range of duties to support the development of knowledge in this area and provide operational assistance, as required to UN envoys, senior officials and UN representatives leading mediation, facilitation and dialogue processes.
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Self Employed
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Independent Consultant
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Aug 2012 - Mar 2016
Strategy, assessment and program design consulting for a range of international organisations working in conflict and post-conflict environments: World Bank M&E support to the Ministry of Post-Conflict, November 2015 – March 2016 (Bogotá, Colombia) United Nations Development Program Technology for Peace Expert, August 2012 – July 2015 (Nicosia, Cyprus) Violence Monitory System consultant , May 2014 – June 2014 (Bangkok, Thailand) Data Technologies and Development Coordinator, April 2013 – June 2014 (Kathmandu, Nepal) Conflict prevention & inclusive governance facilitator, June 2013 – Oct. 2014 (New York, USA) ICT for Peace Expert, August 2013 – December 2013 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Global Early Warning & Early Action system consultant, June 2013 (New York, USA) Mid-term Assessment Consultant, January 2013 – February 2013 (Khartoum, Sudan) European Institute of Peace PeaceTech Expert, November 2014 – January 2015 (Brussels, Belgium) UN Resident Coordinator’s Office Information and technology consultant, November 2014 – January 2015 (Bogotá, Colombia) Interpeace Participatory polling consultant, November 2013 – December 2014 (Somali Region) First Mile GEO Violence monitoring system consultant, August 2014 – September 2014 (Home-based) United States Institute of Peace EWER consultant, June 2014 – September 2014 (Abuja, Nigeria) Mercy Corps Conflict, youth and technology advisor, September 2013 – September 2014 (Home-based) Protection Mapping system consultant, December 2012 – August 2013 (Tripoli, Libya) Dispute monitoring & EW system consultant, November 2012 – Feb. 2013 (Sulaymaniyah, Iraq) Open Society Institute Budget monitoring in public health consultant, Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013 (Romania & Macedonia) Show less
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UNDP
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United States
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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Peacebuilding Specialist (Joint Conflict Reduction Program)
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Apr 2011 - Jun 2012
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Analysis, Program Support and Cap Building Coord. (Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis Project)
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Oct 2009 - Jun 2011
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Open Society Institute
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Netherlands
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Consultant (Public Health Program)
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Jul 2009 - Oct 2009
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Collection Officer (Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis Project)
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May 2008 - Jul 2008
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Greater London Authority
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Projects Officer (Business Development Team)
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Aug 2005 - Jun 2007
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Standard Chartered Bank
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Singapore
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Graduate Associate (Risk Management)
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Sep 2004 - Aug 2005
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Oxford University Student Union
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United Kingdom
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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President
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Jun 2003 - Jun 2004
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Education
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2007 - 2009
Princeton University
MPA, Public Policy and Economics -
2000 - 2003
University of Oxford
BA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics -
1997 - 1999
UWC Atlantic College
International Baccalaureate
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