María Esther Cervantes
Research Assistant at Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos - ILDA- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Experience
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Research Assistant
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Oct 2019 - Present
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LATAM OCDS Helpdesk Manager
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Feb 2018 - Oct 2019
The helpdesk provides support for Latin American governments and organizations in the implementation of the Open Contracting Data Standard. My role is to coordinate the operations of the OCDS LATAM Helpdesk, including communication with LATAM partners and overseeing the tasks of a multidisciplinary team.
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CDS
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France
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Chemical Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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LATAM OCDS Helpdesk Manager
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Oct 2019 - Present
The helpdesk provides support for Latin American governments and organizations in the implementation of the Open Contracting Data Standard. My role is to coordinate the operations of the OCDS LATAM Helpdesk, including communication with LATAM partners and overseeing the tasks of a multidisciplinary team. The helpdesk provides support for Latin American governments and organizations in the implementation of the Open Contracting Data Standard. My role is to coordinate the operations of the OCDS LATAM Helpdesk, including communication with LATAM partners and overseeing the tasks of a multidisciplinary team.
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Distrito Tec
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Spain
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Freight and Package Transportation
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Freelance Consultant
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Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
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Intern
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Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
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University of Alberta
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Canada
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
Working as Dr.Shauna Wilton's research assistant on the project "Women in Municipal Politics" funded by the Mitacs Research Internship Award Working as Dr.Shauna Wilton's research assistant on the project "Women in Municipal Politics" funded by the Mitacs Research Internship Award
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Codeando México
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Mexico
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Civic Innovation Intern
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Jun 2016 - Nov 2016
As a Civic Innovation Intern, I assisted in two main projects: Retos Cívicos, an open innovation project focused on contributing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in partnership with a national/local NGOs with funding from Microsoft. My roles were creating a strategy to contact and encourage NGOs to participate in the program, and give workshops to detect social problems. The second project, named DesafioSP (desafios.sanpedro.gob.mx) is a pilot program por open public innovation in Latin America. This program is implemented in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, in collaboration with the San Pedro's public servants, and NYU's The GovLab. In DesafioSP, my main function was assisting in the implementation of the program, working in partnership with San Pedro's Public officials, and doing research about Open Innovation.
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Consejo Cívico
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Mexico
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Governmental Evaluation Intern
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Apr 2015 - Dec 2015
This internship involves working with local security issues and doing governmental evaluation. It is necessary to have contact with local authorities of various districts of the metropolitan area of Nuevo León in order to evaluate the conditions of each district’s police departments. Additionally a bimonthly report is created to evaluate trends in crime rate in the state and I’m partially in charge of “Yo Di Un Moche” platform, (I Paid a Bribe) that measures corruption in the state. This internship involves working with local security issues and doing governmental evaluation. It is necessary to have contact with local authorities of various districts of the metropolitan area of Nuevo León in order to evaluate the conditions of each district’s police departments. Additionally a bimonthly report is created to evaluate trends in crime rate in the state and I’m partially in charge of “Yo Di Un Moche” platform, (I Paid a Bribe) that measures corruption in the state.
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Education
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The University of British Columbia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography -
The University of British Columbia
Master's degree, Geography -
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Bachelor's degree, International Relations and Affairs -
The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Relations and Affairs