Consultant,
Ministry of Services and Public Works,
Public Administration and State Reform, Republic of Bolivia

Armonía Building No. 50, 2nd floor, apartment 2B
Eusebio Gutiérrez Street, Barrio Gráfico,
La Paz, Bolivia

Tel.: 772 - 39005
E-mail: franco.gamboa@mailcity.com

Proven experience in research, project appraisal in social policies and project design, public policy analysis, and political advisory.

• Consultant in Public Administration and State Reform to evaluate institutional performance at the Ministry of Services and Public Works, Republic of Bolivia. La Paz, April - December 2003
  
• Assistant professor of Policy Analysis and Public Administration. Masters Program of Human Development at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), La Paz, March - July 2003
• Director and consultant of Political Management. Graduate program of five months administered by Maestrías para el Desarrollo (MpD), established with the technical cooperation from Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Catholic University of Bolivia (UCB), La Paz, August - December 2002
• Consultant in organizational development for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), La Paz, August - September 2002
• Assistant professor in the class of social movements and structural adjustment in Bolivia. Department of sociology, undergraduate program at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), La Paz, July - December 2002
• Intern at the Carter Center, the foundation of former US President, Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize 2002
• Intern at the Latin America and the Caribbean Program. Main duties: research assistant in the project: Democratic Regimes and Poverty in Latin America, Atlanta, Georgia, June - August 2001
• Visiting Assistant Professor in the class of Critical Study of Contemporary Bolivia. Undergraduate program. Department of Culture at the Catholic University of Bolivia (UCB), January - May 2000
• Visitant fellow at Duke University, Department of Romance Studies, North Carolina, USA. Spring semester 1999
• Director of the Research Unit at the Strategic Research Program in Bolivia (PIEB). Non-profit organization of the General Board of International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands, La Paz, 1995 - 2000
• Consultant at the Center of Documentation and Information (CEDOIN): 1997-1999. Fields of consulting: Education, Politics and Drug Policies in Bolivia.
• International correspondent of "Profiles of 21st Century, Hispano-American magazine", Mexico City, 1998 - 2003
• Consultant in the Project of Population Policies (PROSEPO) sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), La Paz, October - December 1994
• Chief of News and Information at "Perspective, National magazine", La Paz, 1993 - 1994
• Consultant of the Direction of Community Education. Office of Culture, City Hall of La Paz, February - August 1992

• M.A. in International Development Policy, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, North Carolina, USA, 2000 - 2002
• Thesis title: "Civil society strengthening for improving educational reforms in Bolivia. Proposals for building up and understanding participation"
• Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, Center for Latin American Studies at Duke University, North Carolina, USA, 2001 - 2002
• Diploma in Political Science with specialization in Bolivian Studies (Honors), Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS), September 1994 - August 1995, La Paz
• Licenciatura in Sociology (Honors). Department of Sociology and Social Sciences: 1989 - 1994, Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz

Books

• Itinerario de la esperanza y El desconcierto. Ensayos sobre Política, Sociedad y Democracia en Bolivia, Editorial Muela del Diablo, La Paz, 2001. (Spanish)
• Derechos Humanos en Bolivia, Teoría y Realidad, Capítulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos: Democracia y Desarrollo, 1999. (Spanish)
• Contra viento y marea, tras las huellas de la reforma educativa en Bolivia, CEDOIN, La Paz, 1998. (Spanish)
  

• Certificate in Social and Policy Management, Inter-American Institute of Social Development at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Washington D.C., May 3 - 31, 2003.
• Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA). La Paz, July - October 2002.
• Graduate course of management, communication and culture, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, July - August 2000.
  

Microsoft office 2000: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access

Spanish, Fluent English, and Quechua (middle level of understanding)