Jorge Elgegren

University Lecturer and Authority, and Consultant in Environmental and Resource Economics , Peru's Jesuit University, Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, and United Nations Development Programme

Lima, Peru

Seasoned Environmental and Resource Economist managing projects and supporting relevant policy design, with solid record running a University Department and Faculty. Served as Senior Manager in FAO and USAID and as Senior Consultant in the LAC region. Fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Highly motivated, team worker and results-based manager.

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My most recent permanent position, 2014 – to date – has been as a Director of the Environmental Economics and Management Department and Interim Dean of the School of Social Science between October 2015 and July 2016. Some of the most noticeable achievement include:

• Formulador y Coordinador General del Proyecto “Articulación de la Escuela de Economía y Gestión Ambiental de la Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya con la Dirección General de Evaluación, Valoración y Financiamiento del Patrimonio Natural del Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM) para el diseño de un instrumento económico que permita reducir la degradación ambiental causada por el parque automotor en Lima Metropolitana”, financiado por la Fundación Porticus. El proyecto es ejecutado en conjunto con la Dirección General de Evaluación, Valoración y Financiamiento del Patrimonio Natural, y la Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental del MINAM, e incluye un componente de viabilidad económica del instrumento a ser diseñado para aprobación del MEF.
• Organización de evento paralelo de la 20ª Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP 20), denominado COP 20: Perspectivas desde el Sur, cuyo orador principal fue el Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, evento realizado el 9 de diciembre de 2014 y que ha sido el mayor evento de la universidad, contando con una asistencia superior a 600 participantes de diversas nacionalidades.
• Editor del documento “Resumen y Conclusiones de las Mesas de Trabajo del Evento COP 20: Perspectivas desde el Sur. Aporte de la Academia al Borrador de Lima para un nuevo Acuerdo Climático Global”, entregado personalmente al Ministro del Ambiente.
• Editor del número 4 de la revista de la Universidad, llamada Sílex, denominado Cambio Climático: Perspectivas desde el Sur, que reúne ocho ponencias de las más de cuarenta presentadas durante el evento referido en los dos párrafos anteriores. Contiene el Discurso de Honor del Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, en inglés y español, cinco artículos en español, dos en inglés y uno en portugués, además de reseñas de libros tan importantes como el libro del Dr. Jeffrey Sachs denominado The Age of Sustainable Development, publicado en marzo de 2015.
• Organización del Foro “El Cuidado de la Casa Común: Encíclica Laudato Si’” en el marco de la Segunda Semana de Compromiso Climátco, auspiciada por el Ministerio del Ambiente. El foro, llevado a cabo el 24 de agosto de 2015, congregó a más de 300 invitados y contó con la participación de personalidades de la Iglesia Católica en el Perú y en el Vaticano, así como la participación virtual del Dr. Jeffrey Sachs.
• Diagnóstico del Plan de Estudios de la Escuela de Economía y Gestión Ambiental y realización de dos cursos de nivelación: uno en Matemáticas para Economistas y otro en Introducción a la Microeconomía.



2010-2013, was with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Representation in Peru, where I was the Assistant FAO Repre

Education:

I started my superior education as a two-year Law student. I then started my studies of economics (Catholic University), with a strong emphasis on microeconomics, mathematical economics and macroeconomics. My Bachelor’s thesis was the application of environmental economics as an approach to solving a pollution problem in an agricultural valley in Peru. Then, I did my first Masters’, an interdisciplinary one, with a focus on the Amazon, at the Latin American School of Social Science (FLACSO-Ecuador). My thesis was based on the application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to an innovative tropical forest management model applied as a pilot level in Peru was funded by USAID. My second and final Masters’ was an MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics, at University College London. The thesis was based on the application of the Faustmann’s principle to sustainable forest management in the Peruvian Amazon. At the end of my Mastrers’, I stayed at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE, University College London) thanks to an extension of my British Council Scholarship.

Some short courses I took after completion of my University studies that are worth mentioning include the training courses as part of my recent consultancies with UNDP in Biodiversity Finance (Santiago, Januanry 2016), and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Adaptation in the Highlands (Bratislava, February-March 2014); my training in Budgeting-for-Results as I was the FAO Deputy Representative in Peru (Paraguay, 20119; the 18th International Seminar on Forest and Natural Resources Administration and Management, held jointly by the USDA Forest Service and Colorado State University, between August and September, 2002, a study tour that led me through at least 7 States of the USA. Another relevant course that I would like to mention is the IV Latin American and the Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP) Course and Workshop “The Economics of Ecosystem Services”, by Professor Karl-Göran Mäler, Talca, September 29th - October 5th, 2007. Last but not least, I attended the World Bank’s 2nd Environmental Economics for Development Policy training course. Washington D.C., U.S.A, July 12th – 23rd, 1999.

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Years of Experience:

More than 20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Spanish, Portuguese

Nationality:

Peru

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