Ana María Barajas

Lead Researcher

Internews

Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Manage the implementation of the Information Ecosystem Analysis to identify the way in which indigenous and Afro-descendant ethnic population in Colombia relate to the media and what are their information needs in the pandemic context. This in order to improve and strengthen the humanitarian response in health, with an ethnic approach, in the departments of Chocó, Caquetá and Vaupés.

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Contractor- National Knowledge network for a Just Energy Transition

Ministry of Mining and Energy of Colombia

Feb 2025 - Current (10 months)

Support the management and operation of the National Knowledge Network for a Just Energy Transition - RedTEJ in Spanish, as a participation and knowledge management platform that seeks to articulate initiatives and proposals of the actors working for the Just Energy Transition process in Colombia, including social organizations, productive sector, public entities and academia.

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Contractor - Governance leader, Open Government System

Ministry of Mining and Energy

Sep 2023 - Current (2 years 3 months)

- Lead the Governance component of the Open Government System. - Design the Open Government Public Policy of the mining-energy sector. - Develop a community engagement strategy within EITI strategy (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) and the Just Energy Transition in Colombia.

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Program Officer

Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy REDLAD

Aug 2019 - Jan 2022 (2 years 6 months)

Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy is a platform of organizations, activists, social leaders, journalists, Human Rights' defenders and promoters of democracy in the Region. Its experience has been focused in strengthening civil society's participation in multilateral spaces.

Researcher

Javeriana University

Jun 2017 - Aug 2017 (3 months)

• Apply qualitative and quantitative research methods such as ethnography, interviews and polls to 50 families in the peripherical area of Bogotá “Ciudad Bolívar”, for the research project “Tools for Food Security and Nutrition´s studies in Bogotá Colombia”. • The main goal was to obtain information and analyse residents´ livelihoods and their food security. The results will be used to develop a Software which aims to be a tool for policy making in food security and nutritional programs.

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Qualitative and Quantitative Researcher

JMarbes Carrillo Ltda

Nov 2015 - Jun 2017 (1 year 8 months)

• Collect and sistematyze information to evaluate workers' satisfaction levels, in order to provide solutions, mediate conflicts and implement strategies to improve overall wellbeing. • Achievements: During the time I worked in the company, workers' satisfaction levels increased from 50% to 95% and absenteeism levels were 90% reduced.

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Social Practitioner

Asociación de Becarios de Casanare Local NGO

Jul 2015 - Oct 2015 (4 months)

• Develop workshops and communitarian projects with rural and peasant communities of Casanare’s Department. • Design, evaluate and implementat social strategies for the public policy of Socio- Environmental Education. • Main achievements: 24 socio-environmental initiatives were implemented with these communities (construction of organic community orchards, water filters, recycling collection centers, and reforestation in semiarid areas).

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Analyst of the Food Security Public Policy of Colombia

G Exponencial Consultancy

May 2015 - Jun 2015 (2 months)

• Identify the institutional capacity of Governmental and Non- Governmental Organisations in charge of the planning and implementing processes of the Food Security Public Policy in Colombia. • Analyze the achievement of the established objectives of the National Policy, according to CONPES 113 of 2008. • Atlas Ti was the main software tool to process qualitative and quantitative information.

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Intern

Fundación Ideas para la Paz Think Tank

Jun 2014 - Dec 2014 (7 months)

• Led focus groups with members of civil society organizations, local authorities and enterprises, in order to identify their roles in the peacebuilding process in Colombia. • Reviewed and analysed official and media documents about social tensions generated between business corporations and local communities in different regions across Colombia. • Wrote weekly bulletins for the “Observatory of social responsibility, human rights and peace building” in the web page of the NGO.

Debates´ Coordinator

AIESEC no Brasil

Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 (4 months)

• Planned and led weekly debates related to global social issues among students of different courses at universities UniRitter and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. • Main achievements: It was an enriching experience where spaces of cultural diversity and interdisciplinary ideas helped bring the group to an exercise of comprehension and respect towards diversity of positions.

Teacher

AIESEC no Brasil

Jun 2013 - Sep 2013 (4 months)

• Planned and conducted classes and workshops on Social Sciences, Biology, Spanish and English, for children between 6-15 years old. • My main goal was to plan creative classes, and encourage team-work among students and help them identify their interests. • Main achievements: It was a successful experience as students showed great interest in the contributions given. This experience allowed me to strengthen my leadership, planning and teamwork skills.

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