Joaquim Tres
International Economic & Social Development
Washington,DC
Summary
Seasoned, hands-on international development specialist with experience in effective donor proposal & pitch writing with advanced knowledge of the global, humanitarian and development affairs through posts at UN Geneva, AECID in 4 Latam countries & IDB Washington DC.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
International Migration & Refugees Ppal Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
Washington, DC
09.2018 - Current
- Oversaw preparation & IDB Board approval of 10 operations with IDB grant & donor resources, totaling US$1.4BN in 7 Latin American & Caribbean countries.
- Oversaw preparation and approval of 25 bids of technical assistance projects with IDB grant & donor resources, totaling US$20M in 11 LAC countries.
- Drafted IDB Board document, negotiated & raised US$100M in IDB grants & US$110M in donor resources. Currently, negotiating with Board for additional US$100M in grants.
- Identified geographic & thematic donor priorities, using scattered plots in quadrants to prioritize resource mobilization as tool for intelligence gathering.
- Developed results frameworks & theories of change jointly with donors.
- Created & maintained a bilateral donor base: Canada, EU, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, USA; & Private Foundations.
- Negotiated & implemented MoUs with IOM & UNHCR, & achieved IDB membership in Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Platform on Refugees, Global Concessional Finance Facility (GCFF, administered by the WB), Quito Process, MIRPS-Central American Refugees).
- Promoted & included methodological innovations in project proposals with use of: Anonymized Call Detail Records to identify migrant communities & Digital Focus Groups and financial incentives to assess access to WASH, as "win themes" for IDB Board & donors.
- Contributed to strategically position IDB as main source of funding for forced displacement in LAC & main recipient of donor resources.
- Designed & facilitated IDB Regional Policy Dialogue on Migration since 2019 (Challenges for the Caribbean, Migration during COVID-19, Boosting Jobs for Migrants & Social Perception of Migration).
- Designed & supervised training program with IOM, & MPI, incl. lessons learned with after-action reviews.
- Built & led result-driven IDB operational 12-strong team (drafted ToRs, presided recruitment panels).
- Chair of the MDB Platform on Forced Displacement (2021): designed & led UNHCR Stocktaking Event to inform the Review of Global Compact of Refugees.
- Collaborated with 7 IDB Divisions to develop operations on migrant access to documentation, basic & social services, & jobs & entrepreneurship.
Globalization & Regional Coop Ppal Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
Washington, DC
09.2009 - 09.2009
- Led development, proposal drafting & approval of multi-donor funds on regional integration & trade.
- Developed & negotiated results frameworks for multidonor funds with over 20 projects reviewed, granted eligibility & successful approval.
- Developed & maintained donor base (Canada, Colombia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain & USA).
- Led Regional Public Goods Initiative (RPG), incl. granting project review, eligibility, governance design, approval & thematic cluster organization
- Represented & articulated IDB position in global & regional high-level dialogues, papers, articles on integration & development cooperation, including South-South & Triangular.
- Designed, led & implemented Regional Capacity Building program, consisting of 40 annual online, assessed, tutored courses with over 6,000 certified (84%) & MOOCs with edX.com: Trade Agreements & Foreign Investment for Development with approx 40,000 participants in 5 editions.
- Co-led development, public consultation & IDB Board approval of Bank’s Capital Increase Global & Regional Integration Strategy.
- Acted as focal point with African /Asian Development Bank.
- Seconded as Secretary of Pacific Alliance Council of Finance Ministers and vice ministers (Chile, Colombia, Mexico & Peru).
- Recruited & built multidisciplinary team, directly supervising staff & consultants (12).
Senior Advisor Secretary of the Bank
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
Washington, DC
10.2007 - 09.2009
- Built & maintained interaction with Board as honest broker for complex issues between Management & Board.
- Led & supervised preparation of IDB annual meeting with non-regional members.
- Led & coordinated China’s admission to IDB, contributing to negotiation strategy, drafting Board’ documents, negotiating China’s inclusion in one of IDB non-regional constituencies, make recommendations for allocation of China’s Unqualified Contribution of US$350M.
- Led preparation process of IDB Board retreats & technical workshops.
- Led Secretariat's document and meeting management systems.
- People Manager directly supervising staff & consultants (10).
Economic Development KM Consultant
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
Washington, DC
06.2006 - 09.2007
- Drafted & led IDB Lab Board approved Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy for economic development practitioners, consisting of: i) gleaning lessons learned, ii) accessing to subject matter experts, iii) building Communities of Practice (CoP), and iv) generating incentives for staff KM practice.
- Organized & managed 5 CoP of IDB project thematic clusters as part of KM strategy.
- Design & facilitated technical workshops for project thematic clusters.
- Trained IDB Lab staff on KM mainstreaming.
- Mainstreamed KM into IDB Lab projects.
- Developed technical content for project proposals for donors.
Country Representative
Spanish Agency For International Development
Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala
09.1993 - 11.2004
- Identified, negotiated, programmed, executed & monitored Spain’s bilateral aid program focused on poverty reduction and social inclusion (health, education, gender), natural disaster prevention, municipal service delivery, microfinance, & institutional development.
- Oversaw, coordinated & edited project proposals for bilateral program.
- Led policy dialogue at ministerial, local government & NGO levels.
- Led donor coordination during Spain’s European Union Presidencies, donor conferences, donor consultative groups meetings, Poverty Reduction Strategies (HIPCC II) & New Framework for Donor-Recipient Relationship as inputs to OECD Development Cooperation Paris Declaration & Accra Agenda for Action.
- Contributed to Spain’s position on bilateral aid OECD/Development Assistance Committee donor peer reviews.
- Contributed to first regional Central American AECID Program.
- Led establishment of formal dialogue platforms with Spanish NGOs & reviewed NGO proposals.
- Led a multidisciplinary, multicultural (indigenous specialists) team, directly supervising 25-30 member teams with country headcounts ranging 20-190.
- Annual country allocations US$12-18M in investment & technical cooperation grants & managed 5-7 district offices.
Education
Master of Science - Development Economics And International Development
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
Brighton, England08.1992
Bachelor of Arts - International Political Economy
Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain06.1990
No Degree - Leading Issues in International Development
Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government)
Cambridge, MA09.2016
Skills
- High Performing, Multicultural Team Management
- Effective Technical Proposal Writing & Overseeing
- Development of Theories of Change & Results Frameworks
- Bilateral & Multilateral Donor Engagement
- Lived & worked/studied in 8 countries
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Microsoft Applications
Additional Information
Board member of:
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, England (2003-2005).
Institute Barcelona Estudis Internacionals, IBEI, Spain (2004-2006).
Centre CIDOB (development) Spain (2004-2006).
Taught:
Project Cycle, Universidad de La Rioja, Spain (2008-2010)
Knowledge Management, Escuela de Administracion Publica de Galicia (2007)
Development Economics, IBEI, Spain (2004-2006)
Wrote:
Book chapters on regional public goods, knowledge management
Blogs on international trade, international migration & forced displacement
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Catalan
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Portuguese
Limited Working
Timeline
International Migration & Refugees Ppal Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
09.2018 - Current
Globalization & Regional Coop Ppal Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
09.2009 - 09.2009
Senior Advisor Secretary of the Bank
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
10.2007 - 09.2009
Economic Development KM Consultant
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
06.2006 - 09.2007
Country Representative
Spanish Agency For International Development
09.1993 - 11.2004
Master of Science - Development Economics And International Development
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
Bachelor of Arts - International Political Economy
Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
No Degree - Leading Issues in International Development
Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government)
Cycling, Cooking, Film
- Road cycling club member riding 5,000 miles a year.
- Home cooking for friends & family, esp. Summer & Autumn dishes.
- Home & movie theater watching, usually several films from one director.
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