Laura Garcia Mendez

• Design, develop, implement and monitoring the activities and projects of the Natural Sciences Programme of the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana, which essentially comprises the activities of 5 subprogram's, they are:

MAB-GEO (Man and Biosphere, and geological and earth sciences. Six biosphere reserves and a geopark)
IHP- Water (Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme)
DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction Programme)

OIC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)

SIDS (Small Island in Development States)

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

• Organized special events such as conferences, workshops, training sessions, webinars for participants or beneficiaries.
• Participated in weekly team meetings to provide updates on individual projects and assist colleagues with any issues they may have encountered during their work.
• Ensured compliance with organizational policies and procedures while administering programmed.
• Provided technical assistance to programs participants by responding to inquiries via phone or email.
• Monitored progress on project timelines associated with each program activity or initiative.
• Collaborated with other departments to ensure smooth delivery of services for programs participants.
• Created informational materials about programs and services available to the public in the web site and social media.
• Assisted in developing strategies to improve existing programs or create new ones based on stakeholder feedback or changing needs within the community served by the organization's services.
• Maintained detailed records of all program's activities, data collection, and evaluation results.
• Assisted in the coordination of program activities and resources, including scheduling meetings, preparing materials, and providing administrative support.
• Scheduled and coordinated meetings and travel arrangements for staff.
• Produced well-written, comprehensive reports and documents.
• Coordinated logistics for activities and events.
• Reviewed and approved vendor invoices.
• Constant updating in the organization's system (Core Manager) of the results of activities and projects.

To support the Culture and Sciences Programme in the realization of desk reviews, online research, comparative studies, and analyses of various documentation for programme implementation.

• To provide wide range support to the conceptualization of Program outputs in coordination with the Programme Team, including through the production, edition, and integration of inputs, among other tasks.
• To carry out the production of supporting materials and guidelines for national counterparts and collaborate in the preparation of other technical documents for meetings, discussions and events.
• To assist in the preparation of briefings as inputs for the analysis of monitoring and outline development for reporting and filing.
• To act as Liaison with the Programme Assistant in the Dominican Republic to support the implementation of the Science Programme in that Member State.
• To act as liaison with the Subregional coordinator for the sector in Kingston to assist Programme Specialist and National Programme Officer in the implementation of the programme.
• To act as liaison with the Haiti office for the implementation of sub-regional program's.
• To carry out other related activities as requested by the Programme Specialist for Culture and Science.

• Consultancy: Review of the UNESCO Work Plan, Agenda 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Information gathering from heritage related webpages.
• Source revision and information comparison between documents related to UNESCO's work plans.
• Data tabulation about heritage and culture plans developed in every Latin America and the Caribbean country.
• Monitoring, feedback and suggestions on the UNESCO's Work Plan.

• Consultancy in information analysis: information gathering in terms of concrete recommendations, from evaluation reports and audits internal UNESCO offices in the period 2015-2019.
• Analyzed complex information from multiple official sources to identify patterns or trends.
• Classification and tabulation of these recommendations from selected epigraphs for their operationalization.
• Collaborated with the UNESCO Regional Office to develop an action plan to address specific challenges and objectives.

• At the Palacio del Segundo Cabo, Center for the Interpretation of Cuba-Europe Cultural Relations of the Historian's Office of Havana:
• Drafting and coordination of the center's annual socio-cultural project.
• Participation in the development of a protocol to manage the collection of documents generated from the Havana-Barcelona Cooperation Project, jointly with the Historical Library, OHC, the Historical Photo Library, OHC, Barcelona City Council and the Museum of History of Barcelona, MUHBA.
• Scientific event coordinator.
• Attention to general visitors: children, grandparents, adolescents, general and specialized public.
• Development and execution of children's activities.
• Development of theoretical content for the exhibition halls; Book Room and Cabinet Room
• Promotion of cultural activities on radio, television, and the institutional website.
• Design and management of the center's conference space, together with the Jean Monet Chair at the University of La Havana.
• Administrative tasks: payments, activity logistics, organizational issues.
• Attendance at programming meetings and others related to the organization of activities and events.

• Registration, control and bibliographic processing of the collection of books, magazines, and historical archive materials.
• Database management: data entry, review and saving.
• Attention of real and potential users of the library: specialist archaeologists and general public.
• Bibliographic and information services: search for bibliographic information, preparation of informative packs, reference services, bibliography services. Document digitization services. Support bibliographical and informative for campaigns and archaeological investigations.

• Registration, control and bibliographic processing of the collection of books and journals of the library.
• Document enablement.
  
• Attention to library users: teachers, pedagogues, methodologists, historians.
  
• Bibliographic and informational services: information search, personalized packaging, preparation of information packages, referral services.
• Information management using databases

• Attention to users: numismatists, collectors and the general public.
• Specialized advice and consultation for the appraisal of numismatic pieces to
  from reference works.
• Enabling documents for the institution's catalog.
• Community and sociocultural management: coordination of educational activities
  with children.

• Design and implementation of the Library Archive-Management Project.
• Bibliographic processing.
• Information management in databases.
• Attention to diverse users.
• Registration and qualification of the bibliographic collection.