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Pablo González is the
Section Chief for Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change, RISK-MACC,
with the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD)
of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS).
He was appointed to the position, in October of 2006, as the result of an
external vacancy competition. He is also co-chair of the Inter-American
Network for Disaster Mitigation (INDM).
He holds a degree in
Land Surveying Engineering and a post-graduate degree in Geodetic &
Geophysics Engineering from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He also holds
a Masters degree in International Development and Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) from Clark University, in Massachusetts. He participates as
moderator and speaker in international events, and is frequently invited as
speaker at universities and prestigious research institutions, such as the
University of Virginia (UVA), the Université Laval of Canada, the
Universidad del Salvador of Argentina, the Inter-American Defense College,
the Florida International University (FIU), and the Brookings Institute,
among others. He is the co-author of or contributor to several DSD
publications, and the author of several white papers presented at
international conferences and symposiums.
Mr. Gonzalez is the
Principal Specialist and Adviser to the General Secretariat of the OAS,
providing technical and policy advice to Member States on matters related to
disaster risk management. He serves as liaison between the GS/OAS and
national development planning offices, ministries of environment and water,
and competent national institutions on disaster mitigation. He also serves
as liaison with regional and international agencies involved in Risk
Management and Sustainable Development. He is responsible for the
identification of policies and projects for Member States. He also provides
strategic advice to OAS political bodies based in Washington, DC, namely the
Permanent Council, the Inter-American Committee for Integral Development (CIDI),
and the Committee on Hemispheric Security (CSH). He makes presentations on
behalf of the General Secretariat of the OAS before OAS political bodies, as
well as before UN fora, such as the Global Platform of the UNISDR Hyogo
Framework for Action, among others. He is a recipient of the GS/OAS
Outstanding Performance Award for 2001-2002. |
