Catalina Chacón Mejía
Bucaramanga
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant
Observatorio Socioeconómico Santander.
01.2015 - Current
- Implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems for policies related to gender-based violence and its relationship with the economy.
- Participation in interdisciplinary teams.
- Support in alliance management with territorial entities, project monitoring through systematic documentation, generation of quantitative and qualitative data, and updating of initiation, closure, and accounting records.
External Consultant
Centro De Investigación En Políticas Sociales
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Project coordination including information collection through fieldwork, data processing, and analysis.
- Support provided to representatives of other teams in incorporating a social inclusion perspective into their activities.
- Promotion of initiatives and strategies enabling the inclusion of minority and vulnerable groups.
- Preparation, analysis, and consolidation of information necessary for report elaboration.
- Provision of technical assistance.
- Immediate Supervisor: Vilma Paura, Academic Coordinator / CEIPSU / UNTREF
External Consultant
Fundación Arcor
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems for social programs.
- Collection of qualitative and quantitative information to generate public policy analyses.
- Knowledge generation, publications, and analysis document creation.
- Provision of technical assistance to entities with expertise in social inclusion for the construction of local and territorial public policies.
Participation in interdisciplinary teams.
- Immediate Supervisor: Vilma Paura, Academic Coordinator / CEIPSU / UNTREF
External Consultant
Fundación YPF
02.2013 - 12.2014
- Conducted diagnosis and development of activities related to local issues.
- Generated knowledge and participated in interdisciplinary teams.
Supported the development and monitoring of diagnostic and research lines related to the functioning, demands, services, projects, and activities of corporate social responsibility. - Provided technical assistance to entities with expertise in social inclusion for the construction of local and territorial plans and programs.
- Immediate Supervisor: Daniel Lizarazo, Coordinator
Assistant Researcher
Centro De Estudio De Estado Y Sociedad CEDES
07.2012 - 12.2013
- Conducted investigative activities and proposed lines of action for vulnerable populations. Provided support and monitoring for mission programs. Participated in the implementation of social policies, plans, programs, projects, and strategies at the local level. Prepared, analyzed, and consolidated information necessary for report preparation.
- Immediate Supervisor: Laura Golbert, Principal Investigator / CEDES
Education
Master of Arts - Public Policies For Development With Social Inclus
Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)
Argentina2017
Master of Arts - Social Anthropology
Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)
Argentina2017
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Universidad Industrial De Santander
Colombia2017
Advanced Diploma - Social And Political Anthropology
Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)
Argentina2012
Bachelor of Science - Economy
Universidad Industrial De Santander - UIS
Colombia2006
Teaching experience
06.2014 - 01.2015 | National University of Quilmes, Argentina
- Position: Virtual Seminar Monitor for Postgraduate Course in Local Management of Social Policies
- Responsibilities:Planning training activities in virtual and face-to-face modalities.
Participation in research in the social policy area.
Development of university extension and social intervention activities.
08.2015 - Present | Santo Tomás University, Bucaramanga
- Position: Full-time Professor
- Subjects Taught: Public Policy, Social Policy, Research Seminar, Fiscal Policy, Economic Development, Economic History of Colombia, History of Economic Thought
- Responsibilities:Programming and organizing course activities according to established criteria.
Participation in institutional evaluation and planning activities.
Development of university extension and social intervention activities.
Coordination of the curriculum committee and creation of postgraduate programs.
08.2015 - Present | Santo Tomás University, Bucaramanga
- Position: Professor in the Specialization in Public Finance
- Module: Thesis Seminar I and II, Research Seminar I and II
- Responsibilities:Programming and organizing course activities according to established criteria.
08.2015 - Present | Santo Tomás University, Bucaramanga
- Position: Professor in the Specialization in Management of Social Security Institutions in Health
- Module: Thesis Seminar I and II, Research Seminar I and II
- Responsibilities:Programming and organizing course activities according to established criteria.
Certification
- Course: Qualitative Research Software ATLASTIInstitution: Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Duration: March 2013 - October 2013
- Course: The Challenges of Global PovertyInstitution: MIT -EdX (Virtual)
Duration: March - June 2014
- Course: Introduction to PMP CertificationInstitution: Universidad Católica de Murcia UCAM (Virtual)
Duration: March - June 2014
- Course: Impact Evaluation of Social ProgramsInstitution: MIT -EdX (Virtual)
Duration: March - June 2018
- Course: Designing a Multidimensional Poverty IndexInstitution: OPHI University of Oxford (Virtual)
Duration: March - April 2020
- Diploma: Design and Management of Virtual Learning EnvironmentsInstitution: Universidad Santo Tomás
Duration: August - December 2015
- Diploma: Econometrics Software RInstitution: Universidad Santo Tomás
Duration: June - August 2016
- Diploma: Project StructuringInstitution: Universidad Santo Tomás
Publications
- Chacón, C., & Ramírez, M. (2019). Inmersión en los ecosistemas digitales, una forma de mejora de la educación en las áreas rurales en Colombia. In Revista ReveLa, Austria, 2018 (Vol. 8, pp. 52-67). ISSN: 2414-228x.
- Chacón, C., & Ramírez, M. (2019). Propuesta de un instrumento de caracterización socioeconómica para los programas de inclusión productiva dirigidos a la población rural en Colombia. Gestión del conocimiento Perspectiva Multidisciplinaria, Universidad Nacional Experimental Sur del Lago Jesús María Semprúm, Venezuela.
- Chacón Mejía, C., & Ramírez Chaparro, M. N. (2020). Pobreza en Colombia, en tiempos del Covid-19. Retrieved from https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/100265/.
- Chacón, C., & Ramírez, M. (2020). Desigualdad en América Latina, contrastes entre el coeficiente de Gini y el índice de Palma. Conocimiento Global, 5(1), 11-32.
- Chacón, C., & Ramírez, M. (2020). Proyecto piloto de nueva centralidad urbana en el territorio metropolitano. Universidad Santo Tomás, Seccional Bucaramanga. ISBN 978-958-8477-75-6.
- Chacón, C., & Ramírez, M. (2020). Las percepciones sobre los migrantes venezolanos y su inclusión laboral en Bucaramanga. In Desarrollo humano y educación integral. Universidad Santo Tomás.
- Ramírez Chaparro, M. N., & Chacón Mejía, C. (2021). Human Capital and Inequality: A Cointegration Analysis for Colombia for the last 29 years. Retrieved from https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/109508/.
- Me, C. C., Mattei, L. F., & Chaparro, M. N. R. (2021). Ruralidades en América Latina: una mirada multidimensional de la pobreza a partir del análisis de componentes principales. Revista Visión Contable, (23), 133-155.
- Acebedo Ordóñez, M. J., Álvarez Cruz, J. M., Barrios Rodríguez, F. M., Bermúdez González, Y., Bonilla Ovallos, M. E., Cáceres Rojas, P., ... & Zambrano Becerra, E. (2023). Lineamientos para la formulación de los Programas de Gobierno 2023. Área Metropolitana de Bucaramanga. ISBN: 978-628-95787-0-6.
Timeline
Consultant
Observatorio Socioeconómico Santander.
01.2015 - Current
External Consultant
Centro De Investigación En Políticas Sociales
01.2014 - 01.2015
External Consultant
Fundación Arcor
01.2014 - 12.2014
External Consultant
Fundación YPF
02.2013 - 12.2014
Assistant Researcher
Centro De Estudio De Estado Y Sociedad CEDES
07.2012 - 12.2013
Master of Arts - Public Policies For Development With Social Inclus
Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)
Master of Arts - Social Anthropology
Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Universidad Industrial De Santander
Advanced Diploma - Social And Political Anthropology
Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)
Bachelor of Science - Economy
Universidad Industrial De Santander - UIS
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