Ivan Cossio Cortez, Head of the South East Asia and the Pacific Sub-regional Office Country Representative to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Ivan Cossio Cortez
Summary of work experience
2019 - Present: IFAD. Jakarta, Indonesia
Head of the South East Asia and the Pacific Sub-regional Office
Country Representative to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
2015 – 2019: IFAD. Rome, Italy
Chief of the Quality Assurance Group. Led the technical quality assessment of all country strategies and projects financed by IFAD.
2007 - 2015: IFAD
Country Director for Brazil, Mexico and Cuba
2000 – 2007: FAO. Mexico DF, Mexico
Chief Technical Advisor on Programme Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Led agricultural policy analysis and independent evaluation of governmental programmes on agriculture and rural development.
1996 – 1997: European Union and Government of Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia
Director of the Support Program for Food Security.
1993 – 1996: Government of Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia.
Secretary of Rural Development, Sector Head.
Other professional experience:
· Free lance consultant in several Latin American countries
· Researcher on land tenure, small farmers' economy and rural financial services
· Had worked in NGos working in rural development