LAURA LOPEZ RICART

280 14
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street Apt 2C, Brooklyn +1 917.539.4231 laura.lopezricart@gmail.com

EDUCATION
1-2012/12-2013 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS- DEVELOPMENT
New York USA New School for Public Engagement. Recipient of a merit scholarship.
9/2008-6/2009 MASTER IN CORPORATE LAW
Barcelona -Spain Barcelona Bar Association
9/2004-12/2008 DEGREE IN LAW
Barcelona -Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Law School- UPF)
Paris-France Universit Paris XII. Recipient of an Erasmus scholarship.

WORKING EXPERIENCE
4/2014-6/2014 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, EQUATOR INITIATIVE. ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
GROUP, BUREAU FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY
New York-USA PROGRAM ASSISTANT
Conducted due diligence process and outreached references of all Equator Prize nominees.
Assisted in planning the Kenya and New York 2014 special events.
Assisted in the organization and execution of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) two day meeting

9/2013-1/2014 RURAL WOMENS MOVEMENT (RWM) Ngo based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
New York-USA GRADUATE CONSULTANCY PROJECT
Project design (Community seedling exchange project) which goal was to address HIV patients food insecurity.
Recipient of fall 2013 Special recognition prize for the best Graduate Consultancy project.
Currently being implemented by a food security coordinator

8/2013-2/2014 UNITED NATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, HAITI DESK
New York-USA INTERN- Under the Supervision of the I OT Team Leader
Provided substantive support in tracking and monitoring developments in Latin America on a daily basis.
Created a quantitative database tool for future organizational reference, after compiling MINUSTAHS civil staff,
military, police and mission cost data from 2004 to 2014.
Designed a comparative analysis document of all peacekeeping missions in Haiti from 1990 to the date (mandate
components, composition, cost, background), useful in the planning process of the post-2016 options in Haiti.
Assisted in mission budget elaboration, drafting papers, talking points, notes, speeches to senior UN officials.
Attended weekly VTCs with the chiefs of units in MINUSTAH and senior DPKO leadership in HQ, which
provided me a direct insight of the political, operational and strategic decision making at the UN.

7/2012-8/2012 UNICEF, SPANISH COMMITTEE
Barcelona-Spain INTERN
Cooperation: Drafted project evaluation reports to the donors, based on local partners reports.
Legal area: Research and analysis on how the Spanish and Catalan legal framework applies the CRC. Drafted a
report for legal consultation..
Sensitization and children policies: qualitative and quantitative research on how European policies address
childrens poverty. Assisted in drafting a policy paper and legal proposal to the Catalan Parliament.

12/2009-1/2012 PEDRALBES S.L CORREDURIA DE SEGUROS Brokerage Company
Barcelona-Spain JOINT ADMINISTRATOR AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Coordinated and managed a 1M business portfolio. Budget planning and target sales actions. Reported to CFO.
Redesigned and developed cross-selling strategies, registering a 22% turnover increase in one year.
Participated in meetings with regional directors of large Insurance Companies to negotiate economic conditions.
Conducted risk assessments, policy studies, reviewed experts reports and monitored insurance claims to ensure
customers rights.

9/2008-12/2009 FINCAS PEDRALBES S.A Real Estate Company. More than 20.000 customers.
Barcelona-Spain HEAD OF THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
Drafted lease agreements and legal advising.
Monthly analysis of the sales; report results to CFO and CEO.
Set up a new technical program to control our products.
Led the planning and design of a new website, providing a new image to the company.
Reduced up to 75% the publicity costs by redesigning the publicity system and negotiating with the suppliers.

2/2007-Ongoing NGO SILO Spanish NGO focused in community development in Guinea-Bissau, Africa
Guinea Bissau VOLUNTARY WORK
Fundraising, marketing and events planning in Spain. Organized a Sports event which raised more than 18.000$.
Work in field- Guinea Bissau:
M&E of health, education and sustainable agriculture projects.
Project design of income generation activity. Community based approach.
LANGUAGES and OTHER
SPANISH: native
CATALAN: native
ENGLISH: full proficiency
FRENCH: working proficiency
PORTUGUESE: elementary
Heavy Microsoft User. SPSS basics.