Luz Mariela Avruj's Page

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Highly creative and versatile Social Management professional with over ten years experience in Civil Society and Community Organizations (CSOs) and network development. Outstanding facilitator, she has developed projects and provided training and technical assistance in organizations and in different community settings. She has developed handbooks on inter institutional networking and organizational strengthening and evaluation. She has a University Degree in Social Management and a Postgraduate Degree in Social Networking. She is equally fluent in Spanish and English.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Brazil
South America

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Argentina

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Social Networking specialist, facilitator

How many years professional experience do you have ?

11-15

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.linkedin.com/in/lmavruj

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Development, Facilitation, Organizational Development, Transparency

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Capacity Building, Communication, Evaluation, Monitoring, Program Design, Research

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

o 2006 – 2007 Project Coordinator
HelpArgentina www.helpargentina.org
Designed, developed and tested Rendir Cuentas para Darse Cuenta – Autoevaluación para Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (accountability and self-evaluation handbook for CSOs). This handbook / toolkit was built with a participatory approach, by means of group meetings and more than eighty interviews to social leaders, academics, donors and executive managers in six different regions in Argentina.
o 2005 Specialist and producer
Revista Tercer Sector www.tercersector.org.ar
Produced and developed content for booklets on fundraising, ICT4D, how to create an organization (downloadable from webpage under “Fasciculos”).
o 2005 Technical officer
Universidad de San Andrés, Social Responsibility Program
Interviewed organizations and systematized best practices of Boards of CSOs and volunteering (downloadable from www.gestionsocial.org)
o 2004 Project director
Inter American Development Bank (IADB), Social Capital, Ethics and Development Inter American Initiative
Directed the research team and the development of reports published as “Profile of Voluntary Organizations in Latin America”