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EDUCATION
2004- 2005 Master of Environmental Management
(EPCEM)
Amsterdam Graduate Business School (AGBS)
University of Amsterdam
(UVA)
The Netherlands/
École de mines de Paris,
France
2000- 2001 MSc. Environment and Sustainable
Development
Development Planning Unit (DPU)
University of London
(UCL) UK
1994-1998 Industrial Design
University of Monterrey
(UDEM) Mexico
Languages: Native Spanish, proficient English, basic French, and basic Portuguese.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
May 2016- Aug. 2016 United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Regional Office for Latin America
Technical Consultant responsible for the systematization of demonstrative experiences of the
effective use of an integrated approach to advance sustainable development in the Mesoamerican
Region.
June 2016 OXFAM Mexico
Technical Assistant to the evaluation committee of project proposals from civil society
organizations with interest in contributing to social cohesion considering human rights,
social prevention of violence and criminality access to information, health and social
protection.
Apr. 2013 – Aug. 2015 Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM)
Calle 32 B SUR # 44 A 61, Envigado - Colombia
IDB-MIF Project Coordinator: Developing Market Incentives for Mercury Abatement and
Formalization of Artisanal Small-scale Mining in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia
MSc. Diana Maria Siller Contreras
Place of birth: Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
Birth date: August 1st 1976
Nationality: Mexican
Marital status: single
dianamsiller@yahoo.com
Tel: +52 (81)83561771
Skype: diana-siller

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As a Project Coordinator and Technical Expert, my duties focused in:
 Supervising the implementation of activities stablished in the IDB-MIF project and of other
complementary projects led by ARM.
 Articulating actions and strategies for the achievement of 4 main project components
seeking to strengthen local and regional capacities; foster the exchange and transfer of
good practices; support the access to ethical markets; and to develop and promote
knowledge management and communication tools.
 Assuring coordinated work among network allies in different countries.
 Leading a Monitoring and Evaluation process.
 Supporting budget allocation, accountability, contracting and acquisition processes
according to the guidelines provided by the IADB-MIF
 Analyzing and consolidating reports according to ARM’s needs as well as to the IDB-MIF
requirements.
 Identifying, integrating and systematizing regional experiences, risks, lessons learned and
results.
 Developing tools and methodologies that support adequate implementation processes that
foster sustainable development principles considering a human rights based approach,
gender mainstreaming, and environmental justice.
 Identifying and reporting risks to the project unit and to the diverse key partners and
stakeholders in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.
 Organizing meetings with the national multi-stakeholder’s committees in Colombia, Peru
and Bolivia in order to: integrate their recommendations and jointly plan project phases
and methodologies; identify local experiences and carry out knowledge sharing activities;
seek south-south experience exchange and local key stakeholder’s support; strengthen
regional knowledge management tools; and report and transfer the diverse experiences
acquired throughout the project implementation phase.
 Organizing regional and local workshops as well as the technical assistance needed to
achieve the objectives per component, while at the same time strengthening local capacity.
 Keeping a constant communication with the IDB-MIF
 Supporting strategic processes to strengthen the organization, its mission and its network.
 Supporting a communication for development strategy.
Jan 2009 – Feb 2012 United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT)
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC)
Rua Rumania 20, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
UN HABITAT's National Consultant/Focal Point to the UN Joint Program for Achieving an
Effective and Democratic Water and Sanitation Governance to Support the Achievement of
the MDG's in Mexico
As a Focal Point my duties included those of a project manager as well as those of a technical
consultant. The program was funded by the Spanish MDG Fund and integrated 7 UN agencies that
focused their work in the most vulnerable populations in Mexico located in Chiapas, Veracruz and
Tabasco. Throughout the program implementation phase I organize and led over 30 local meetings
and/or workshops.
As a national consultant my duties focused in supporting and/or developing adequate strategies to
enhance:
 Democratic governance;

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 Effective participatory processes and methodologies;
 Disaster risk management and water adaptation to climate change;
 Healthy schools, water, sanitation and hygiene education;
 Integration and promotion of urban water monitoring groups;
 Development of inclusive water and climate change public policy processes;
 Multi-stakeholder’s agreements of collaboration;
 Development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation tools.
 Develop knowledge management tools.
As a project manager my duties included:
 Project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
 Budget planning, resource allocation and accountability;
 Development of work plans; coordination of workshops and meetings;
 Human resource management (national and local consultants);
 Representing UN HABITAT in the UN Joint Program Committee;
 Carrying out communication and outreach activities;
 Development and implementation of inter-agency strategies;
 Development of strategies for monitoring the contribution to the MDGs and to local
governance;
 Program reporting according to UN HABITAT´s guidelines as well as to the donors
requirements (Spanish MDG-F);
 Report to UN HABITAT and to the UN Joint Program Coordinator
Integrate and systematize lessons learned.
Aug.-Nov. 2008 United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Water and Sanitation Section II, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Technical Assistant to the Water and Sanitation Program for Latin America and the
Caribbean (WATSAN-LAC)
 Support the implementation of the Water and Sanitation Program for Latin America and the
Caribbean
 Development of bilateral agreements, work plans and reporting of regional activities.
 Development of project proposals and/or Project documents.
Jan.-March 2008 Ministry of Civil Protection of Mexico City
Ave. Patriotismo 671, Delegación Benito Juarez, Mexico
Technical Advisor
 Support institutional structuring and organization;
 Development of plans and projects regarding disaster risk management;
Development of Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects and Programs;
 Support the development of the Civil Protection Plan 2008-2009 for Mexico City;
Systematize indicators and strategies into governmental reporting;
Support the identification of capacity-building strategies.

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Sep. 2005 – Dec. 2007 El Colegio de Mexico, A.C.
Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA)
Camino Al Ajusco # 20, Col.Pedregal De Santa Teresa, Tlalpan, Mexico
Research Associate
 Support the evaluation of national projects co-financed by the Natural Disaster Prevention Fund
(FOPREDEN) in 2004, 2005 & 2006 which included:
 Developing quantitative and qualitative methodologies that consider perception on risk and
vulnerability;
 Supporting the development of indicators and of a risk management national index and matrix;
 Coordinating on-site multi-sector evaluation of 36 disaster prevention projects in Mexico;
 Carrying out desktop evaluation of 92 projects;
 Analyzing the capacity of 28 state level civil protection agencies to implement integrated disaster
risk management approaches;
 Coordinating a team of experts on natural phenomenon and vulnerability in Mexico;
 Supporting the analysis of the social impact, the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of the
selected projects;
 Overall reporting;
 Support project accountability;
 Integrate criteria and recommendations that may contribute to the improvement of the national
prevention fund norms and regulations for adequate selection of projects and programs.
Aug. 2001-June 2002 University of Monterrey (UDEM)
Ave. Morones Prieto San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L., Mexico
Part-time Professor of the Department of Architecture and Design
Sep. 1998- June 1999 ECO & O2 Mexico
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Sustainable product developer
Assistant to the O2 Mexico Liason
AWARDS
April-June 2008 ProVention Consortium Scholarship: Strengthening the Co-operation between the
Public Sector and the Social Organisations for Disaster Prevention and Response in
Mexico City (Identifying experienced organizations and creating a data base to enable
prompt coordination)
Jul.-Sep. 2005 Transnational Institute’s (TNI) Samuel Rubin Young Fellowship Program:
contribution to the public services yearbook
PUBLICATIONS
Author of:
“The State of Disaster Risk Management in Mexico", in Environmental Quality in Large Cities and
Industrial Zones, Russian State Hydrometeorology University, 2009.
“The debate surrounding the Universalization and Democratization of Public Services in México” in
The Future of Public Services,Transnational Institute, The Netherlands, 2006.

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Editor, coordinator, and/or contributor to:
“Sustainable Development in Practice: Applying an Integrated Approach in Latin America and the
Caribbean”, UNEP, Panama, 2016
“Mining and Human Rights: a glance from the Artisanal Small-scale Mining Sector”, Alliance for
Responsible Mining, Colombia, 2015.
“Fostering Good Artisanal Small-scale Mining Practices in the Latin American Context: The Fairmined
Standard”, Alliance for Responsible Mining, Colombia, 2014.
“Healthy Schools and Human Values-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education (HVWSHE)”, UN
Habitat & WHO, 2012.
“Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas: Solutions from the Regional Policy Dialog
(RPD)”, UN HABITAT, National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) & Inter-American
Development Bank, Mexico, 2012.
“Guidelines for Water Governance in Climate Change Conditions: Experience in Cities of the
Southeast Region of Mexico”, UN HABITAT, Mexico, 2011.
“Regional Dialogue for the LAC Region: Challenges and Opportunities on Water Adaptation to
Climate Change”, Regional Position Paper for COP-16, UN HABITAT, Mexico, 2010.
“One Year of Mexico’s Federal District Government: Safety for All”, Civil Protection Section, Mexico
City Government, Mexico, 2008.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Significant participation in:
 South American Workshop on Regional Cooperation to Support National Action Plans for
Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (under the framework of the Minamata Convention),
UNIDO-NRDC-UNEP, March 2015, Lima, Peru.
 Sub-regional workshop in support for the ratification and early implementation of the
Minamata Convention, South America workshop, UNEP, September 2014, Brasilia, Brazil.
 The Green Expo, Global Resources, Environment & Energy Network, XIX International
Environmental Congress, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico.
 National Meeting on Water Culture (ENCA), ANEAS, 2011, Michoacan, Mexico.
 Water Congress: Responding to the Urban Challenge, Water Commission of Veracruz (CAEV),
2011, Veracruz, Mexico
 The Social Rights to Water and Sanitation Debate in Mexico and Veracruz, SEFIPLAN-
COPLADEVER, 2010, Veracruz, Mexico.
 Water and Sanitation for Schools, Rotary Club, 2008, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico.
 The Water Challenges from the Civil Society Perspective, 2010, Veracruz, Mexico.
 VI World Social Forum, 2006,Caracas, Venezuela.
 Cabernet 2005, International Conference on Urban Land Management, 2005,Belfast, Ireland.
 Bodem European Platform, Soil Impact on Spatial Development in Europe, March 2005,
Bilthoven, Netherlands.

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Other activities and/or participant in:
 VII World Urban Forum, UN HABITAT, 2014, Medellin, Colombia.
 VI World Water Forum, 2012, Marseille, France.
 Stockholm World Water Week: Water in an Urbanized World, 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.
 International Seminar on Risks and Vulnerability: Social Strategies for Prevention and
Adaptation, CIESAS, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico.
 Regional Policy Dialogue for Latin American and the Caribbean : Challenges and
Opportunities in Climate Change Adaptation of the Water Sector, 2010, Mexico City, Mexico.
 Prisma Analysis for Cultural Diversity Seminar, UNESCO, 2010, San Cristóbal de las Casas,
Chiapas, México
 V World Urban Forum, UN HABITAT, 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
 11th Meeting of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
 Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Workshop, UN HABITAT Regional Office for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
 National Dialogue for Descentralization and Urban Governance in Mexico, UN HABITAT, 2009,
Mexico City, Mexico
 III International Seminar on Disaster Prevention: Local Development and Risk Management,
SEDESOL, 2008, Mexico City, Mexico.
 Earthquake Megacities Initiative (EMI) Forum of the Americas, Prevention Policies on Social
Participation and Co-responsibility, 2007, Mexico City, Mexico.
 International Seminar on Public Policy and Disasters, Mora Institute, 2007, México, D.F.
 IV World Water Forum, 2006, Mexico City, Mexico.
 ABCDE World Bank Annual Conference, “Assuring Development in an Unstable World”, 2005,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
 Financing for Development- World Summit towards Johannesburg, 2001, Monterrey, Mexico