Alicia Carpio Obré

Current occupation

Trainer and facilitator in diverse social areas, specially focused on youth. But also consultant that support diverse social organization in strategy projects and programs. Full time.

Work experience

With 20 years of experience in the social sector, I've worked extensively in international cooperation for development contexts, collaborating with organizations like UNDP and other international bodies in Latin America. Additionally, I've worked directly with NGOs and currently as an independent worker, supporting and developing actions with diverse collectives and promoting meaningful change.

My background in communication, sociology, and social development fuels my passion for various topics, including social entrepreneurship, social innovation, inclusion, environmental awareness, and gender equality. Throughout my career, I've primarily focused on empowering youth and have been deeply involved in creating non-formal tools, materials, and processes to support their development.

Here is a register of my main work experience:

FREE LANCER, TRAINER, FACILITATOR AND CONSULTANT.
06/03/2023 – current occupation.
Providing professional services related to social work, social entrepreneurship and social Innovation like: design and facilitating training courses, design and facilitating events, project design, project management, project evaluation, content design (educative, from a non-formal education vision and based on social innovation and creativity), etc.
Collaborators: municipalities, NGOs, Foundations, private companies, consultancy services. Local, regional, national and international services.
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MEMBER OF THE POOL OF TRAINERS – YOUTH@WORK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP. Europe and neighbouring countries. Consultant and participant in the planning of activities, coordination and development of some of the training programs and seminars. https://youthatworkpartnership.org/
From March 2019 - current occupation.
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COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL IMPACT RESPONSIBLE – Social entreprise Q’omer BioActive Ing. Paterna (Valencia) – Spain https://qomer.eu/en/
01/2013 – Current occupation (SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR)
I am part of a SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP project, with a relevant social and green impact. My tasks are focused in communication and the generation and measurement of social impact.
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Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Education for development General Coordinator – asociación JOVESOLIDES (Non governmental organization) Paterna (Valencia) – Spain.
From 02/2021 – current occupation
General coordinator of project managers in the detailed areas:
• Coordination and development of main projects
• Supervision & planification of the areas and interventions, but also development of actions as project management, project design, training program desing, coordination with stakeholders.
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Project Manager – asociación JOVESOLIDES (Non gubernamental organization) Paterna (Valencia) – Spain.
From 04/2008 until 06/2011, and from 03/2013-January 2021
Development and facilitator of activities in projects of the following areas:
• Education for development, mainly working on schools with non-formal tools (trainer)
• Social entrepreneurship, Specially with youth promoting their active participation, social inclusion, labor inclusion, generation of self-employment. Etc. (facilitator/trainer)
• Social Innovation: promoting the design of new methods to increase the social impact of projects /actions, and new visions to attend to new social challenges. (facilitator/trainer) • Social integration and international cooperation: education against inequality.
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Collaborator in design of Social innovation methodologies and facilitator in their application with beneficiaries (youth, social organizations, youth workers, international organizations, etc.) Responsible in the development of European projects: both as coordinator organization (Spanish National Agency) and as partner of other European organizations (Turkey or Italy, currently) Long experience in leading Erasmus+ projects: as coordinator of KA1 & KA2 actions (2015-2018).
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SPECIALIST IN MONITORING & EVALUATION – RIGHT TO PLAY LATIN AMERICA Lima. Perú (main office for Latin America and Caribbean region)
From 07/2012 – 03/2013
• Responsible for all the monitoring, diagnosis, baseline and evaluation processes in all projects linked directly with education and sports for development.
• Intervention in Perú, Panama and planning of actions with Ecuador and Colombia.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING IN THE AECID – (Spanish Agency for Cooperation in Perú) & MONITORING AND EVALUATION RESPONSIBLE for Valencian Community (international cooperation). All tasks settled at the Spanish Embassy office in Lima - Perú
From 06/2011 – 07/2012
• Support in communication, gender equality and environmental issues for AECID
• Development of monitoring and process reporting of cooperation projects in all Perú
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EXPERT IN MISSION – UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEER (UNV) – HONDURAS (Nacaome, Valle region)
10/2017-04/2018
Expert collaborator in the social research project into the Observatories for the Follow up of the Millenium Development Goals”: development of non-formal education workshops, communitarian diagnosis, qualitative research, etc. in rural areas of the country (southern region)
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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITARIAN RADIO STATION – Jovesolides (NGO) 10/2004 - 10/2007
Development of workshops, training, radio programs, social and communitarian participation, etc.
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RESEARCH TRAINEE (UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROJECT – eu context) University of Valencia. 01/2006 – 08/2008 and 11/2008 - 1/2009
Participation from the University into European sociological research studies related to social inclusion of vulnerable communities, and the access to knowledge. Research tasks.
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JOURNALIST FOR DIVERSE MEDIA (RADIO, PRESS AND TV STATIONS)
07/2001 - 01/2004
Communication tasks related to the production of content, interviews, reports, etc.