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Prof. Cecilia Vaca Jones

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  • Role in Center:

    Advanced Researcher

  • Discipline:

    Public Policy

  • University:

    Bernard van Leer Foundation

  • Country:

    The Netherlands

Biography: Prof. Cecilia Vaca Jones is the executive director at the Bernard van Leer Foundation. She has over 20 years of experience managing social development policies and programmes. Before she joined the foundation, Cecilia was the coordinating minister of Social Development in Ecuador from April 2013 to March 2016. She was responsible for policies in health, education, housing, sport and social welfare.

Selected Publications:

  • Díaz, A.A./Veliz, P.M./Rivas-Mariño, G./Vance Mafla, C./Martínez Altamirano, L.M./Vaca Jones C. (2017): Etiquetado de alimentos en Ecuador: implementación, resultados y acciones pendientes. Rev Panam Salud Publica, 41:e54.

  • Coordinating Ministry of Social Development. (2015): Social Security Access for Unpaid Household Work: Financial Sustainability (1ed). Quito: Editorial El Conejo.

  • Coordinating Ministry of Social Development. (2015): Wellbeing is Fun (1ed). Quito: Coordinating Ministry of Social Development.

  • Coordinating Ministry of Social Development. (2015): Intersectoral National Strategy for Early Childhood. Quito: Coordinating Ministry of Social Development.

  • Ministry of Health. (2015): Step by step for a fulfilling Early Childhood” (1ed). Quito: Ministry of Health.

  • Coordinating Ministry of Social Development. (2014): National Social Plan 2014-2017. Quito: Coordinating Ministry of Social Development.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Public Policies
  • Sustainable Development
  • International Cooperation

Current Position(s):

  • Executive Director of Bernard van Leer Foundation

Past Position(s)

  • Programme Director at Bernard van Leer Foundation
  • Minister of Social Development, Ecuador
  • Minister of Sports, Ecuador

Memberships & Networks:

  • Global Advisory Panel, UNDP, 2015.