Francisco Riera

Partner and Co-Founder at Equilibrium Group

Paraguay

About

Experience

  • Director & Co-Founder at Equilibrium | Business, Data & Communities
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Socioeconomic development consulting. Improving the quality of humanitarian and development interventions. Helping clients design, improve, and evaluate projects based on tailored research and data-gathering tools. Advising International Organizations, NGOS and Social Responsibility Departments through data. 80+ projects in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

  • Advisory Board Member at Horizonte Positivo Paraguay
    Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Director at Equilibrium Centro para el Desarrollo Económico
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Socioeconomic development Think Tank, focused on Latin America. Research and advocacy in Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and the Caribbean. Promoting development through generating data, research, capabilities, and advocacy. 50+ publications on migration, education, employment, entrepreneurship, civil society and youth.

  • IMC Worldwide (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
    • Principal Consultant - Global Programmes
      Apr 2022 - Jul 2022 · 4 mos

    • Senior Consultant - Global Programmes
      Apr 2020 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs

    • Consultant - Global Programmes
      Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr

  • International Affairs Lead at National Emergency Secretariat - Government of Paraguay
    2015 - 2016 · 1 yr

    • Responsible for Government policy analysis and development of thematical briefs regarding climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainability. • Represented Paraguay in several multilateral and intergovernmental meetings (i.e. Unasur, Mercosur, Global Wash Conference), as well as bilateral country meetings. • Led the process of securing external funding for government initiatives, managing £2M in grants • Designated focal point for donors, UN Agencies and international NGOs that worked on disaster risk reduction within the Government. (i.e. ECHO, USAID, KOICA, OCHA, UNISDR, ICRC, among others).