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Laura Victoria Gomez

Colombia

Laura Victoria Gomez Member since 02/06/2026

Independent

Fields of expertise:

  • Rural Development
  • Evaluation
  • Participative research (sistematization of experiences)
  • Gender and intersectional approach

 

Experience (selection)

  • Expert in knowledge transfer, member of the participatory final evaluation group for the European Union's European Peace Fund in Colombia (September 2025- present)
  • Program Director, Oxfam Colombia (October 2015- May 2025)
  • Evaluation Specialist - Intersectional Approaches and Governance, FAO - OED, responsible for evaluating the integration of social equity, gender, and human rights in the formulation and implementation of FAO's Country Strategy Framework (2015-2019) in Colombia (June 2020)
  • Senior Evaluation Expert, Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria – IECAH. Contributed with methodological tools and inputs related to gender mainstreaming for the LWF-DWS Country Program 2010-2015 evaluation team (December 2014- March 2015)
  • Expert in Governance, Social Inclusion, and Gender, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO- OED). Evaluated the incorporation of the differential approach, participation, and governance processes in the FAO Country Program in Colombia (February-June 2014)
  • International Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Joint Programme on Strengthening Environmental Governance in the face of Climate Risks in Guatemala (February- August 2011)
  • Lead Consultant in Communication, United Nations Development Program - UNDP, México, Responsible for the communication strategy for the implementation of the General Law for Equality between Women and Men and the General Law for Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence. (June 2008-April 2009)
  • Senior Consultant, Studies, projects and planning– EPYPSA S.A. Social, Integrated and Sustainable Development Project, Chiapas, Mexico
  • Conducted the social evaluation of projects, training for rural and indigenous communities, and systematization of experiences within the framework of the Chiapas-European Union Technical Cooperation Project "Social, Integrated and Sustainable Development for the Jungle, Chiapas" - PRODESIS - (April 2007- March 2008)