Bernardo Mendez Lugo - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

Now: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FUNDACION PROMIGRANTE AMERICA SIN MUROS, MEXICO CITY. Work Experience Past: Documentation, Cultural and Academic Cónsul at the Mexican Consulate in Chicago, Counselor for Media Analysis, Media Monitoring and On Line Publishing at Dirección de Comunicación Social, Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores ( from August 22th 2012 to April 19th 2013. Counselor for Economic Affairs and Press at the Mexican Embassy in El Salvador since August 24th 2009 to August 21st 2012. (Business Promotion advising Mexican firms established in El Salvador, spokeperson for the Embassy, international migration and centralamerican transit migration through Mexico, Indigenous Rights, ILO 169 Convention on Indigenous Rights, Higher Education in Mexico and Nafta accreditation between Mexico, US and Canada.

Deputy Consul of Mexico in Tucson, Arizona
USA. October 23rd 2006-August 20th 2009

Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, Press and Spokeperson (August 2001-June 2004), Trade and Business Promotion Consul (Jul/2004-Oct/20th 2006)

Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta, Press Attache and Academic Liason (June 1996-July2001).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), (02/1993-05/1996) Press and Public Relations Department.

Press and Academic Attache, Consulate General of Mexico in Montreal, Canada, (04/1992 -01/1993).

Advisor, SRE (09/1990-03/1992). Research on energy and oil. Analysis of schemes for energy privatizations regarding alternatives such as leasing, joint ventures, foreign loans and lending.

Advisor, Mexican Ministry for Trade and Industrial Promotion (04/1987-12/1988).

Full Time Associate Professor at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana mexico City, Social Science Division (1974-1990) and partial on leave period (1991- resigned in June1997).

Education
Sussex University, UK.(1981) Master of Philosophy, Development Studies.

Central School of Planning, Warsaw, Poland, Diploma in Educational Planning (1977-1978).

Bachelor of Arts, Relaciones Internacionales (1976) UNAM, Mexico.

Publications.-
Editor of several books regarding small industry and globalization, tourism, education and employment, indigenous rights, Mexico-US relations, Canada-Mexico relations, Mexican migrants in the USA, higher education and regional development, Mexico, US and Canada Higher education Accreditation, Standards and Certification

Conferences & International Consultancy
Speaker in Mexican and US Universities for promoting needs of small and medium firms. Work trips in Sweden, France, Italy, Poland, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Advisor for Panamerican Health Organization. Research at University of Lund, Sweden. Consultant for the World Bank and Mexican Ministry of Labor (STPS). Consultant for Center for Educational Research and Innovation-OECD in Paris.

Specialties

Trade, Academic Relations and Media networking, International Networking for Business and Higher Education Goals. Academic research on International migration from Mexico and Central America to the USA.
Supervisors: Gordon White (Deceased) and Martin Godfrey (Deceased)
Phone: 312-610-9127 celular phone
Address: Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago
204 S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, Illinois. 60607, USA

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