naquilino@produccion.gob.ar

Natalia Aquilino is Monitoring and Evaluation Director at the Secretary for Industrial Development of the Ministry of Economy in Argentina. Previously she advised the Secretary of Strategic Affairs under the Presidency of the Nation on the design of the development assistance evaluation policy and performed as Policy Monitoring & Evaluation Director at CIPPEC, one of the leading think tanks in Latin America. Natalia founded and chaired the Argentinean Evaluators Civil Association from where he advocates for the strengthening of the culture of evaluation. She is an independent consultant in evaluation and teaches planning and evaluation at postgraduate level in Argentinian National Universities: Entre Ríos, Rafaela, San Andrés, General San Martín and International: Bologna and ADEN School of Government (Panama). Natalia led more than 25 impact, outcome and process evaluations and designed M&E systems in Latin America and Argentina. Her research agenda includes evaluability of government programs, M&E systems design, influence strategies and accountability. Natalia acted as United Nations Coordination Officer (UN) and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She has a degree in Political Science (Planning and Public Administration) and a postgraduate degree in Public Policies and Local Development from the National University of Rosario.