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Roberto Gil CANCEL COMAS

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Job seeker status
Not interest in new opportunities
Educational background
Master’s or equivalent level
Personal Skills
Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication.
Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
Public speaking: can articulate complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.
Strategic thinking and vision: works strategically to realize the Organization’s goals and communicates a clear strategic direction.
Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
Language Abilities
Language
Mother tongue
On
Language
Mother tongue
On
Language
Mother tongue
Off
Digital Skills
Computer literacy: Medium
Programming, Web and App Development: Medium
Digital Design and Data Visualization: Beginner
Digital Marketing and Social Media: Beginner
Data Science and Data Analytics: Beginner
Experience
Agriculture, forestry: 0-1
Construction: 0-1
Real estate activities: 1-5
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security: 5-10
Education: 1-5
Human health and social work activities: 1-5
Arts, entertainment and recreation: 1-5
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies: More than 10
Other: More than 10
Current Position
Professional (e.g. doctors, nurses, teachers, accountants)
Educational background
Master’s Degree
Bio

Roberto Gil Cancel Comas has been working with migrants and members of various diaspora groups for over a decade with a focus on civil participation and migration and development; a diverse experience spanning from East Asia to Europe and North Africa to the Americas. Before taking up responsibilities in the Regional Office for South America, he covered the Middle East and North Africa (2017-2019) from IOM’s Regional Office in Cairo after arriving to the region as Head of Project Coordination in IOM’s country office in Egypt (2014-2017). Prior to this he served as project manager in the field of diaspora engagement at IOM Kosovo (2012-2014) as well as Head of Project Development (2010-2012). This work built on his work with Latin American migrant communities in Belgium on how they contribute to their countries of origin through the NGO Service d'Information et de Formation Amérique Latine (2009-2010). That in turn was informed by his engagement with Latin American migrants in the US to promote their participation in the civil and political sphere of their new home country under the auspices of the National Council of La Raza (2008-2009).
Mr Cancel has a master’s degree from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Cultures and

Development Studies where his thesis focused on migration and development, as well as a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs and Anthropology from the Florida State University. In addition, he is a practised project development and implementation trainer with experience also in workshop facilitation and strategic planning.

As a migrant and part of the Puerto Rican diaspora, Mr Cancel plans to continue his work strengthening the positive link between migration and development by empowering migrants to be actors for social change and economic growth.