Shirley Yadira Orellana

Evaluation Deputy for the Independent Evaluation Office

PhD in Projects, with a research line in Environment from the Pan American Center for Higher Studies of Mexico, she has a master's degree in Territorial Planning and Environmental Management from the Universidad de Barcelona in Spain and a master's degree in Project Management from the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC) of Honduras, with a degree in Civil Engineering. She holds a certification in Public Management for Development from the Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (INDES) - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), another certification in Gender from the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) and Secretaría General del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SG-SICA) and in Concrete Technician from the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

For more than 20 years she has worked in positions such as Technical Coordinator, Regional Manager for Infrastructure Projects with the Private Sector and Manager for programs framed in initiatives of the Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) and the United Nations (UN), that have broad economic and social impacts in the Central American region. She has also participated in conferences and seminaries abroad, in countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, the United States of America, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic. She has published articles in leading investigation journals from Central America.

With mastery and experience in adapting technical instruments of impact evaluation in development by applying best practices for evaluation from the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG), with great acquis she has lead evaluations such as the Gender Equity Policy, Project Cycle, Complex Studies from the Infrastructure Sector, a Review of Environmental and Social Standards, Country Strategies and Institutional Strategy, and has collaborated in Financial Intermediation evaluations.

Shirley is currently the Evaluation Deputy for the Independent Evaluation Office.

Contact Shirley Yadira Orellana

Shirley Yadira Orellana
Evaluation Deputy for the Independent Evaluation Office
Telephone: +5042240-2243
Email sorellana@bcie.org