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CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf) Bernardo Paz Betancourt AGRO - ECONOMIST; Researcher: AGRO-SOCIO-ECONOMIC MAS MODELS 12 years professional experience PERSONAL DATA Date & place of Birth: February 2 1962, in

1 CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf) Bernardo Paz Betancourt AGRO - ECONOMIST; Researcher: AGRO-SOCIO-ECONOMIC MAS MODELS 12 years professional experience PERSONAL DATA Date & place of Birth: February , in Potosí - Bolivia. Nationality: Bolivian Passport Academic formation: University Languages: Spanish, French and English Address: P.O. Box 415 La Paz - Bolivia Tel./fax: (2) Cel: bpazbe@ceibo.entelnet.bo bpazb@demasiado.com Home page: EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Doctor in sciences (Ph.D.) in Agro-Socio-economic modeling, October 1997 at the Claude Bernard Lyon University France ( Très Honorable & Felicitations du jury, Article: English, Spanish). Special Diploma (M.Sc.), in Agricultural Economics, February 1993, at the UCL (Catholic University of Leuven) Belgium (with Distinction ). Engineering (B.Sc.) in Agronomic Sciences, January 1988 at the Tomás Frías at the University of Potosí Bolivia (with Congratulations ). Course in Statistics applied to Agro-economic, March to August 1993, at the statistics institute of UCL - Belgium. School Leaving Certificate, July 1980 at the Séminaire de Ste Hyacinthe Canada ( honeur au mérite ). Additional courses April 1988, S/36 IBM systems operation course (1 month) September 1987, Project Elaboration course (2 months) Computer skills Programming languages: Java, C++, Pascal, Basic, RPGL. Deep experience in MS-DOS - Windows 12 years, UNIX 3 years, Linux 4 years, Statistical programs: SAS, S+, SPSS, R, DB= Oracle8i, Access, MySQL, Others: WP, Qpro, MSOffice, Star Office.

2 EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Permanent: Actually (from Jul 1999) Modeler (socio economic component) in TROPANDES (Fertility Management in the Tropical Andean Mountains: Agroecological Bases for sustainable Fallow Agriculture), a Scientific Research Program of the CEE - ORSTOM Bolivia (Reports: report1, report2) Associated Researcher at the Applied Computing Laboratory (LIA). ORSTOM (French Scientific Research Institute for development in cooperation). Research subject: Qualitative Multi-agents Modeling for simulation of exchanges between land access and work time in an agricultural Bolivian Community Head of the Biometrics Unit depending of the socio-economic Department at the Bolivian Institute of Agricultural Technology (IBTA, a World Bank Project in Bolivia) Agronomic Engineer at the PAC-CEE program (Peasant Auto-development Program) financed by the European Community Professor of Soils Conservation at the University of Potosí During university study, Teaching Assistant of the Climatology, Computing, and Biometrics courses. Juan Misael Saracho University of Tarija - Bolivia. Consulting: Febr-May 2002: Leader team to the Quinoa Chains Value Study, for the FDTA-Altiplano Foundation. Identification of critical problems and solutions proposition to increase the aggregated value in the activity in Bolivia. Sep-Dec 2001: Professor and member of the tribunal in the MSc process graduation at the Tarija and Potosí Universities in Agronomic Sciences. April 2001: Consultant to the FHI (Food for Hungry International)an USAID agency to elaborate an recommendation manual to collect and process the agricultural information. April-Jul 2000: Consultant for the Potosí Prefecture to elaborate of the Agricultural rural Development Plan for the period

3 Oct-Jan : Consultant to the AUTAPO Project (a Dutch support Project to the National University) to elaborate a market study for the agricultural department in Tarija and Potosí. Jan-Mars 99: Consultant to the SIBTA (Bolivian System of Agricultural Technology) project at the IADB (Inter American Development Bank) regarding the Technology Transfer. Ago-Dec 98: Consultant to the FAO (Food Agricultural Organization) Bolivian representation to elaborate the national technology inventory. La Paz - Bolivia. Jun Jul 98: Consultant to the FAO to evaluate the impact of foreign assistance in scientific research in Bolivia: by an author contract with FAO-Rome. La Paz Bolivia. Seminars and Speeches: Apr. 2001: Dec. 2000: Dec. 2000: Nov. 2000: July 2000: Jun. 2000: Nov. 1999: Oct. 1999: Jan. 1996: Nov. 1994: Sep. 1989: Presentation given about Multi agents Systems (MAS) at the Catholic University of Bolivia. Invitation by the Exact Sciences Department. Obtained a scientific research grant given by IFS (International Foundation for Sciences) a Sweden non profit organization; subject a Multi Agent System model to simulate farming systems. Invited by the CIRAD (The International Agricultural Research Center for the Development) to postulate to a position of Senior researcher in Multi agents System, (MAS) Montpellier - France. Presentation regarding MAS applied in Ecology. Invitation given by the ICAE (International Ecological Environmental Institute) at the Andes University, Venezuela,. Presentation at the Tarija s University on the theme of Multi-agents Modeling. Presentation regarding Modeling in Agriculture invited by the University of Tarija (UAJMS). Presentation of a poster and paper at International Seminar SAAD 3; subject: A Multi-agent Model to Simulate the Reciprocity Agreements in Bolivia (from 8 to 10 of November) at Lima Peru. Invited for presentation: the MAS Modeling and the Development at the a las Jornadas Regional Journeys of Scientific Technical Information: (October 13-15); organized by AUTAPO a the international project, Potosí - Bolivia. Presentation at the International Seminar New Tendencies in Modeling for the Environmental Problems subject: Décisions collectives, contrats et negotiations : une expérience de modélisation multi-agents (January 15-17), in Paris- France. Participation in the International Symposium Systemic Research in Agricultural and Rural Development (November), Montpellier- France. Participation as speaker in a Statistics course Identification and elaboration of agricultural projects. Sponsored by IICA (Interamerican Institute for the Agricultural Cooperation) and PAC. Potosí. 3

4 August 1987: Sep. 1986: Invitation to teach the short course Determination of Agricultural Production Systems. Invitation made by the Dean of the Agricultural and Forestry College, University of Tarija. Participation in the General and Regional Weather Seminar, University of Tarija. Parallel activities October January 2002: Member of a tribunal configured for the final evaluate of a Master of sciences formation in vegetal and animal production at the universities of Potosi and Tarija. August 1996 Elaboration of feasibility projects in agricultural and environment themes Agricultural and social data analyses with a multi-disciplinary team Agricultural computing systems development. September 1989 Dissertator in a Projects Preparation course, invited by the IICA institute (Inter American Agricultural Institute). August 1987 Dissertator at the Tarija s University on the theme of Agricultural systems determination. PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS *Steur K. and Paz Betancourt B.; Learning to change ; AUTAPO, 2001, Tarija - Bolivia. Paz Betancourt B.; Acopio y tratamiento estadístico de información agropecuaria ; Ed. FHI, 2001, Tarija - Bolivia. Paz Betancourt B. and Coca Oscar; Plan Departamental de Desarrollo Agropecuario para Potosí ; Comité PPDAR, 2001, Potosí - Bolivia. Paz Betancourt B.; Elementos para el Estudio del Mercado Profesional en Agronomía y Veterinaria ; AUTAPO, 2000, Tarija - Bolivia. *Paz Betancourt B.; A Multi-Agent Model to Simulate the Reciprocity Agreements in an Andean Community of Bolivia ; SAAD-III (Symposium paper), 1999, Lima - Peru. Paz Betancourt B.; Componente de Transferencia de Tecnología y Comunicación Rural IADB, 1999, La Paz Bolivia. Salinas Castro J. and Paz Betancourt B.; Inventario Nacional de la Capacidad de Transferencia de Tecnología Agropecuaria sección Transferencia de Tecnología, 1998, FAO, La Paz Bolivia. Paz Betancourt B.; Impact of Foreign Assistance on the Institutional Development of National Agricultural Research System in Developing Countries: The Case of Bolivia Author contract FAO - Bolivia, 1998, La Paz Bolivia. 4

5 *Paz Betancourt B.; Un Modèle Multi-agent pour simuler les accords de réciprocité dans les Andes boliviennes, Claude Bernard Lyon I University, PhD Thesis, 1997, Lyon - France. *Paz Betancourt B., N. Franchesquin, D. Hervé, JP. Treuil; Décisions collectives, contrats et negociations : une expérience de modélisation multi-agents d'un contexte agro-pastoral dans les Andes Boliviennes, CNRS, 1996, Paris - France. Paz Betancourt B. and JP. Treuil; Modélisation des échanges d'une communautée andine: une approche par modélisation multi-agents technical report, 1995, ORSTOM, La Paz Bolivia. *Paz Betancourt B.; El lenguage orientado a objetos, una simple evolución o una nueva filosofía de programación? ; magazin Procampo, 1995, La Paz - Bolivia. *Paz Betancourt B., J. Degand and E. LeBoulanger; Quelle classification pour les pays en voie de développement? ; UCL-ECRU, 1993, Belgium. *Paz Betancourt B.; Determinación de la mejor combinación de systemas de producción agrícola, desde el punto de vista Económico y de conservación de suelos, Thesis of Engineering, UATF, 1988, Potosí - Bolivia. * = Publications (the rest are reports). REFERENCES Dominique Hervé(PhD), Senior Researcher at the IRD-France, Montpellier Center; tel: fax: , herve@mpl.ird.fr;. JOSE DEGAND (PhD), Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, Agricultural Science Faculty, Rural Economics Unit; Croix du Sud 2/15, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Tél: (32) , Fax: (32) ; Degand@ecru.ucl.ac.be Arnoud Hameleers (PhD), International Director of the Holland AUTAPO project; Casilla 1306 Tarija Bolivia, Tel: , hameleer@cedro.pts.entelnet.bo. April

Degree Date: Degree/ Master : LL.M - Master of Laws Honored - Cum Laude

Degree Date: Degree/ Master : LL.M - Master of Laws Honored - Cum Laude CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family Name: Ukaj 2. First Name: Valëza 3. Nationality: Kosovar 4. Date of Birth 13/02/1987 5. Gender: Female 6. Contact details: 7. Education Degree: Email: vukaj@g.clemson.edu; valeza.ukaj@uni-pr.edu;