Carla Fernández-Durán Gortazar

Carla Fernández-Durán, a Spanish citizen, started her career at the Inter-American Development Bank Office of Outreach and Partnerships in Europe in 2016. Since 2020, she is the IDB Partnerships and Mobilization Senior Specialist at the IDB Office in Brussels leading the partnership with the European Union institutions, France and the OECD among others.

She has 18 years of experience in International Development in: project management and field work governance, institutional support, facilitation of democratic processes, social cohesion, and peace and security with partner governments, civil society, multilateral organizations and think tanks. Having worked for seven years as a program officer at the World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid, Carla led several projects on democratic transition in Africa, MENA and Asia.

At the IDB, she leads partnerships, strategic positioning and mobilization of resources focusing on innovative financial instruments with European partners.

Mrs. Fernández-Durán holds Senior Degrees in Law and Political Science from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas and course certificates from Georgetown University and Harvard School of Government. Carla is a member of the Spanish Leadership Network of the Fundación Rafael del Pino.

Corporate Experience

• Senior Specialist, Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization, Inter-American Development Bank IDB, 2016 - Present

• Program Officer at World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid, Spain, East Africa, Middle-East and South East Asia, 2009 - 2016

• Professor Assistant and Research Fellow on Comparative Constitutional Law, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, 2008 - 2009

• Program Coordinator ¨Democracy and the Rule of Law in Mauritania¨, Instituto de Estudios Jurídicos Internacionales, Mauritania, 2007 - 2008

• Intern, Spanish Mission to the United Nations, New York US, 2005-2006

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor MID Partnerships and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement, IE University, Spain, 2019 - Present 

• Master thesis coordinator, Master in International Development, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain, 2014 - 2017

Academic Background

• Master in Public Administration, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, 2008 - 2009

• Bachelor in Political Science, Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE, Spain, 2001 - 2006

• Bachelor in Law and International Relations, Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE, Spain, 2000 - 2005