Joaquim Tres

Principal Specialist of the Integration & Trade Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), coordinates the Regional Integration Instruments Group. He leads South-South Cooperation (SSC) Initiatives, including the Regional Public Goods Program and SSC with Asia, the integration funds and the Trade & Integration Capacity Building Program. He is a co-author of the IDB’s Integration Strategy, and has worked in economic development and trade for over 20 years, including research, policy-making and management. Earlier, he worked on UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report and at the Spanish Development Cooperation Agency (AECID) in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala and Belize and among other issues supervised projects to support agro-industry companies in their internationalization and in taking advantage of regional trade agreements. He is an MPhil graduate from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex (UK), where he has served as a trustee. He also taught at Institut Barcelona d´Estudis Internacionals, among other Spanish universities.