Ottone, Ernesto

 Dr. Ernesto Ottone was recently Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). From 2000 to 2006, he served as Senior Adviser to President Ricardo Lagos and as Director of Strategic Analysis of the Office of the President of the Republic of Chile.

He has worked for more than twenty years in various international organizations, being Secretary of the ECLAC from 1995 to 2000 and Deputy Secretary to this organization from 1989 to 1995. He served also as coordinator of the area of Social Sciences of the UNESCO. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue (FRIDE) and Academic Advisor to Club de Madrid, both organizations based in Spain.

In the academic field, Mr. Ottone is a professor for a variety of Masters and Doctorate courses in Latin American universities and at the Inter-American Human Rights Institute (IIDH) in Costa Rica, Mr. Ottone studied sociology at the Catholic University of Valparaiso and holds a PhD in political science from the Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III. He is author of various publications and articles.