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Carla Sandoval Carrillo

I am a project manager, trainer, and expert in participatory governance, with over twenty years of experience in the nonprofit, educational, and international development sectors. My journey has taken me from Latin America to Belgium, at the intersection of popular education, gender equality, citizen participation, and social transformation.

I support organizations, teams, and collectives in developing more inclusive, collaborative, and emancipatory practices. My approach is inspired by Latin American popular education and sociocracy, with a particular focus on collective intelligence, empowerment, and the creation of participatory learning spaces.

Through my training, support, and consulting, I seek to weave knowledge between experiences, field practices, and critical reflection, in order to support sustainable and human change dynamics.



About me

Experienced project manager and trainer. I design and support socio-educational programs, organizational transformation, and citizen participation.

With over 20 years of experience in Europe, Africa, and Latin America, I work with social associations, NGOs, public institutions, and international organizations to:

  • strengthen organizational capacities
  • develop participatory and inclusive approaches
  • integrate gender equality and intersectional approaches
  • manage complex funded projects (EU, ESF+, international cooperations)

My approach is rooted inpopular educationandsociocracy, with a participatory leadership style focused on change.

Areas of expertise

  • Participatory governance & sociocracy
  • Gender equality & gender mainstreaming
  • Project cycle management (PCM)
  • Monitoring, evaluation & impact measurement
  • Institutional strengthening & organizational development
  • Gender-sensitive budgeting
  • Design and facilitation of training
  • Participatory mechanisms & citizen mobilization

Key experiences

L&D Manager – Poutrel (2025 – present)

  • Training strategies and skills development
  • Instructional design (in-person, blended, e-learning)
  • Impact evaluation (Kirkpatrick, KPI)
  • Change management & leadership
  • Digital learning & LMS

Director – Maison de Quartier d’Helmet

  • Strategic management and team leadership
  • Financial and administrative management
  • Development of local partnerships
  • Socio-cultural projects and lifelong education
  • Intercultural mediation

Project manager – Brussels Participation

  • Participatory budgets and citizen mechanisms
  • Facilitation of workshops and mobilization of residents
  • Institutional coordination
  • Needs analysis and recommendations

Management – Aksent vzw

  • Organizational and strategic management
  • Socio-professional integration projects
  • Funding search

Program Manager Flanders – Citizen Service

  • Youth program coordination
  • Management of ESF+ and performance indicators
  • Group facilitation and empowerment

Mission officer for Africa - World according to women

  • Design, management, and monitoring of projects promoting women's rights and gender equality.
  • Development and implementation of capacity-building programs for local associations and community actors in the DRC
  • Congo and Senegal.
  • Management of international projects: planning, budgeting, financial monitoring, and reporting to donors (Belgian Cooperation, European projects)
  • Research, socio-political context analysis, and production of thematic reports.

International experience (2004 – 2018)

  • Program coordination in Guatemala (Guatemalan Empowerment Fund-ACDI)
  • Gender projects in Africa (DR Congo, Senegal)
  • Work on human rights, democracy, and transitional justice
  • Management of European and international programs
  • Advocacy and support for local organizations in Latin America

Academic training

  • Master's in Labor Sciences – specialization in Gender & Inequalities (ULB)
  • Political Science – International Relations (ULB)

  • Certificates:

    • Theatre of the Oppressed (Theatre of the Oppressed of Paris)
    • Transitional justice (Academy for Conflict Transformation)
    • Masculinities (UCES, Argentina)
    • Work, development & social innovation (Free University of Brussels)
  • Ongoing certification in sociocracy, Center for Sociocracy of France

Languages

  • French (C2)
  • Dutch (C2)
  • Spanish (C2)
  • English (C2)
  • Italian (B2)

Founding project

Asbl Weaving Knowledge

Action-training center dedicated to:

  • popular education
  • participatory governance
  • gender equality
  • social transformation

www.tresserlessavoirs.eu