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Javiera Godoy

Interim Senior Programme Manager, Global Development Initiative

Javiera is an Interim Senior Programme Manager with the Global Development Initiative at Centre for Public Impact.

She joined the CPI team in 2022.

Javiera has a Master of Arts in Graphic Communication Design from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. She holds an architecture degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and is an Associate Fellow (AFHEA) of Advance HE within the UK Professional Standards Framework.

Additionally, Javiera has pursued further certifications in innovative governance of large urban systems from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, futures thinking from the Institute for the Future, and user experience principles from the University of Michigan.

At University of the Arts London, she co-designed and led the ‘Co-Design Your Place’ international training programme funded by Erasmus+ EU. She also served as Programme Manager for Latin America at Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2021 Global Mayors programme.

She was Responsible Design Lecturer at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, and currently serves as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of the Arts London and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Javiera is passionate about unveiling and connecting systems – from people to nature. She is particularly interested in innovating government structures on both local and global scales, and in unlocking people’s creativity and imagination.

She is very proud of her team’s work with UNDP Systems Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation initiative work, advancing innovative practices for systems MLE. She leads CPI’s Collective, which provides a guided space for practitioners to experiment, learn, and develop alternatives in support of regenerating the development sector.

In her leisure time, Javiera enjoys connecting with nature, especially the sea, interacting with humans by having a small chat in the local store, smiling at people. She likes visiting exhibitions and getting creative, filming the built environment to observe people’s behaviours, and spontaneously strolling through the city to find hidden gems.

Some of Javiera’s work includes: