{"id":1636,"date":"2023-08-09T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=1636"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:31:02","slug":"monica-garcia-quesada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/monica-garcia-quesada\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda Quesada"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-784\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Monica_Quesada-e1690878479385-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda Quesada<br><\/strong>Project Officer, IWRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"6\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Dr M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda Quesada is a Project Officer at the International Water Resources Association (IWRA). At IWRA, she coordinates the \u201cSmart Water Cities project\u201d, a three year initiative undertaken in collaboration with the Korea Water Resources Corporation and the Asia Water Council, and chairs the IWRA Smart Water Management Task Force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Monica holds a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics (LSE), with specialization in water regulation and comparative policies. Before joining IWRA, she held research positions at the Water Centre for Law Policy and Science at the University of Dundee in the UK, the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Free University of Brussels (ULB) in Belgium, and the University Luiss Guido Carli, in Italy. She has published in several international journals such as Water International, Utilities Policy, the International Review of Administrative Sciences etc, various chapters in edited books and has been a main contributor to the Smart Water Cities project reports.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100px\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/organization-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" style=\"width:74px;height:74px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Affiliation<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>International Water Resources Association (IWRA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100px\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Affliation-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1459\" style=\"width:72px;height:72px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Profession<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Project Officer<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=1462\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"standards4dt\"><strong>See all speakers &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}