Patricia Galdamez is the Senior Advisor to the Secretary General and Civil Society Coordinator at the Permanent Secretariat of the Community of Democracies (CoD), where she plays a key role in promoting civil society engagement and democratic governance at the international level. A Salvadoran lawyer with a specialisation in project management, she previously served as Executive Director of the Democracy, Transparency and Justice Foundation in El Salvador and worked for several years in the Democracy and Governance Office of USAID in El Salvador, where she focused on planning, designing and monitoring rule-of-law and citizen participation programmes.
She also contributed to regional youth and justice initiatives through Creative Associates International under the Central American SAID3SICA project, implementing activities linked to youth empowerment and juvenile justice reform.
Her work at the Community of Democracies extends to coordinating civil society participation in the monitoring and implementation of the 2030 Agenda and SDG 16, which focuses on peace, justice and strong institutions.