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Governing Board
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The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has a Governing Board consisting of twelve members who are nominated intuitu personae by the Director-General of UNESCO. The Governing Board is made up of outstanding education experts from different regions of the world who meet once a year to review the progress of the Institute's work and plan future policy.
Composition of the UIL Governing Board
Full Member | Alternate |
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Chair of the UIL Governing Board Ms Malak ZAALOUK * ** Professor of Practice and Director of the Middle East Institute for Higher Education The American University in Cairo Arab Republic of Egypt | Ms Laila ISKANDER KAMEL Former Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements Arab Republic of Egypt |
Vice Chair of the UIL Governing Board Ms Eeva-Inkeri SIRELIUS * Former Secretary-General of the Finnish Adult Education Association Republic of Finland | |
Mr Hamidou BOUKARY * Independent Consultant Republic of the Niger | Mr Kadir Abdelkader GALY Director of the Training Institute on Literacy and Non-Formal Education (IFAENF) Republic of the Niger |
Ms Angela BROWN-BURKE Senator Councillor and Chairman of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Jamaica | Mr Kornel BROWN Division of Adult and Continuing Education Delaware State University United States of America |
Ms Un Shil CHOI ** Professor Ajou University, Graduate School of Education Republic of Korea | Mr Insub PARK Executive Director of the Department of Lifelong Vocational, Educational Facilitation National Institute for Lifelong Education - NILE Republic of Korea |
Ms Paula ENGWALL Senior Education Policy Specialist Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Kingdom of Sweden | Mr Per MAGNUSSON Deputy Secretary General Swedish National Commission for UNESCO Kingdom of Sweden |
Mr Hartwig LÜDTKE Vice-President of the German Commission for UNESCO Federal Republic of Germany | Mr Christoph WULF Vice-President of the German Commission for UNESCO Federal Republic of Germany |
Mr Kilemi MWIRIA Senior Advisor to the President of Kenya on Education and Politics Republic of Kenya | Mr Ibrahim OANDA OGACHI Research Programme Officer, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa Republic of Kenya |
Ms Sylvia ORTEGA SALAZAR ** Director General Colegio de Bachilleres United Mexican States | Ms Sylvia SCHMELKES del VALLE President Councillor and President of the Governing Board of the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education in Mexico (INEE) United Mexican States |
Mr Thomas Boni YAYI Former President of the Republic of Benin Republic of Benin | Mr Alassani TIGRI Conseiller to the Former President of Benin Republic of Benin |
* Member of the Standing Committee of the UIL Governing Board
** Member of the IRE Editorial Board