Governing Board
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Vice Chair of the UIL Governing Board |
Mr Insub PARK Executive Director of the Department of Lifelong Vocational, Educational Facilitation National Institute for Lifelong Education - NILE Republic of Korea |
| 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 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 ** Former Vice-Minister of Education United Mexican States |
Ms Sylvia SCHMELKES del VALLE President Councillor, President of the GB of the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education in Mexico (INEE) United Mexican States |
| Mr Jin YANG Minister-Counsellor for Education Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in France People’s Republic of China |
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| 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
