
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
Chair of the UIL Governing Board Ms Malak ZAALOUK * ** (end of term 12/2019) The American University in Cairo Professor of Practice and Director of the Middle East Institute for Higher Education Egypt |
Vice Chair of the UIL Governing Board |
Ms Sarah ANYANG AGBOR (end of term 12/2022) Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology African Union Cameroon |
Mr Daniel BARIL (end of term 12/2022) Director General of the Institute for Cooperation for Adult Education Canada |
Mr Jamlal BIN HUWAIREB (end of term 12/2022) Chief Executive Officer Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation United Arab Emirates |
Ms Angela BROWN-BURKE (end of term 12/2019) |
Mr Hartwig LÜDTKE * (end of term 12/2020) Vice-President of the German Commission for UNESCO Federal Republic of Germany |
Mr Per MAGNUSSON |
Mr Kilemi MWIRIA (end of term 12/2020) Senior Advisor to the President of Kenya on Education and Politics Kenya |
Ms Sylvia ORTEGA SALAZAR ** (end of term 12/2019) |
Mr Jin YANG (end of term 12/2021) Minister Counsellor for Education Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in France China |
Mr Thomas Boni YAYI (end of term 12/2019) Former President of the Republic of Benin Benin |
* Member of the Standing Committee of the UIL Governing Board
** Member of the IRE Editorial Board