The Advisory Board

The Advisory Board of the Global Education Monitoring Report is composed of representatives from UN multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations, civil society groups and networks, directors of UNESCO education Institutes and individuals from developing countries in all world regions with an expertise in education issues. It meets once a year to provide guidance and feedback to the Report team. Topics covered range from the outline of upcoming editions to the overall development of the Report, future themes and communications strategies.

The Boards composition reflects the joint ownership of the GEM Report and the commitment to make the promotion of education for all a broadly shared endeavour.

The GEM Report Response to the 2018 External Evaluation which was presented to the Advisory Board in June 2018.

The advisory board members

Title	Job title and organisation
Adam Farley	Education Policy Team, Youth and Education Department, Policy Division, Department for International Development (DFID)
Andreas Schleicher	Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy, OECD’s Secretary-General
Beatrice Njenga	Head of Education, African Union Commission
Bradley Samargya	Chief Learning Officer, Ericsson
Carol Hannon	Policy Unit, Development Cooperation Directorate at Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs, Irish Aid
David Atchoarena	Director at UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
Dennis Sinyolo	Senior Coordinator: Education and Employment, Education International
Dhir Jhingran	Founder / Director of Language and Learning Foundation
Diego Cimino	Head of Section for International Organizations and Global Funds, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Ethel Agnes Valenzuela	Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat
Gad Elbeheri	Founder and Managing Director, Global Educational Consultants (Egypt), and the President (Middle East & Africa) of the International Higher Education
Gerd-Hanne Fosen	Head of Section, Education Section, Department for Global Health, Education and Research, Norway
Helen Clark	Advisory Board Chairperson
Hugh McLean	Director, Education Support Program, Open Society Foundations
Husam Zaman	Regional Representative for Group Vb, President of Taif University
Javier Gonzalez	Director, Laboratory of Education Research and Innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean
Jo Bourne	Chief Technical Officer, Global Partnership for Education
Jodie Lindsay	Assistant Director, Education Sector, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Jordan Naidoo	Director, Global Agenda 2030 Coordination Team, UNESCO
Julia Dicum	Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada
Kimberly Kerr	International Development and Education Consultant, The Mastercard Foundation
Liberty Mweemba	Regional Representative for Group Va, Senior lecturer in Geography and Environmental Education at the University of Zambia
Manos Antoninis	Director, Global Education Monitoring Report
Martha Muhwezi	Acting Executive Director, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
Meng Deng	Professor, Institute of Special Education, Beijing Normal University
Michael Holländer	Team Leader, Sector Programme Education and TVET, Health, Education, Social Development, Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Dev.
Michelle Belisle	Director, Education Quality and Assessment Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Mmantsetsa Marope	Director, International Bureau of Education (IBE)
Myongjin Kim	Director of the Education and Health Team, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
Nora Fyles	Head of UNGEI Secretariat
Omar Arias	Practice Manager for Global Knowledge and Innovation at World Bank
Patricia Scheid	Programme Office, Global Development and Population, Hewlett Foundation
Paul Landers	Head of Strategic Partnerships, Connect To Learn, Ericsson
Paula Engwall	Senior Policy Specialist, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Philippa Lei	Chief Programmes and Advocacy Officer at Malala Fund
Raphaëlle Brody	Conseillère/Rédactrice Education et Développement at French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France
Refaat Sabbah	President, Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Robert Jenkins	Chief, Education and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF
Romana Kanovska	Regional Representative for Group II, Director at the National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements, Slovakia
Ronald Siebes	Social Development Department, Education and Research Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Sabina Handschin	Senior Education Policy Advisor Head of Education Unit, Switzerland Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC
Sara Ruto	Director, PAL Network
Satu Pehu-Voima	Senior Education Adviser, Department for Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Selim Jahan	Director of Poverty Practice, United Nations Development Programme
Silvia Montoya	Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Stefania Giannini	Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Suzanne Grant Lewis	Director, International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP)
Sylvia Irene Schmelkes Del Valle	Regional Representative for Group III, National Institute of Education Assesment (INEE) Mexico
Vitit Muntarbhorn	Regional Representative for Group IV, Professor of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Vivian Onano	Partnerships Manager at SEED project, Youth advisor to the GEM Report