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Building peace in the minds of men and women

Communication and Information Sector - Who's Who

Dr. Tawfik Jelassi was appointed UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information on 1st July 2021. In this position, he is responsible for the Organization’s programmes on building inclusive knowledge societies, leading digital transformation, strategizing the role of ICT in education, and fostering freedom of expression.

Dr. Jelassi holds a Ph.D. doctorate in information systems from New York University (USA) and postgraduate diplomas from the University of Paris Dauphine (France).

Dr. Jelassi has extensive experience in higher education, scientific research, and information & communication technologies. He held academic, corporate and government leadership positions in Europe, the USA, and Tunisia.

Among others, he was Programme Director and Professor of Strategy and Technology Management at IMD Business School in Lausanne (Switzerland, 2015 – June 2021). Prior to that, he served as Minister of Higher education, Scientific Research and Information & Communication Technologies in the democratic transition government of Tunisia (2014 – 2015). Prior appointments included being Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ooredoo Telecom in Tunisia, Dean at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris), and Professor & Chairman of the Technology Management Department at INSEAD (Fontainebleau).

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Office of the Assistant Director-General

TAWFIK JELASSI
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information
adgci@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 20 50
Twitter: @TawfikJelassi

CHRISTINE DELSOL
Executive Assistant to the Assistant Director-General
c.delsol@unesco.org
adgci@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 14 30

 

Executive Office

SYLVIE COUDRAY
Chief of Executive Office
s.coudray@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 91

ROMMEL MALANG
Secretarial Assistant
r.malang@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 20 19

BENJAMIN PINTER
Associate Programme Specialist
b.pinter@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 17 35

HANNA FISKESJÖ
Associate Programme Specialist
h.fiskesjo@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 15 54

NATASHA DENISSOVA
Senior WEB Assistant
n.denissova@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 81

VALERIE CHARNEAU
WEB Assistant
v.charneau@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 42

Finance / Aministration

FRANK ODINOT
Finance and Administrative Officer
f.odinot@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 14 37

ALIX CAMINO
Administrative Assistant
a.camino@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 15 27

BENOIT DESPLOMBAIN
Administrative Assistant
b.pinter@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 23 60

SOTHEARY LIM
Senior Administrative Assistant
s.lim@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 10

MARIE-JEANNE NDIAYE
Senior Administrative Assistant
mj.ndiaye@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 12

CECIL SAYAG
Administrative Assistant
c.sayag@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 53

 

Strategy and Policy and Secretariat of the International Programme for the Development of Communication

GUY BERGER
Director for Strategy and Policy (CI/SPO) and Secretary of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
g.berger@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 11

SAMIRA ZININI
Programme Assistant
s.zinini@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 73

 

SAORLA MCCABE
Advisor for Communication and Information and Deputy Secretary to the IPDC
s.mccabe@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 62

Partnership and Operational Programme Monitoring and Secretariat of the Information for All Progarmme

MARIELZA OLIVEIRA
Director for Partnership and Operational Programme Monitoring (CI/POM) and Secretary of the Information for All Programme (IFAP)
m.oliveira@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 06 12

MARIE-CHRISTINE BOTTE
Senior Programme Assistant
mc.botte@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 10 58

 

RICARDO DE GUIMARAES PINTO (currently on detachment)
Programme Specialist, IFAP
r.r.de-guimeraes@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 10 58

Section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists

GUILHERME CANELA DE SOUZA GODOI
Chief of Section
g.godoi@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 04 67

FLAVIE ROMER
Programme Assistant
f.romer@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 14 70

MEHDI BENCHELAH
Senior Project Officer
m.benchelah@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 14 49

NAMARA BURKI
Associate Project Officer
n.burki@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 22 69

ANDREA CAIROLA
Programme Specialist
a.cairola@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 10 44

ABIGAIL CARTER
Programme Assistant
a.carter@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 11 94

OSCAR CASTELLANOS DEL COLLADO
Assistant Communication officer
o.castellanos@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 24 67

 

THERESA CHORBACHER
Associate Programme Specialist
t.chorbacher@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 16 29

CAROLINE HAMMARBERG
Programme Specialist 
c.hammarberg@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 18 08

MA'ALY HAZZAZ
Project Officer
m.hazzaz@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 95

ELISA KIRKLAND
Associate Project Officer
e.kirkland@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 01 35

RACHEL POLLACK
Associate Programme Specialist
r.pollack@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 12 94

MACARENA RIVERA LAM
Associate Programme Specialist
m.rivera-lam@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 24 89

Section for Universal Access to Information

JACO DU TOIT
Chief of Section
j.dutoit@unesco.org
+33 ((0)1 45 68 10 06

RASSEM FOUDHAIL
Programme Assistant
r.foudhail@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 10 05

IRMGARDA KASINSKAITE-BUDDEBERG
Advisor for Communication and Information
i.kasinskaite@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 16 45

DIAN KUSWANDINI
Associate Programme Specialist
d.kuswandini@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 03 24

MARIUS LUKOSIUNAS
Advisor for Communication and Information
m.lukosiunas@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 04 08

BHANU NEUPANE
Advisor for Communication and Information
b.neupane@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 10 83

 

Section for Media and Information Literacy and Media Development

MIRTA LOURENCO
Chief of Section
m.lourenco@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 11

VALERIA NADAL
Programme Assistant
v.nadal@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 93

ALTON GRIZZLE
Programme Specialist
a.grizzle@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 90

WEN TING MENG
Junior Professional Officer
wt.meng@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 23 63

DAVIDE STORTI
Programme Specialist
d.storti@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 15 75

JING XU
Associate Project Officer
ji.xu@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 57

 

Section for Digital Innovation and Transformation

CEDRIC WACHHOLZ
Chief of Section
c.wachholz@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 16 95

FLORENCE CALVIAC
Programme Assistant
f.calviac@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 20 13

VANESSA DRIER
Junior Professional Officer
v.dreier@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 08 63

JOE HIRONAKA
Programme Specialist
j.hironaka@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 41

XIANHONG HU
Programme Specialist
x.hu@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 04 23

PRATEEK SIBAL
Programme Specialist 
p.sibal@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 23 27

ZEYNEP VAROGLU
Programme Specialist
z.varoglu@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 05 36

 

Section for Documentary Heritage Unit

FACKSON BANDA
Head of Unit
f.banda@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 08

MARIAMA DIALLO
Programme Assistant
m.diallo@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 17 12

ANA LOMTADZE
Associate Programme Specialist
a.lomtadze@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 06 88

KENJI TAMURA
Junior Professional Officer
k.tamura@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 13 19

 

Field Network

AFRICA

UNESCO Office in Abidjan - National Office

Covered country: Côte d'Ivoire

ANNE LEMAISTRE
Head of Office, UNESCO Office in Abidjan
a.lemaistre@unesco.org
+225 27 22 52 70 20

EVELYNE GBE DEBA 
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Abidjan
e.gbe-deba@unesco.org
+225 27 22 52 70 20

 

UNESCO Office in Abuja - Multisectoral Regional Office

Covered countries: Nigeria; Benin; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Togo

DIMITRI SANGA
Officer in Charge, UNESCO Abuja Regional Office
d.sanga@unesco.org
+234 8054514929

 

UNESCO Office in Accra - National Office

Covered country: Ghana

ABDUL HAMID YAKUB  
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Accra
ah.yakub@unesco.org
+233 30 274 0861

Ad Interim for CI
CARL AMPAH
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Accra
c.ampah@unesco.org
+233 30 274 0846

 

UNESCO Office in Addis Ababa - Liaison Office

Covered country: Ethiopia

ADERAW GENETU TASSEW 
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Addis Ababa
ag.tassew@unesco.org

LYDIA GACHUNGI
Regional Adviser on Safety of Journalists, UNESCO Office in Addis
Ababa 
l.gachungi@unesco.org
+251 945 505 333

 

UNESCO Office in Dakar - Multisectoral Regional Office

Covered countries: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; GuineaBissau; Mali; Niger

MICHEL ELVIS KENMOE
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in Dakar
me.kenmoe@unesco.org
+221 33 864 96 18

JOSHUA MASSARENTI
Project Coordinator, UNESCO Office in Dakar
j.massarenti@unesco.org

UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam – National Office

Covered countries: United Republic of Tanzania

NANCY ANGULO 
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam,
nk.kaizilege@unesco.org
+255 22 291 5400
 

UNESCO Office in Harare - Multisectoral Regional Office

Covered countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,
South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

AL-AMIN YUSUPH 
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in Harare
a.yusuph@unesco.org
+2638677008392

INGRID TAGWIREYI
Programme Assistant, UNESCO Office in Harare
i.tagwireyi@unesco.org
+2638677008394

 

UNESCO Office in Kinshasa - National Office

Covered country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

JOSEPH POTO POTO MBIKI
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Kinshasa
j.poto-poto@unesco.org
+243 81 884 8253
 

UNESCO Office in Nairobi - Multisectoral Regional Office

Covered countries: Kenya; Comoros; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Madagascar;
Mauritius; Rwanda; Seychelles; Somalia; South Sudan; Uganda; United Republic of
Tanzania

HUBERT GIJZEN
Director, UNESCO Office in Nairobi 
h.gijzen@unesco.org
+254 20 7622356

UNESCO Office in Yaoundé - Multisectoral Regional Office

Covered countries: Central African Republic; Angola; Burundi; Cameroon; Chad;
Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Sao Tome and
Principe

NAJIB MOKNI 
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in
Yaoundé
n.mokni@unesco.org
+ +237 696 29 05 49

SOPHIE AHANDA BEYALA 
Communication Project Officer, UNESCO Office in Yaoundé
s.beyala@unesco.org
+237 222 50 83 26

ARAB STATES

UNESCO Office in Amman – National Office

Covered country: Jordan

IKHLAS AAL KHAWALDH
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Amman
i.aal-khawaldh@unesco.org
+962 (6) 5929621 ext. 368
 

UNESCO Office in Beirut - Regional Office

Covered countries: Lebanon; Syrian Arab Republic; Jordan; Iraq; Palestine

GEORGE AWAD 
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Beirut
g.awad@unesco.org
+9 61 185 0013

YARA SHARIF 
Deployed Expert on the safety of journalists in Syria, UNESCO Office in
Beirut (NRC)
y.sharif@unesco.org
+9 61 185 0013
 

UNESCO Office in Cairo - Regional Bureau Office

Covered countries: Egypt; Sudan

PAUL HECTOR 
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in Cairo
p.hector@unesco.org
+20 2 2794 3036

 

UNESCO Office in Doha - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Bahrain; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; United Arab
Emirates; Yemen;

ANNA PAOLINI
Director, UNESCO Office in Doha
a.paolini@unesco.org
+97 44 020 8622

CEDRIC NERI
Programme Assistant, UNESCO Office in Doha
c.neri@unesco.org
+97 44 020 8630

ANISSA ALYSSIA HARFOUCHE
Project Assistant, UNESCO Office in Doha
a.harfouche@unesco.org
+97 44 020 8641

UNESCO Office in Rabat - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

MING KUOK LIM
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in Rabat 
mk.lim@unesco.org
+212 53 765 9947

RIM BAJI
Project Officer, UNESCO Office in Rabat
r.baji@unesco.org
+212 53 775 0919

Tunis Project Office

NEJI B'GHOURI
Consultant, Tunis Project Office 
n.b-ghouri@unesco.org

UNESCO Office in Ramallah - National Office

Covered country: Palestine

HALA TANNOUS
Senior Secretary and Communication and Information Focal Point, UNESCO Office in Ramallah
h.tannous@unesco.org
+97 22 295 9740

 

 

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

UNESCO Office in Almaty - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

SERGEY KARPOV
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Almaty
s.karpov@unesco.org
+7 (727) 258 26 43 ext. 1415

UNESCO Office in APIA - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
(Federated States of), Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Tokelau

NISHA, -
Director & UNESCO Representative to the Pacific States, UNESCO
Office in APIA
nisha@unesco.org
+685 242 76 ext. 102

UNESCO Office in Bangkok – Regional Bureau Office

Covered countries: Thailand; Myanmar; Lao People's Democratic Republic;
Singapore; Viet Nam; Cambodia;

MISAKO ITO
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in
Bangkok
m.ito@unesco.org
+66 2391 0577 ext. 160

YUFAN HU
Sponsored Trainee, UNESCO Office in Bangkok
y.hu@unesco.org

Yangon (Myanmar) Project Office

NU-NU LWIN
Project Officer (Media Development), UNESCO Office in Bangkok
(Yangon)
n.nu-lwin@unesco.org

RAMON TUAZON
Consultant, UNESCO Office in Bangkok (Yangon)
gr.tuazon-ramon@unesco.org
 

UNESCO Office in Beijing - Cluster Office

Cluster countries: China; Japan; Mongolia; Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
Republic of Korea

QINGYI ZENG
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Beijing
q.zeng@unesco.org
+86 10 +6532 2828 ext. 181
 

UNESCO Office in Islamabad - National Office

Covered country: Pakistan

HAMZA SWATI
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Islamabad
h.swati@unesco.org
+ 9251-2600243 ext. 35
 

UNESCO Office in Jakarta – Regional Bureau Office

Covered countries: Indonesia; Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia; Philippines; TimorLeste

MOHAMED DJELID
Director, UNESCO Office in Jakarta
m.djelid@unesco.org
+62 21 7399 818

CRESTI FITRIANA
Project Officer, UNESCO Office in Jakarta
c.fitriana@unesco.org
+62 21 7399 818 

MEGI PRIMAGARA
Project Assistant, UNESCO Office in Jakarta
m.primagara@unesco.org
+62 21 7399 818
 

UNESCO Office in New Delhi - Cluster Office

Covered countries: India; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Maldives; Nepal; Sri Lanka

HEZEKIEL DLAMINI
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in New
Delhi
h.dlamini@unesco.org
+254 20 762 2346

 

UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh - National Office

Covered countries: Cambodia

MIKEL AGUIRRE IDIAQUEZ
Project Officer, UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh
m.aguirre-idiaquez@unesco.org
+ 855 69483022

MAKARA VORN
Project Officer, UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh
m.vorn@unesco.org
+ 855 12676755

DAVIN CHHAY
Programme Assistant, UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh
d.chhay@unesco.org
+ 855 89707001

UNESCO Office in Tehran - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of); Afghanistan; Pakistan; Turkmenistan

TIVA KAMRAN
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Tehran
t.kamran@unesco.org
+98 21 2275 1315-7
 

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

UNESCO Liaison Office in New York

ESTELLE ZADRA 
Liaison Officer, UNESCO Liaison Office in New York
e.zadra@unesco.org
+1 (917) 810 9032

UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels

ADELINE HULIN 
Project Officer, UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels
a.hulin@unesco.org
+32 (0)2 290 8962
 

 

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

UNESCO Office in Guatemala – National Office

Covered country: Guatemala

GILDA MARIA MONTSERRAT VIDAL
Consultant, UNESCO Office in Guatemala
gm.vidal@unesco.org

UNESCO Office in Havana – Regional Bureau Office

Covered countries: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti

ELENA NAPOLES RODRIGUES
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Havana
e.napoles-rodriguez@unesco.org
+5378327168, Ext:168

 

UNESCO Office in Kingston - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica;
Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands;
Curaçao; Aruba;

ISABEL VIERA BERMUDEZ
Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office in
Kingston
i.viera@unesco.org
(876) 630-5315
 

UNESCO Office in Montevideo – Regional Bureau Office

Covered countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

ROSA MARIA GONZALEZ 
Regional Advisor for Communication and Information for Latin America
and the Caribbean
r.gonzalez@unesco.org
+33 (0)1 45 68 09 65

CECILIA GONZALEZ-FABEYRO
Programme Assistant, UNESCO Office in Montevideo
c.gonzalez-fabeyro@unesco.org
+598 2413 2075
 

UNESCO Office in Quito – Cluster Office

Covered countries: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

INDIRA SALAZAR MARTINEZ  
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Quito
ir.salazar-martinez@unesco.org
+593 2 252 9085
 

UNESCO Office in San Jose - Cluster Office

Covered countries: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua;
Panama

JAMION KNIGHT 
Associate Programme Specialist, UNESCO Office in San Jose
j.knight@unesco.org
+506 20103815

 

UNESCO Office in Mexico – National Office

Covered country: Mexico

CYNTHIA  VIRIDIANA GARCIA MARTIGNON 
National Professional Officer, UNESCO Office in Mexico
cv.garcia-martignon@unesco.org
+525 552807701