Lead Assistant Director-General: Flavia Schlegel, ADG for the Natural Sciences

UNESCO Focal Point for Indigenous Peoples: Douglas Nakashima, Chief, Section for Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge (indigenouspeoples [at] unesco.org)

Focal points for Programmes and Central Services:

- Culture: Edmond Moukala (for World Heritage) and Susanne Schnuttgen

- Communication and Information: Irmgarda Kasinskaite

- Education: Mari Yasunaga

- Natural Sciences: Douglas Nakashima

- Social and Human Sciences: Golda El-khoury

- Africa: Vincenzo Fazzino

- Gender: Cvetan Cvetkovski

- Strategic planning: Iulia Nechifor