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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Email: adgci@unesco.org

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UNESCO Office in Abidjan - National Office
Covered country: Côte d'Ivoire

Phone: +2348054514929

UNESCO Office in Abuja - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Nigeria; Benin; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Togo

Phone: +233302740861

UNESCO Office in Accra - National Office
Covered country: Ghana

UNESCO Office in Addis Ababa - Liaison Office
Covered country: Ethiopia

Phone: +251945505333

UNESCO Office in Addis Ababa - Liaison Office
Covered country: Ethiopia

Phone: +221338649618

UNESCO Office in Dakar - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; GuineaBissau; Mali; Niger

UNESCO Office in Dakar - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; GuineaBissau; Mali; Niger

Phone: +255222915400

UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam – National Office
Covered countries: United Republic of Tanzania

Téléphone : +2638677008392

Bureau de l’UNESCO à Harare - Bureau régional multisectoriel

Pays couverts : Botswana ; Eswatini ; Lesotho ; Malawi ; Mozambique ; Namibie ; Afrique du Sud ; Zambie ; Zimbabwe

Phone: +2638677008394

UNESCO Office in Harare - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Phone: +243818848253

UNESCO Office in Kinshasa - National Office
Covered country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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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

Tel: +254 20 7622566

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

UNESCO Office in Nairobi - Multisectoral Regional Office

Antananarivo Antenna Office (Madagascar)

Phone: +237696290549

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

Phone: +237222508326

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

Phone: +2251115444202

UNESCO Office in Abidjan

Phone: +96265929621 ext. 368

UNESCO Office in Amman – National Office
Covered country: Jordan
 

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UNESCO Office in Beirut - Regional Office
Covered countries: Lebanon; Syrian Arab Republic; Jordan; Iraq; Palestine

Phone: +20227943036

UNESCO Office in Cairo - Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Egypt; Sudan

Phone: +212537659947

UNESCO Office in Rabat - Cluster Office
Covered countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

UNESCO Office in Rabat - Cluster Office
Covered countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

UNESCO Office in Rabat - Cluster Office
Covered countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

Phone: +97222959740

UNESCO Office in Ramallah - National Office

Covered country: Palestine

Phone: +97 44 020 8622

UNESCO Office in Doha

Phone: +77272582643 ext. 1415

UNESCO Office in Almaty - Cluster Office
Covered countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Phone: +68524276 ext.102

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

Phone: +66 23910577 ext. 321

UNESCO Office in Bangkok – Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Thailand; Myanmar; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Singapore; Viet Nam; Cambodia;

UNESCO Office in Bangkok – Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Thailand; Myanmar; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Singapore; Viet Nam; Cambodia

UNESCO Office in Bangkok – Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Thailand; Myanmar; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Singapore; Viet Nam; Cambodia

Phone: +861065322828 ext. 181

UNESCO Office in Beijing - Cluster Office
Cluster countries: China; Japan; Mongolia; Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
Republic of Korea

Phone: + 92512600243 ext. 35

UNESCO Office in Islamabad - National Office
Covered country: Pakistan

Phone: +254207622346

UNESCO Office in New Delhi - Cluster Office
Covered countries: India; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Maldives; Nepal; Sri Lanka

Phone: + 85569483022

UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh - National Office
Covered countries: Cambodia

Phone: + 85512676755

UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh - National Office
Covered countries: Cambodia
 

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UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh - National Office
Covered countries: Cambodia
 

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UNESCO Office in Tehran - Cluster Office
Covered countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of); Afghanistan; Pakistan; Turkmenistan

UNESCO Office in Jakarta – Regional Bureau Office 
Covered countries: Indonesia; Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia; Philippines; Timor-Leste

Phone: +62217399818

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UNESCO Liaison Office in New York

Phone: +32022908962

UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels

UNESCO Office in Guatemala – National Office
Covered country: Guatemala

Phone: +5378327168 Ext168

UNESCO Office in Havana – Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti

Phone: 876630-5315

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

UNESCO Office in Montevideo – Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

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UNESCO Office in Montevideo – Regional Bureau Office
Covered countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

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UNESCO Office in Quito – Cluster Office
Covered countries: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Phone: +50620103815

UNESCO Office in San Jose - Cluster Office
Covered countries: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama

Phone: +525552807701

UNESCO Office in Mexico – National Office
Covered country: Mexico