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  • Europe and North America

  • Arab States and North Africa

  • Southern and Eastern Africa

  • Western and Central Africa

  • East Asia

  • Central Asia

  • Pacific

  • South and Western Asia

  • Caribbean

  • Latin America

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  • Europe and North America

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    EFA Forum Secretariat, UNESCO Paris
    7, Place de Fontenoy
    75352 Paris 07 SP, France
    Tel: (33) 1 4568 0835
    Fax: (33) 1 4568 5629
    E-mail: efa@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for Europe and North America:

    Svein Osttveit, Executive Secretary, EFA Forum;
    Warren Mellor, Senior Programme Officer, UNESCO;
    Olve Holaas, Associate Expert, EFA Forum Secretariat

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  • Arab States and North Africa

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO Beirut, Victor Billeh
    P.O. Box 5244, Cite Sportive Avenue
    Beirut, Lebanon
    Tel: (961) 183 0013
    Fax: (961) 182 4854
    E-mail: v.billeh@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for the Arab States and North Africa:

    ABEGS;
    AGFUND;
    ALESCO;
    Mr Mohamad Al-Ghammari, ISESCO;
    Arab Fund for Social & Economic Development;
    Islamic bank;
    Mr Frank Dall, UNICEF/MENA;
    Ms Asma Kurdahi, UNFPA;
    Mr Renaud Meyer, UNDP;
    Mr Muhieddine Touq, UNRWA;
    Mr Najib Freiji, UNIS/UNIC;
    Mr Nabil Nawwad, ESCWA;
    Mr Nabil Watfa, ILO,
    Dr Abdelhay Mechbal, WHO;
    Mr Bassam Ramadan, World Bank;
    Mr Ghanem Bibi, EFA Executive Board;
    Mr Samir Jarrar, Consultant

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  • Southern and Eastern Africa

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO Harare, K. C. Tung
    P.O. Box HG 435, Highlands
    Harare, Zimbabwe
    Tel: (263) 477 6114
    Fax: (263) 477 6055
    E-mail: a.vogelaar@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for Southern and Eastern Africa:

    Mr Tesfamicheal Geratu Ogbaghiorghis, Eritrea;
    Mr Rajayshwar Bhowon, Mauritius;
    Ms Nomso Mgijima, South Africa;
    M Emmanuel M Silanda, Zambia;
    Mr Glory Makwati, Zimbabwe;
    Ms Marcela Taraborelli, UNDP;
    Mr Simon Mphisa, UNICEF;
    Mr Oluto Leigh, UNFPA;
    Mr Ibrahim Jasset, World bank;
    Mr Mike Mandiveyi, JICA;
    Mr Terry Allsop, DFID;
    Mr Kees van der Bosch, The Netherlands;
    Mr Raoul Bourgeus, French embassy;
    Mr Abdi Foum, SIDA

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  • Western and Central Africa

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO BREDA, Mario Cabral
    2 Avenue Roume, BP 3311
    Dakar, Senegal
    Tel: (221) 823 5082
    Fax: (221) 823 8393
    E-mail: m.cabral@unesco.org

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  • East Asia

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO PROAP, Victor Ordonez
    Prakanong Post Office, Box 967
    Bangkok 10110, Thailand
    Tel: (662) 391 8471
    Fax: (662) 910 866
    E-mail: eatag@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for East Asia:

    Mr Yasushi Hirosato, Education Specialist AdB;
    Ms Hiroko Tanaka, Social Affairs Officer ESCAP;
    Mr Michael Heyn, Regional Representative UNDP;
    Mr Zhou Nanzhao, RTAG Secretary UNESCO PROAP;
    Mr Ghazi Farooq, Director Country Support team E&SE Asia UNFPA;
    Mr Jim Irvine, Regional Advisor Education UNICEF;
    Mr John Middleton, Lead Education Specialist World Bank.

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  • Central Asia

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO Almaty, Jorge Sequeira
    c/o KIMEP, 4 Abaia Avenue
    Almaty 408100, Kazakhstan
    Tel: (732) 7264 0771
    Fax: (732) 7264 2661
    E-mail: j.sequeira@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for Central Asia:

    Mr Herbert Behrstock, UNDP Kazakhstan;
    Mr Robert Fuderich, UNICEF Geneva;
    Mr Simon Strachan UNICEF Kazakhstan;
    Mr Akif Saatcioglu, UNICEF Azerbaijan;
    Mr Rudi Rodrigues, UNICEF Uzbekistan;
    Mr Konstantin Arsienko, IREX Kazakhstan;
    Ms Louise Cowcher, British Council Kazakhstan;
    Ms Saule Kalikova, SOROS Foundation, Kazakhstan;
    Mr Daniyar Dubanbaev, UNDP Kyrgystan;
    Mr Raimbek Sissemaliev, UNFPA Kazakhstan.

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  • Pacific

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO Apia, Edna Tait
    P.O. Box 5766, Matautu - UTAPO
    Apia, Western Samoa
    Tel: (685) 24276
    Fax: (685) 22253
    E-mail: e.tait@unesco.org


    Regional EFA team for the Pacific:

    Mr Serge Ducasse, UNRC and ResRep UNDP Samoa,
    Mr Romulo Garcia, UNRC and ResRep UNDP Fiji,
    Ms Linda Petersen UNDP Fiji,
    Mrs Nacy Terreri, Representative UNICEF Fiji,
    Mrs Davila Tonganivalu UNICEF Fiji,
    Mr Richard Prado Representative UNICEF Papua New Guinea (representing all UN bodies in PNG),
    Ms Felicia Gibson UNFPA Fiji,
    Mrs Ewa Czermuszewicz DFID Fiji.

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  • South and Western Asia

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO Delhi, Dr. Moegiadi
    8 Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar
    New Delhi 110057, India
    Tel: (911) 1614 1437
    Fax: (911) 1614 3351
    E-mail: moegiadi@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for South and Western Asia:

    Mr Alan Court Representative UNICEF New Delhi,
    Ms Carrie Auer UNICEF New Delhi,
    Mr Jim Irvine Regional Education Advisor UNICEF EAPRO,
    Mr Michael Vlasoff Representative UNFPA New Delhi,
    Ms Mridhula Seth UNFPA New Delhi,
    Mr Richard Conroy Senior Deputy Representative UNDP New Delhi,
    Ms Alka Narang UNDP New Delhi,
    Mr Edward Heneveld Education Team Leader World Bank New Delhi,
    Venita Kaul World Bank New Delhi,
    Ms Felicity Townsend Senior Education Advisor DFID New Delhi,
    Mr Naimur Rehman DFID New Delhi,
    Ms Eva Joelsterberg SIDA New Delhi.

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  • Caribbean

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO Kingston, Claudia Harvey
    P.O. Box 8203, Kingston 5, Jamaica
    Tel: (187) 6929 7087
    Fax: (187) 6929 8468
    E-mail: c.harvey@unesco.org

    Regional EFA team for the Caribbean:

    Professor Errol Miller, Deputy Chair SC;
    Dr Carole Mason Bishop, Programme Manager, Human Resource Development, Caricom Secretariat, Guyana;
    Ms Lorna Callender, Head, OECS Education Reform (OERU);
    Dr Aignald Paneflek, Information and Research Specialist, Department of Education, Curacao;
    Mr Georges Gaston Merisier, Member of the Particular Cabinet of the Minister;
    Dr Vena Jules, Technical Adviser, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago;
    Mr Suren Gajraj, UNESCO Repersentative;
    Mrs R Colleen Winter-Braithwaite, UNESCO Representative, Coordinator CARNEID;
    Mr Bernard Hadjaj, UNESCO Representative Haiti;
    Ms Charissa Mcintosh, EFA Technical Team Assistant UNESCO;
    Ms Lynda Quamina-Aiyejina, Editor Monograph Series, University of West Indies.

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  • Latin America

    Regional Co-ordinator:
    UNESCO OREALC, Ana Luiza Machado Pinheiro
    Enrique Delpiano 2058, Casilla
    3187 Santiago, Chile
    Tel: (562) 655 1050
    Fax: (562) 655 1046
    E-mail: machado@unesco.cl

    Regional EFA team for Latin America:

    Mrs Ana Maria Corvalan, UNESCO OREALC;
    Ms Mami Umayahara, UNESCO OREALC;
    Mr Ernesto Schiefelbein, UNICEF;
    Mrs Martha Moyano, UNFPA Mexico;
    Mrs Maria Jose Moreno, UNDP Chile;
    Mr. Hernando Gomez, UNDP Colombia;
    Mr Luiz Yañez, ECLAC.

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