Advisory Board

The Advisory Board of the Global Monitoring Report is composed of representatives from UN multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations, civil society groups and networks, individuals from developing countries with an expertise in basic education issues, and directors of UNESCO institutes.

It meets once to twice 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 Board’s composition reflects the joint ownership of the Report and the commitment to make the promotion of education for all a broadly shared endeavour.

Consult the External Evaluation undertaken of the GMR in 2009 and presented to the Advisory Board in May 2010.
 

Advisory Board-Members:
 

Chairperson

  • Ms Hajiya Amina Az-Zubair
    Senior Special Assistant on MDGs to the President of Nigeria

Secretary

  • Ms Pauline Rose
    Director, Monitoring Report Team, UNESCO 

Donors

  • Germany
    Mr Roland Lindenthal
    Education Division
    Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
     
  • Netherlands
    Mr Vincent Snidjers
    Social Development Department
    Education and Research Division
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
     
  • United Kingdom
    Mr Gareth Conyard
    Education Team
    Department for International Development (DFID)
     
  • Switzerland
    Ms Valérie Liechti
    Education Policy Adviser / SDC Education Focal Point Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
    West Africa Division

Multilateral agencies

  • ILO
    Mr William Ratteree
    Senior Education Sector Specialist
    International Labour Organization 
     
  • AfDB
    Mr Judicaël Etienne Porgo
    Chief Specialist on Education
    African Development Bank
     
  • UNICEF
    Ms Susan Durston
    Global Chief of Education
     
  • World Bank
    Ms Elizabeth King
    Director, Education Sector
    Human Development Network

Civil Society

  • Mr Roland Schwartz
    Director
    Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV)
     
  • Mr Dennis Sinyolo
    Coordinator, Education and Employment
    Education International
     
  • Ms Camilla Croso
    President
    Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
     
  • Mr Sudhanshu Joshi
    Executive Director
    International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE)
     
  • Mr Desmond Birmingham
    Director, Education Global Initiative
    Save the Children
     
  • Ms Pauline Greaves
    Head of Education Section
    Social Transformation Programmes Division
    Commonwealth Secretariat

Developing Country Representatives

  • Ms Maria Lourdes Almazan-Khan
    ASPBAE Secretariat
    Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE)
     
  • Oley Dibba Wadda
    Executive Director Executive Director of Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
     
  • Ms Faeqa Saeed AlSaleh
    Advisor of the Secretary-General of The League of Arab States
    Director of Education and Scientific Research
    Al-Tahreer Square, Cairo, Egypt

Independent Experts

  • Arvil Van Adams
    Consultant, Springfield, Virginia, USA, formerly with World Bank, Washington
     
  • Malak Zaalouk
    Director of the Middle East Institute for Higher Education
    Graduate School of Education at the American University Cairo
     
  • Mr Kenneth King
    Professor Emeritus
    School of Social and Political Sciences; and School of Education
    University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
     

UNESCO

  • Mr Qian Tang
    Assistant Director-General for Education
     
  • Mr Khalil Mahshi
    Director
    International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP)
      
  • Ms Clementina Acedo
    Director
    International Bureau of Education (IBE)
     
  • Mr Arne Carlsen
    Director 
    UNESCO institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
     
  • Mr Hendrik van der Pol
    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 

Observers

  • Canada
    Mr Guy Bessette
    Senior Education Advisor
    Strategic Policy and Performance Branch
    Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
     
  • Sweden
    Mrs. Malin L. Elisson
    Policy Specialist
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
      
  • Norway
    Ms Hildegunn Tobiassen
    Senior Adviser
    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
     
  • Denmark
    Kristian Edinger 
    Senior Technical Adviser, Focal Point Education, Department
    for Technical Advisory Services-Development Assistance
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
     
  • Ireland
    Ms Paula Nolan    
    Development Specialist
    Policy, Planning and Effectiveness Unit
    Department of Foreign Affairs
    Irish Aid
     
  • France
    Julia Napoli
    Pôle Education Formation Insertion
    Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
     
  • Australia
    Lyndal Manson
    Advisor
    Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)

Rapporteur

Past Chairpersons of the Board

  • Marcela Gajardo
    Chile
     
  • Anil Bordia
    India
     
  • Ingemar Gustafsson
    Sweden
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