Who's who
Office of the Assistant Director-General
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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Executive Office
Phone: +33145680618
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Finance / Administration
Phone: +33145681952
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Division for Freedom of Expression, Media development and Media and Information Literacy and Secretariat of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
Phone: +33145680891
Phone: +33145680962
Phone: +33145680973
Phone: +33145680745
Section for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
Phone: +33145681044
Phone: +33145680366
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Phone: +33145681159
Phone: +33145682467
Phone: +33145682010
Phone: +33145680895
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Phone: +33145680442
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Section for Media development and Media in emergency
Phone: +33145680911
Phone: +33145681645
Phone: +33145680857
Phone: +33145680893
Unit for Media and Information Literacy and Digital Competencies
Phone: +33145680890
Phone: +33145682017
Phone: +33145681747
Phone: +33145680556
Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation and Secretariat of the Information for All Programme
Phone: +33145681058
Phone: +33145680423
Phone: +33145681058
Section for Universal Access to Information and Digital Inclusion
Phone: +33145681006
Phone: +33145680408
Phone: +33145680536
Phone: +33145681470
Section for Digital policies and Digital Transformation
Phone: +33145681695
Phone: +33145681575
Phone: +331 45681405
Phone: +33145682013
Phone: +33145682327
Phone: +33145680692
Phone: +33145680321
Unit for Documentary Heritage (Memory of the World)
Phone: +33145680908
Phone: +33145680324
Phone: +33145681005
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FIELD NETWORK
Africa
Phone: +2251115444202
UNESCO Office in Abidjan
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: Benin; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; Guinea Bissau; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo.
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 ; Lesotho ; Malawi ; Mozambique ; Afrique du Sud ; Zambie ; Zimbabwe
Phone: +2638677008394
UNESCO Office in Harare - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Phone:
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: +237222508302
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: +211 924665922
UNESCO Office in Juba
Covered country : South Sudan
Phone: + 233302740841 (23341)
Phone: +243815585906
UNESCO Office in Kinshasa - National Office
Covered country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Arab States
Phone: +96265929621 ext. 368
UNESCO Office in Amman – National Office
Covered country: Jordan
Phone: +9611850013
UNESCO Office in Beirut - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Lebanon; Syrian Arab Republic; Jordan; Iraq; State of Palestine
Phone: +20 2 38268912
UNESCO Office in Cairo - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Egypt; Sudan.
Phone: +212 53 765 9947
UNESCO in Rabat - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
UNESCO in Rabat - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
UNESCO in Rabat - Multisectoral Regional 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 - Multisectoral Regional Office
Asia and the Pacific
Phone: +68524276 ext.102
UNESCO Office in APIA - Multisectoral Regional 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: +7 (727) 258 26 43 ext. 501
UNESCO Office in Almaty – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of); Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan.
Phone: +66 23910577 ext.160
UNESCO Office in Bangkok – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Afghanistan; Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam.
UNESCO Office in Bangkok – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Afghanistan; Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam.
Phone: +861065322828 ext. 181
UNESCO Office in Beijing - Multisectoral Regional 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: + 85512676755
UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh - National Office
Covered countries: Cambodia
Phone: + 85589707001
UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh - National Office
Covered countries: Cambodia
UNESCO Office in Jakarta – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Indonesia; Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia; Philippines; Timor-Leste
Phone: +62217399818
UNESCO Office for Iraq - National Office
Covered country: Iraq
Phone: +91 11 26111873 Ext 204
UNESCO Office in New Delhi - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: India; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Maldives; Nepal; Sri Lanka
Phone: +7 (727) 258 26 43
UNESCO Office in Almaty – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Iran (Islamic Republic of); Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan.
Phone: +977 15970180
UNESCO Office in Kathmandu - National Office
Covered country: Nepal
Europe and North America
Phone: +19178109032
UNESCO Liaison Office in New York - Liaison Office
Phone: +221338649610
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Sarajevo.
Phone: +33 (0)1 45 68 0716
Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCO Office in Guatemala – National Office
Covered country: Guatemala
Phone: +5378327168 Ext168
UNESCO Office in Havana – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Phone: +20238268912 ext 7024
UNESCO Office in Kingston - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sint Maarten; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago.
UNESCO Office in Montevideo – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru; Uruguay
Phone: +59824132075
UNESCO Office in Montevideo – Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru; Uruguay
Phone: +59322529085
UNESCO Office in Quito – National Office
Covered country: Ecuador
Phone: +50620103815
UNESCO Office in San Jose - Multisectoral Regional Office
Covered countries: Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama
Phone: +525552807701
UNESCO Office in Mexico – National Office
Covered country: Mexico
Phone: +55 61 21063557
UNESCO Office in Brasilia – National Office
Covered country: Brazil