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Inter-Agency Secretariat

The Inter-Agency Secretariat (IAS) is bringing together staff from United Nations and beyond—including Member States, international/regional organizations, CSOs and the private sector—to work under UNESCO’s leadership and support the HLSC in steering efforts to accelerate progress on SDG4. 

The IAS will support the HLSC to drive systematic progress against its priority areas, while maintaining the universality of SDG4, and foster greater alignment and commitment of actors within the GCM to action, building on the high-level political engagement in the HLSC.

Team members

  • Min Jeong Kim, Acting Head of Inter-Agency Secretariat
  • Mami Umayahara………………….... Technical Lead
  • Olaf Kooijmans………………………... Education Finance Expert
  • Marco Pasqualini……………………...Programme Specialist
  • Anett Domiter …………….………….. Executive Officer
  • Alice Mihalache…………………....... Liaison Officer
  • Zein Nahas ……………………………… Communication Officer
  • Hannah Ruhland……………………… Junior Professional Officer (Youth Engagement)
  • Ziyin Xiong ……………………………… Junior Professional Officer (Knowledge Management)
  • Julie Tovey………………............…... Programme Assistant
  • Heidi Le Cohu………………………..... HR Assistant
  • Kathleen Brennan …………………... Policy Analysis Consultant
  • Linxiao Song ………………………….... Communication Consultant
  • Gemma Gresele…………………………Intern, Coordination

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