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 SDG 4.
The IAS will support the HLSC to drive systematic progress against its priority areas, while maintaining the universality of SDG 4, 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
Head of Inter-Agency Secretariat
Lily Neyestani-Hailu
Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships Team
Team Lead: Véronique Mistycki
Team members:
- Martha K. Ferede
- Emelie Aho (LEGO Foundation secondee)
Technical Support Team
Team Lead: Mami Umayahara
Team members:
- Asif Memon
- Siwoo Lee (Republic of Korea secondee)
- Ashnaa Swarup
Communications and Advocacy Team
Team Lead: Sandra Bisin
Team members:
- Géraldine De St Pern
- Loyola Ranarison-Schaefer
- Ignacio Montero
- Flavia Borda
Coordination & Operations Team
- Alice Mihalache
- Julie Tovey
- Synøve Almås (Norway secondee)
- Heidi Le Cohu
Transforming Education Summit Secretariat
The Inter-Agency Secretariat hosted the Transforming Education Summit (TES) Secretariat in 2022 with Secondees from the following UN agencies:
- ILO
- ITU
- UN Women
- UNAIDS
- UNHCR
- UNHCR
- UNICEF
- WFP
