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Christian Lambert NGUENA, PhD is a Senior Researcher and a University Associate-Professor who capitalizes on more than 13 years of work experience; additionally, he owns more than 15 years of leadership and administration with an extensive work with international organizations such as for example the World Bank, the European Commission, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, the African Capacity Building Foundation. Jointly to this, he is currently the Secretary General of the Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists since 2018 and the President of the Association of African Young Economists since 2013. He is member of several international recognized scientific societies including the Econometric society, the CEDIMES, the African Finance and Economic Association, the International Economic Association. During his professional career, he have won many fellowship competitions and awards including: the University of Fribourg research fellowship (2009), the United Nations research fellowship (2011), the IDRC/Trust Africa research grant (2012), the World Bank Group research fellowship (2013), the International Economic Association fellowship (2015), The Sweeden Nordic African Institute (2019). He is author of many scientific papers in per reviewed and classified journals, and he is currently editor board member of several ranked journal including the Journal of Management and Sustainability and reviewer for African Development Review among others.
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I am a Venezuelan, entrepreneur and business consultant. I work as a change strategist, leadership development and business growth for private companies. Also, I´m an advocate for D&I.
My main research in the past 5 years is based on a project dedicated to understand and design actionable method that enables companies around the world to create winning teams with a mindset that embraces change as an opportunity for innovation and growth for them and the companies they work for as well as their communities' development. This method is called ¨Amazing Leaders - Amazing Teams¨ which consists of 4 specific areas of development and action: Leadership and Power Dynamics, Education, Communication and Diversity & Inclusion.
I will collaborate with UNESCO IPL better address the challenges we all encounter at work related to diversity and inclusion and at the same time help the private industry make a better and sustainable impact in our communities.
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Roberto Stefan Foa is University Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. His research examines quality of government, regimes, and comparative social indicators. He is also interested in research methodology, including comparative survey work, index construction and design, geospatial analysis, and multi-method research. Roberto's academic work has been published in a wide range of top journals, and has been cited in publications including The Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Guardian and The Atlantic.
Roberto graduated from the University of Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (BA), and completed his Ph.D. at the Harvard University Department of Government, during which time he published three articles rated by the Web of Science as among the top 1% highest impact in their fields. He has served as a Peter Martin Fellow at the Financial Times and was designer of the Indices of Social Development at the World Bank (www.indsocdev.org), a global resource combining more than 25 data sources that measure social institutions such as trust, tolerance, social discrimination, and inclusion. He has also served as a consultant to the United Nations, the Africa Progress Panel, and the European Council for Tolerance and Reconciliation. He is a member of the Oxford Altius Society and a Principal Investigator of the World Values Surveys.
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Public health dentist
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Governments are responsible for two critical issues here - countering of international organized crime and protecting societies most vunerable members, especially children and young persons. Some goverñments and organizations provide excellent examples of responsible action already underway.
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Victor is a 17 year old social entrepreneur and founder of InnovaYouth (www.innovayouth.org/), a global education nonprofit that empowers young people to develop their skills in research, collaboration, and communication with the goal of promoting societal change. Since its founding, InnovaYouth has directly impacted over 10600 students in 15 states and 14 countries, with over 50 workshops and global summits on social responsibility, civic engagement, and Generation Z. Victor has been recognized by Tessy Ojo of the Princess Diana Award, Jackie Bezos of Bezos Family Foundation, Bill Drayton of Ashoka, and more. Besides his work in InnovaYouth, Victor also spearheads Coalesce For, a national civic initiative aimed to increase the young voter turnout for the 2020 election, and coordinates The Art of Living Health Ideas Festival in his local community. As a global change ambassador, he aims to promote peace and prosperity on Earth by working alongside like-minded individuals to make social impact.
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Global Director of Programme Development at IAYG
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Doctoral Sutdent
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Chokri Kooli is Adjunct associate Professor at The Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Canada. He earned a Doctorate (PhD) in Economics from the school for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). He also earned two Master degrees in Organizations Management and social sciences from the University of Paris. He performs research in Public policy, Economics of development, Economics of education, Labor, gender and Health Economics.
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Phillip leads IAYG, a not-for-profit group focused on geographic and civic education. IAYG develops student programmes and competitions in geographic & global education. Learn more at iaygfamily.org.