Global network of facilitators

The facilitators network is a dedicated and competent partner for countries and stakeholders that seek guidance and training for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. This network supports countries to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and harness its potential for sustainable development, while promoting broad public knowledge and support for the Convention.

Trained by UNESCO, the facilitators receive ongoing support to update their skills and knowledge through workshops, mentoring, information sharing and review meetings.

The facilitators are familiar with the UNESCO tools and training materials, which they adapt to local contexts and use to deliver training and capacity-building services, such as needs assessments, technical assistance and policy advice, at the country level.

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183 persons match your query.

Mr Denja Abdullahi

Working experience in:

Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria

Ms Vanessa Achilles

Working experience in:

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand

Ms Najwa Adra

Working experience in:

Qatar, Yemen

Ms Noriko Aikawa-Faure

Working experience in:

Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Mr Paul Akogni

Working experience in:

Benin

Ms Reem Alfaqir

Working experience in:

Saudi Arabia

Mr Rashid Alhassani

Working experience in:

Iraq

Ms Norah Alkhamis

Working experience in:

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Mr Waleed ALSAIF

Working experience in:

Croatia, Egypt, France, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Slovakia, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates

Ms Ebtisam Alwehaibi

Working experience in:

Saudi Arabia

Mr Silverse Anami

Working experience in:

Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, United Republic of Tanzania

Ms Panagiota Andrianopoulou

Working experience in:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Uzbekistan

Ms Ming Chee Ang

Working experience in:

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand

Ms Claudine-Augée Angoue

Working experience in:

Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, France, Gabon, Haiti, Mali, Niger, Togo

Mr Richenel Ansano

Working experience in:

Aruba, Curaçao, Dominica, Jamaica, Nepal, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Vanuatu

Mr Ahmet Erman Aral

Working experience in:

Türkiye

Mr Abderrahman Ayoub

Working experience in:

Algeria, Egypt, France, Gabon, Jordan, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

Ms Sang Mee Bak

Working experience in:

Republic of Korea

Mr Chris Ballard

Working experience in:

Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu

Ms Ioana Otilia Baskerville

Working experience in:

Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Ukraine

Ms Elena Bazini

Working experience in:

Greece

Mr Fabian Bedon Samaniego

Working experience in:

Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, United States of America

Ms Ismahen Ben Barka

Working experience in:

Tunisia

Ms Meked Besebes

Working experience in:

Palau

Ms Ananya Bhattacharya

Working experience in:

Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal

Mr Nandadeva Bilinda Devage

Working experience in:

Sri Lanka

Mr Charles Binam Bikoi

Working experience in:

Cameroon, Comoros, Gabon

Ms Janet Blake

Working experience in:

Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates

Mr Alfred Lambert Bonezoui

Working experience in:

Central African Republic

Ms Chiara Bortolotto

Working experience in:

Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr Demba Boundy

Working experience in:

Mali

Mr David Brown

Working experience in:

Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Mr Oleksandr Butsenko

Working experience in:

Belarus, Estonia, Ukraine

Ms Séverine Cachat

Working experience in:

Albania, Algeria, Cyprus, France, Haiti, Lesotho, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia

- Marina Calvo Pérez

Working experience in:

Algeria, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Malta, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia

Ms Naila Ceribašić

Working experience in:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia

Mr Neel Kamal Chapagain

Working experience in:

Bhutan, India, Nepal

Ms Géraldine Chatelard

Working experience in:

Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic

Ms Shubha Chaudhuri

Working experience in:

India

Mr Herbert Chimhundu

Working experience in:

Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ms Joanna Ewa Cicha-Kuczynska

Working experience in:

Poland

Mr Lassana Cissé

Working experience in:

Mali, Niger

Ms Adina Ciubotariu

Working experience in:

Bulgaria, Romania

Ms Sonia Isabel da Silva Lopes Ajuda

Working experience in:

Cabo Verde, Mozambique

Mr The Duc Dao

Working experience in:

Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam

Ms Harriet Deacon

Working experience in:

Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Curaçao, Finland, Greece, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe

Ms Alexandra Denes

Working experience in:

Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thailand

Ms Gabriele Detschmann

Working experience in:

Austria

Mr Som Bahadur Dhimal

Working experience in:

Nepal

Mr Lucas Dos Santos Roque

Working experience in:

Angola, Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe

Ms Emily Drania Drani

Working experience in:

Gambia, Kenya, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Mr Ismail Ali El Fihail

Working experience in:

Oman, Qatar, South Sudan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates

Ms Nahla Emam

Working experience in:

Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates

Mr Nigel Encalada

Working experience in:

Belize, Curaçao, Grenada, Netherlands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Mr Illia Fetysov

Working experience in:

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine

Ms Danijela Filipović

Working experience in:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Mr Alberto Folowara

Working experience in:

Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe

Mr Amareswar Galla

Working experience in:

Afghanistan, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Zambia

Ms Ouiza Galleze

Working experience in:

Algeria

Ms Rehaf Gassas

Working experience in:

Saudi Arabia

Mr Rahul Goswami

Working experience in:

Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste

Ms Tara Gujadhur

Working experience in:

Botswana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Ms Maria Gulraize Khan

Working experience in:

Pakistan

Mr Younis Haitham

Working experience in:

Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates

Mr Jean Hajjar

Working experience in:

Cyprus, Egypt, France, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Romania, Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates

Mr Matti Hakamäki

Working experience in:

Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Mauritius, Nepal, Norway, Sweden

Mr Hani Hayajneh

Working experience in:

Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates

Ms Mirela Hrovatin

Working experience in:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

Ms Voloshyna Iryna

Working experience in:

Ukraine, United States of America

Mr Marc Jacobs

Working experience in:

Zimbabwe

Ms Helga Janse

Working experience in:

Japan, Sweden

Mr Dong Jiang

Working experience in:

China

Mr Mustapha Jlok

Working experience in:

Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco

Ms Gunjan Joshi

Working experience in:

India

Ms Charlotte Joy

Working experience in:

Mali, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr Panas Karampampas

Working experience in:

Albania, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy

Mr Fallo Baba KEITA

Working experience in:

Benin, Gambia, Mali

Ms Susan Keitumetse

Working experience in:

Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr Léonce KI

Working experience in:

Burkina Faso

Mr Ludovic Ouhonyioué Kibora

Working experience in:

Burkina Faso, Madagascar

Ms Paritta Chalermpow Koanantakool

Working experience in:

Bhutan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand

Ms Meri Kumbe

Working experience in:

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece

Ms Eva Kuminková

Working experience in:

Czechia, Grenada, Suriname

Ms Monica Beatriz Lacarrieu

Working experience in:

Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay

Mr Jean Lambert

Working experience in:

Egypt, France, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Ms Valentina Lapiccirella Zingari

Working experience in:

Costa Rica, France, Italy

Ms Hege M Larsen

Working experience in:

Denmark, India, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nepal, Norway, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam

Mr Getachew Limeneh Senishaw

Working experience in:

Ethiopia

Mr Francisco Javier López Morales

Working experience in:

Mexico

Ms Monalisa Maharjan

Working experience in:

Nepal, Portugal

Ms Shaymaa Mahmood Suhail

Working experience in:

Iraq

Ms Elizabeth Matilda Abena Mantebeah

Working experience in:

Ghana, Mauritius

Ms Tokelo Christina Mapena

Working experience in:

Lesotho

Ms Eva Lilia Martínez Ordóñez

Working experience in:

Honduras

Ms Sandra Mascarenhas Martins

Working experience in:

Guinea-Bissau

Mr Lovemore C.J. Mazibuko

Working experience in:

Botswana, Eritrea, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ms Rahma Miri

Working experience in:

Morocco

Mr Ben Ahmed Missoubahouddine

Working experience in:

Comoros

Mr Baouba Mohamed Naffé

Working experience in:

Mauritania

Ms Adriana Molano Arenas

Working experience in:

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Ms Tumelo Monyane

Working experience in:

Lesotho

Ms Fatma Mostafa

Working experience in:

Egypt, South Sudan, United Arab Emirates

Ms Samaa Moustafa

Working experience in:

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates

Mr Moffat Moyo

Working experience in:

Gambia, Liberia, Zambia

Ms Soledad Mujica

Working experience in:

Peru

Ms Vanecia Mungapen

Working experience in:

Mauritius

Ms Jayshree Mungur-Medhi

Working experience in:

India, Mauritius

Mr Julius Mwahunga

Working experience in:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Spain, United Republic of Tanzania

Ms Gehane Nabil

Working experience in:

Egypt

Mr Raphaël Ndiaye

Working experience in:

Gabon, Senegal

Mr Michael Kotey Neequaye

Working experience in:

Ghana, United States of America, Zimbabwe

Mr Bhim Prasad Nepal

Working experience in:

Nepal

Ms Jorijn Neyrinck

Working experience in:

Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, South Africa

Ms Xin Yi NG

Working experience in:

Malaysia

Mr Tang Nguyen Duc

Working experience in:

Viet Nam

Ms Rosaleen Oabona Brankie Nhlekisana

Working experience in:

Botswana

Mr Bély Hermann Abdoul-Karim Niangao

Working experience in:

Burkina Faso, Egypt

Ms Tamara Nikolić Đerić

Working experience in:

Argentina, Croatia, Georgia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Slovenia

Mr Domitien Nizigiyimana

Working experience in:

Burundi, Comoros, Mali, Niger, Rwanda

Mr Kodjo Nougbolo

Working experience in:

Togo

Mr Jean Omer Ntady

Working experience in:

Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Togo

Ms Mai Odeh (Sadeq)

Working experience in:

Palestine

Ms Suzanne Ogge

Working experience in:

Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Georgia, India, Nepal, Singapore

Ms Evrim Ölçer Özünel

Working experience in:

Türkiye

Ms Joanne Orr

Working experience in:

Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Viet Nam

Mr Mohamed Ould Mohamed Lemine Beidjeu

Working experience in:

Benin, Egypt, Grenada, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

Mr Yadollah Parmoun

Working experience in:

Canada, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Mr Filip Petkovski

Working experience in:

Croatia, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, United States of America

Ms Linina Phuttitarn

Working experience in:

Thailand

Ms Zayachka Plamena

Working experience in:

Bulgaria

Ms Kristiina Porila

Working experience in:

Estonia, France, Germany

Ms Deirdre Prins-Solani

Working experience in:

Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia

Mr Andrei Prohin

Working experience in:

Republic of Moldova

Mr Frank Proschan

Working experience in:

Cambodia, China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thailand, United States of America, Viet Nam

Ms Lala RAHARINJANAHARY

Working experience in:

Madagascar

Ms Anka Raič

Working experience in:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia

Ms Tsiky Rakotomavo

Working experience in:

Madagascar

Ms Krishendaye Rampersad

Working experience in:

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Sint Maarten, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Mr Sipiriano Nemani Ranuku

Working experience in:

Fiji

Ms Connie Rapoo

Working experience in:

Botswana

Ms Khanna Ritika

Working experience in:

Cambodia, India, Netherlands, Viet Nam

Mr Julio Sa Rego

Working experience in:

Angola, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe

Ms Hanna Schreiber

Working experience in:

Poland

Ms Ana Shanshiashvili

Working experience in:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Ms Maissoun Sharkawi

Working experience in:

Palestine, Qatar, Yemen

Mr Ahmed Skounti

Working experience in:

Gabon, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates

Ms Nouha SPIGA

Working experience in:

Algeria

Mr Saša Srećković

Working experience in:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine

Ms Velika Stojkova Serafimovska

Working experience in:

Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia

Mr Vellorimo J. Suminguit

Working experience in:

Philippines

Ms Freda Tawana

Working experience in:

Namibia

Mr Miao Tian

Working experience in:

China, Mongolia, Poland

- Annie Tohme-Tabet

Working experience in:

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates

Ms María Ismenia Toledo

Working experience in:

Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Mr Sidi Traoré

Working experience in:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal

Ms Tsolmon Tserendorj

Working experience in:

Mongolia

Mr Laurier Turgeon

Working experience in:

Benin, Canada, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Haiti, Senegal, Togo

Ms Meeza Ubaid

Working experience in:

Pakistan

Ms Benedetta Ubertazzi

Working experience in:

Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ms Anita Vaivade

Working experience in:

France, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine

Ms Sajida Haider Vandal

Working experience in:

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Ms Ľubica Voľanská

Working experience in:

Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine

Mr Nikolai Vukov

Working experience in:

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, United States of America, Uzbekistan

Ms Maria Walcher

Working experience in:

Austria

Mr Harry Waluyo

Working experience in:

Indonesia

Mr Marílio Wane

Working experience in:

Angola

Ms Ayeta Anne Wangusa

Working experience in:

Uganda

Ms Meredith Wilson

Working experience in:

Australia, Japan, Myanmar, Vanuatu

Ms Anna YAU

Working experience in:

Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Timor-Leste

Ms Tojo Yharimanana Rakotomalala

Working experience in:

Madagascar

Ms Min Zhang

Working experience in:

Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, India, Pakistan, Philippines

Mr Gang Zhu

Working experience in:

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pakistan

Ms Meglena Zlatkova

Working experience in:

Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Türkiye

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