Scientific Committee of the KIP International School
The Scientific Committee is an international network of experts chaired by Edgar Morin. It was established by UNESCO under a program agreement signed in Rome between UNESCO, UNDP, UNIFEM and UNOPS on November 9, 2004. Since October 2010, experts and officers of UNEP, ILO, UNOPS, UNDP and WHO also participate in the Scientific Committee.
The Scientific Committee is now part of the bodies of the KIP International School and is recognized as its founding promoter. It is chaired by Edgar Morin and organized with an international direction, a group of senior experts of United Nations agencies and cooperation organisations and a network of experts working in universities and specialized structures, as well as in international organizations. The Scientific Committee has functions for discussion, development, proposal, technical assistance, research and training. It gives its support, under request, to United Nations organizations, national, regional and local governments and organized social actors.
President Edgar Morin
Scientific Coordinator Gustavo López Ospina
Executive Representative Luciano Carrino
Members
Samir Ben Yahmed, Representative of WHO in Libya and Head of WHO Country Office
Christophe Bouvier, Director and Regional Representative, UNEP Nairobi, Kenya
Juan Pablo Corlazzoli, Directive Council of the UNDP Virtual School for Latin America and the Caribbean
Alfredo Lazarte Hoyle, Director, ILO Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction, Geneva
Bianca Maria Pomeranzi, Gender and development policies, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affaires
Philippe Marcadent, Chief, Conditions of Work and Employment Branch ILO, Geneva
Bernhard Schlachter, Executive Officer, EMO – SWOC, UNOPS, Geneva
Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval, Head of the Policy Division (Development Co-operation Directorate) of OECD until 2012
Antonio Vázquez-Barquero, Professor od Economy, the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
