I am an inclusive education professional, with 30 years of experience in education - and since the Salamanca world conference (1994) I have been passionately involved in developing inclusion in the countries of the South but also in my native country Finland. My areas of expertise include policy and strategy development, school-based development, inclusive pedagogy, teacher education for inclusion, inclusive early childhood education environments. I have background as a teacher, special needs education teacher, and university lecturer - and I have worked many years with Ministries of Education in several African countries, as well as some years at UNESCO. Currently I am working as counsellor for education, at the Embassy of Finland, Addis Ababa.