Indigenous Peoples

Lead Assistant Director-General: Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences

UNESCO Focal Point for Indigenous Peoples: Section for Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge (indigenouspeoples@unesco.org)

Focal points for programmes and central services:

• Culture: Berta de Sancristobal (Culture) and Mauro Rosi  (for the World Heritage Centre)
• Communication and Information: Irmgarda Kasinskaite
• Education: Noro Andriamiseza Ingarao
• Natural Sciences: Nigel Crawhall (UNESCO focal point)
• Social and Human Sciences: Konstantinos Tararas
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission: Julie Rigaud
• Gender: Giampaoli Damiano
• Strategic planning: Iulia Nechifor