Borhene Chakroun
Director, Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division, UNESCO
Borhene Chakroun, Director, Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division, UNESCO
In his role, Borhene Chakroun focuses on driving the global education and training agenda in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. His recent work includes analysing education reform trends and shaping the global direction for skills development through the twin digital and green transitions, within the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda. He spearheads UNESCO's Global Education Coalition, a critical initiative that mobilises multi-stakeholder collaboration to accelerate progress towards SDG4, respond in crises, and enable equitable digital transformation in education and training systems. Prior to his work with UNESCO, he served as a trainer, chief trainer and project manager. His experience includes consultancy work with the EU, World Bank and various international organisations. He was a Senior Human Capital Development Specialist for the European Training Foundation (ETF) and has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books. An engineer by training, he earned a PhD in Education Sciences from Bourgogne University in France.