NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

Henri Monceau, the new Permanent Observer of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Monceau served as the High Representative of the Governments of Wallonia and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (Belgium) for fundamental rights, information society and digital economy since 2014. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Director of the Cabinet of the Vice President of the Wallonia and the Minister of Economy, New Technologies and Foreign Trade, and from 2006 to 2009 he served as a Counsellor for international relations in the Ministry of Economy, New Technologies and Foreign Trade. Mr. Monceau was a Programme Co-Director at the international foundation Notre Europe/ Institut Jacques Delors from 2004 to 2009, and the Director of the Cabinet of the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Mobility and Transport in the federal Belgian Government, from 1999 to 2003.

In the context of La Francophonie, Mr. Monceau served as a programme and scientific coordinator of the Second World Forum of French Language, which took place in Liège in 2015, and a Sherpa for the La Francophone of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in 2015 and in 2016.

A specialist in innovation, creativity and digital governance, Mr. Monceau holds a master degree in public affairs and international relations from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a master in economy from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. He also holds a bachelor in history from the University of Louvain and a certificate in innovation management from the HEC Montréal. He was born on 22 May 1965 and has three children.




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