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Norbu Wangchuk

Director, Government of Bhutan

Norbu Wangchuk is the Director of Department of Workforce Planning and Skills Development under the Ministry of Education and Skills Development. The Department is mandated with the responsibility to manage the growth and development of Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) system in…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Noriko Sato

Senior Natural Resources Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Noriko Sato serves as a project officer for ADB-financed projects and technical assistance (TA) in the natural resources and agriculture sector. She was responsible for administering ADB’s TA 8578-PAK: Punjab Basmati Value Chain and direct seeding of rice (DSR) pilot testing and demonstration. She…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Norio Usui

former Senior Public Management Economist , Asian Development Bank

Norio Usui is a practitioner-track professor of the Economic Development for International Development Program (IDP) at the International University of Japan (IUJ). He teaches graduate courses—Evolving development paradigms and changing operational strategies of development organizations;…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Norma Mansor

Director, SWC

Norma Mansor is the Director of SWRC, a position she holds since 2013.  She is a professor at the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya where she served as the Dean from April 2004 to June 2009. She was appointed as…

   Topic(s): Economics, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Norman LaRocque

Former Principal Education Specialist, ADB

He left his position in ADB in February 2021.

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Nuobu Renzhi

Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo

Nuobu is an Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, China. His research interests include empirical macroeconomics, macro-finance, household finance, and international finance.  He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Master…

   Topic(s): Economics, Education
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Ojat Darojat

Rector, Universitas Terbuka

“Pak Ojat”, as his friends and colleagues in Indonesia Open University or Universitas Terbuka (UT) refer to Prof. Ojat Darojat, M.Bus., Ph.D., is a simple and down-to-earth person, who is currently serving the Rector of Indonesian Open University or Universitas Terbuka. Upon his inauguration on 26…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Olli Pekanheimo

Pedagogical Expert, STEAM Turku Project

Olli Pekanheimo is a physicist and an experienced teacher. He has been teaching science-related subjects at a lower secondary school for 15 years. For the past two years Pekanheimo has been moonlighting as the STEAM pedagogical expert in charge of the whole comprehensive school in the city of Turku…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Oon-Seng Tang

Professor of Education and Director, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Professor Oon-Seng TAN is Director of the Centre for Research in Child Development at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. He is an inaugural Chen Yidan Visiting Global Fellow of Harvard University. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Education. Prof Tan was…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Unknown, OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth