Mr Gwang-Chol Chang is currently the Chief of Education Policy Section at UNESCO Headquarters since June 2019. Before that, he worked as Senior Program Specialist, Chief of Education Section at the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar since February 2016 and coordinated all education programs of the Office. Prior to joining Dakar Office, he was Senior Program Specialist at UNESCO Bangkok (Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education), where he led UNESCO’s regional education programs on sector policy, technical and vocational education and training, quality of education and education research and foresight. From 1996 to 2010, he served at various units of UNESCO’s Education Sector in Paris, supporting diverse programs, including policy analysis, planning, and management. Before 1996, he worked at the Ministry of Education of his country. He holds a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) from Kim Hyong Jik University of Education, DPR Korea