Mr Mohamed Djelid (Canada) has officially taken up the position of Director of the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Asia and the Pacific in Jakarta, Indonesia, and UNESCO Representative to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste since 1 July 2021. Prior to his post in Jakarta, he served as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning (BSP) at Headquarters since October 2016. Mr Djelid holds a postgraduate diploma in commerce (1983) from the Algiers Institute of Commerce (Algeria) and a master's degree in business administration (1986) from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). Before joining UNESCO, Mohamed Djelid worked in the private sector in Montreal (Canada), implementing international projects in developing countries and countries in transition. In 2001, Mohamed Djelid joined UNESCO's Division of Educational Policies and Strategies as Programme Manager. In 2004, he became Head of the UNESCO Office in Bujumbura (Burundi) and UNESCO Representative to Burundi. He was also responsible for supervising the activities of the Programme for Emergency Education and Reconstruction in Nairobi (Kenya). In 2005, he became Director of the UNESCO Office in Iraq and UNESCO Representative to that country. Under his supervision, UNESCO supported the project to restore the Al-Askari Shrine in Samara (Iraq). In 2012, he was appointed Director of the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Nairobi (Kenya) and UNESCO Representative to Kenya, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia and Uganda.