Ms. Jana El Baba is Programme Specialist for Social and Human Sciences at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Regional Office in Cairo. She is currently involved in programmes promoting inclusive urban development, youth capacity-development, inter-cultural dialogue and the ethics of science and technology in the Arab region. She has previously worked at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) where she was involved in Arab regional preparations for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Rio+20 conference, as well as environment and food security projects. During her work at ESCWA, Ms. El-Baba contributed to a number of United Nations publications, the most recent being the Arab Sustainable Development Report 2015. She holds two Master degrees, one in computer engineering from the American university of Beirut and a second in sustainable development and natural resources management from the University of London.