Simon Wanda

Simon Wanda: Simon Wanda is a Programme Specialist in the Section for Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO Headquarters. In this role, he serves in the Secretariat of the Greening Education Partnership hosted at UNESCO. He previously supported a 2-year project at UNESCO focussed on the capacity building of teachers in Global Citizenship Education (GCED). Before joining UNESCO, Simon managed various large projects funded by the UK goverment, which focused on education in Africa with a specific focus on transformative pedagogies in Higher Education in Africa, climate change and sustainable development. He has experience in designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating education projects and programmes in partnership with universities, schools and international development agencies. His areas of expertise are online education, education in Africa, education for sustainable development and global citizenship education. Simon holds a master’s degree from the University of Oxford, UK and a first-class honours degree in education, from Kenyatta University, Kenya.