Governance

International Steering Committee

The International Steering Committee (ISC) provided high-level strategic and political guidance for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. It held its first meeting on April 26.

The ISC was responsible for:

Providing oversight of the programmatic content of the Summit.
Approving final agendas, speakers and official side events.
Serving as a forum to discuss and resolve challenges.
Facilitating the drafting of global commitments, and building political support for them.
Mobilising human, financial and in-kind support.
Encouraging high-level participation in the Summit.
Promoting the Summit and ICPD25 in variety of fora.
Addressing other political and advocacy issues.

Co-Chairs

Ambassador Macharia Kamau. Kenya (alternative: Ambassador Ben Ugutu)
Ambassador Ib Petersen. Denmark
Arthur Erken. Director, Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA

Secretariat

Afsana Taher. Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA

Youth and Young People

Jayathma Wickramanayake. Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Youth (Global)
Aya Chebbi. Youth Envoy for the African Union (Africa)
Yemurai Nyoni. Youth fellow on policy and advocacy, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (Global)

Parliamentarians

Dame Billie Miller. Retired politician from Barbados (Caribbean)
Fahmi Fadzil. MP, Malaysia (Asia and the Pacific)
Catherine Noone. Senator, Ireland (Europe)
Neil Datta. Executive Director, European Parliamentary Forum (Europe)

Civil society

Naisola Likimani. SheDecides Secretariat (Global)
Alvaro Bermejo. Director-General, IPPF (Global)
Ton Coenen. Executive Director, Rutgers & Chair, INSPIRE (Europe)
Nesime Salioska. Roma advocate, (Europe)
Ana Cristina Gonzalez Velez. Medical doctor and expert in gender, human rights, sexual and reproductive health, Latin America
Shireen Jejeebhoy. Director Aksha and Vice President - IUSSP (Asia and the Pacific)
James Bhagwan. General Secretary – Pacific Conference of Churches, and member of G20 Interfaith Forum (Asia and the Pacific)
Jackie Edmond. Chief Executive, Family Planning Association (Asia and the Pacific)
Jill Sheffield. Past president, Women Deliver (North America)

Non-traditional Partners, Private Sector, Philanthropies

Akiko Nakajo. Head of Google-Japan (Asia and the Pacific)
Theo Sowa. CEO, African Women’s Development Fund (Africa)

Academia and Research Institutes

Gamal Serour. Director, International Islamic Center for Population Studies, Al-Azhar University, Cairo (Africa)
Leith Dunn. Senior Lecturer/Head of the University of the West Indies' Institute for Gender and Development Studies Mona Unit (Caribbean)
Nisia T. Lima. President of Fiocruz (Latin America)
Sivananthi Thanenthiran. Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Research and Resource Center for women, ARROW (Asia and the Pacific)

Foundations and Philanthropy

Josh Lozman. BMGF (North America)
Senait Fisseha. Director, International Programs, Susan Buffett Foundation (North America)
Kathy Calvin. President/CEO, UN Foundation (North America)
Toyin Saraki. Founder/President, Wellbeing Foundation (Africa)

Member States – Regional Review Leads

H.E. Georgy Panayotov. PR of Bulgaria to UN (US)
H.E. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees. Ambassador of Egypt to UN (US)
H.E. Gustavo Adolfo Meza-Cuadra Velasquez. PR of Peru to UN (US)
H.E. Francis Mustapha Kai-Kai. PR of Sierra Leone to UN (US)
H.E. Sima Sami Bahous. PR of Jordan to UN (US)
H.E. Kira Christianne D. Azucena. Charge de’ affaires, a.i. of Philippines to UN (US)

International Programme Committee

The International Programme Committee (IPC) drafted the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 programme. It functioned through five thematic working groups, which corresponded to the Summit's 5 thematic areas and accelerators.

The IPC was responsible for:

Refining the format and structure of the Summit.
Developing the draft programme.
Contributing to the thematic working groups.
Managing the process for session plan development, including suggested speakers.
Agreeing on processes for side events and related decisions.
Advising on rapporteur modality and the ISC.
Writing the final report.

Co-Chairs

Ramiz Alakbarov. Director, Programme and Strategy Division, UNFPA
Josephine Kibaru-Mbae. Director-General, National Council on Population and Development, Kenya
Lena Hothes. Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, Regional Director, East and Southern Africa, UNFPA (Alternate Co-Chair)
Signe Lind, DANIDA Adviser on ICPD25 and the Nairobi Summit, Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark (Alternate Co-Chair)

Executive

Dr. Jennifer Butler. Global Coordinator, ICPD25

Secretariat

De-Jane Gibbons. Coordination Specialist, ICPD25
Douglas Passanisi. Programme Development, ICPD25
Ragaa Said. Parliamentary Specialist, UNFPA

UN Agencies

Alanna Armitage. Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNFPA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia)
Dr. Mandeep Dhaliwal. Director, Bureau of Health, HIV and Development, UNDP (Global)
Helga Fogstad. Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (hosted by WHO, global)
Dr. Benoit Kalasa. Director, Technical Division, UNFPA (Global)

Intergovernmental

Adnene Ben Haj Aissa. Executive Director, Partners in Population and Development (Global)