Dr. Hans d’Orville, a German national, he served as Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning of UNESCO, having also been designated in 2010 as Acting Deputy Director-General of the Organization. In 2015, he was Special Advisor to the Director-General of UNESCO. As Assistant Director-General, his responsibilities included global strategic planning, priority setting and policy development, institutes and centers under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2), including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the preparation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). He was also responsible for cooperation with cities aspiring to become a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, including many Chinese applicants. As a member of UNESCO’s senior management team, he represented the Director-General at meetings of the UN General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and various UN system coordination bodies. – For 2011, he was elected as Chair of the Advisory Group at the Assistant Director-Generals level of the UN Development Group (UNDG) and subsequently served throughout 2012 until February 2013 as Vice-Chair of UNDG, presided by the Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Prior to joining UNESCO, Mr d’Orville was the Director of the Information Technologies for Development Programme in the Bureau for Development Policy of UNDP (1996-2000).