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Andrés Guerrero-Feliú, a Chilean/Swiss national, is a Programme Officer with UNICEF. He joined the organization in 1990. Currently, he is responsible for the management of the European Antenna of the Office of Public Partnerships.

As a member of the Office of Public Partnerships (OPP), he is responsible for ensuring full follow up of the various global priority partnerships between UNICEF and global Civil Society Organizations based in Europe , as well as the assessment of potential partnerships and identification of future priorities. In doing so, he promotes the organizational priorities of UNICEF regarding early childhood development, girls' education, immunization, the fight against HIV and AIDS, and child protection.

He is responsible for overall coordination, planning, development and management of relations with the Global Alliance of Youth-based organizations to promote children and young people's participation in decision-making.

From his incorporation to UNICEF in 1990 and to May 2004, he worked in the design and execution of programmes in education. As a member of the Education Section in New York Headquarters, he provided technical advice and support on rights issues related to quality education, with a focus on adolescent development and participation, peace and life skills–based education. He managed the UNICEF webpage for teachers' education, “Teachers Talking about Learning” (TTAL). He was also actively involved in the establishment of UNICEF's Voices of Youth Internet project on children's rights. He supervised the project from 1997 to May 2002.

Through his work in education he has gained extensive experience in managing curriculum development initiatives that favour the developing of participatory learning processes and teaching strategies to challenge and reduce bias and discrimination, and encourage democratic participation.

In the area of peace education, he has provided programme guidance through the development of strategies and production of training and teaching materials, monitoring and evaluation. This includes contribution to the production of UNICEF Training of Trainers Manual on “Education for Conflict Resolution” (1997), and the Working Paper on “ Peace Education in UNICEF” (July 1999). Works closely with various UN and non-UN agencies for the promotion of peace education related initiatives, particularly with t he UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and Columbia University 's Peace Education Centre. He collaborates with the Hague Appeal for Peace ( New York ), and the International Centre for the Teaching of Human Rights (CIFEDHOP, Geneva ).

In the area of adolescent development and participation, he has contributed to the development of educational activities for young people, which aim at heightening awareness of global and local issues of development, at developing the values and attitudes of global solidarity, peace and tolerance, justice and personal commitment, and at helping young people acquire the skills needed for greater participation in their communities, both local and global.

As an educator, he has worked in both industrialized and developing countries. He has been a keynote speaker and facilitator at many international workshops and conferences, and a guest speaker at Teachers' College, Columbia University , New York , Victoria University, British Columbia and at a number of Universities in Europe .

Over the years, he has also acquired experience in education in emergencies. In 2001, undertook a mission assignment to El Salvador to assist UNICEF El Salvador during the emergency due to the earthquakes. A main accomplishment was the design of a strategy for UNICEF to support the government in its response to the emergency, including evaluation of damage to school infrastructure, design of a prototype “child-friendly school”, a local version of School-in-a Box, and a “Back-to-School” communication campaign.

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