Bonn,
2 August 2011 - As already indicated in the
previous E-News issue, Mr.
Marco Barbieri was
recently appointed as Acting Executive Secretary of the
UNEP/AEWA Secretariat following a selection process among
eligible internal candidates. This interim solution was
put in place to fill the gap that was left behind by
the former Executive Secretary, Mr. Bert Lenten, when
he left the Secretariat in May to become the Deputy
Executive Secretary of the UNEP/CMS Secretariat.

Mr. Barbieri will lead the
AEWA Secretariat Team until the new Executive Secretary
has been recruited. The United Nations Office in Nairobi
(UNON)
has indicated that this post would qualify for P5 level
and it is expected that the official process through
the UN recruitment system (INSPIRA) will start after MOP5.