Recruitment of the new AEWA Executive Secretary and interim arrangements

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.