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Fakhruddin Azizi '' '' Fakhruddin Azizi is currently UNIDO Representative for Ghana and other West African countries. Prior to this he was country representative for Philippines and Afghanistan. He obtained his second Masters degree at the University for Peace in the Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development programme. He has earned his EMBA in General Management from Islamabad University and his BSC in Engineering from the University of Kabul. Furthermore, Azizi has been the Head of UNIDO Operations in Afghanistan since 2008. With this position Azizi was a member of the UN Country Security Management Team and part of the UN Country Team in Afghanistan. Over the years Azizi has contributed to various development project concepts and proposals. With his participation as a committee member in the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Azizi was able to experience several coordination projects. During his service with UNIDO Azizi established many partnerships with other UN agencies including UNDP, FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. With these partnerships Azizi helped design joint programme projects concerning food security, child nutrition and alternative livelihoods. For five years Azizi was the Programme Officer and acting Assistant Country Director for the Promotion of Sustainable Livelihood Unit with UNDP. With this position Azizi supported the Civil Service Commission, the first Presidential Election, meteorology, the Mine Action/Transition and Capacity Building Programme, the National Human Development Report, the Center for Policy and Human Development and the

Millennium Development Goals for Afghanistan. As part of UNDP Azizi also established a new Policy Unit at Kabul University call the Center for Policy and Human Development. Additional positions Azizi has held includes the Operations Manager/Deputy Director of the Organization for Mine clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation (OMAR) as well as the Administrative and Logistics Manager/Deputy Regional Director and officer in-charge for the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. Azizi has also been a member of several professional societies and civic organizations including: the National Human Development Report Advisory Panel for 2009-2010; a Founding Member of the Center for Policy and Human Development at Kabul University; Member of the Board of Directors for “Serrana Magazine”; Chairperson of UNDP/UNFPA Staff Association; a member of the Steering Committee of Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR); a member of the Steering Committee of Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines (ACBL); and a member of the Management Board of the Mahmood Tarzi Cultural Foundation.