Andrés Guillermo Delich has a BA in Sociology (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and a specialized degree in Educational Management (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina).
He served as a national deputy and also as Minister of Education of Argentina.
His research has focused on the structural aspects of Latin American education systems. He has contributed to numerous publications, such as the book Política educativa: ¿Es posible? published in collaboration with Gustavo Iaies.
He has been an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires for over 15 years. He has also worked for the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) for 8 years. He served as Director of the Buenos Aires office and is currently the Deputy Secretary General of the Madrid office, where he is currently based.
 

Carlos Horacio Torrendell has a BA and a PhD in Educational Sciences from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. He also holds a specialist degree in Education with a specialization in Educational Management from the Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina).
He has extensive teaching experience as a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Universidad Austral, and Universidad de San Andrés. He has also taught at the secondary school level. His research and professional scope are focused on the development of inclusive and effective education policies; comparative studies of educational systems; the history of education; the history of ideas; and research and teaching in Catholic education.
He is the current Secretary of Education at the Ministry of Human Capital of Argentina.

Esther Kuisch Laroche has a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from Leiden University (The Netherlands) and a master’s in Education (Lifelong Learning and Adult Education) from Pennsylvania State University (USA).
She worked as Director of Partnerships at UNDSS in New York. In addition, she served as Director of the UNESCO Office in San José and as UNESCO Representative in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Between July 2014 and September 2018, she was the Director of the UNESCO Office in Tehran and UNESCO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkmenistan.
With over 25 years of experience, she has worked around the world with various UN agencies, funds, and programmes, as well as with several international NGOs, in the fields of sustainable development, human rights, and humanitarian aid.
She is currently the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile.

Is a Peruvian researcher who served as the Minister of Education in 2020. In 2022, he served as Director of the Observatory of Higher Education, and from 2018, he was a senior professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima). Between 2018 and 2020, he served as Superintendent of the regulatory body of Peru's university system where he led the reform for improving the quality of higher education. Earlier in his career, Martín joined the Peruvian think tank Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), where he later became the Executive Director from 2008 to 2018. He has also been a visiting researcher at different US and French high-level academic institutions. He was appointed Director of IIEP in 2023 and provides strategic leadership to the Institute.

Daniela Trucco studied Sociology at the Catholic University of Chile and has a master’s degree in Public Policy and Business Administration from the University of Maryland, United States.

At the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), she works in the areas of education, childhood, youth, and digital society. She has worked extensively in research and social policy advisory, from a perspective of social inclusion and gap reduction, in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the years, she has contributed to the preparation of institutional publications, such as the Social Panorama of Latin America, as well as ECLAC Series and Books. Her latest publications include Education during the pandemic: an opportunity to transform education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean; Jóvenes y familias. Políticas para apoyar trayectorias de inclusión; Childhood and Adolescence in the Digital Age; and Las violencias en el espacio escolar.

Between 2003 and 2009 she participated in the research and preparation of UNDP’s Human Development Reports in Chile.

She is currently Senior Social Affairs Officer at ECLAC’s Social Development Division, based in Santiago, Chile.
 

She holds a PhD in Education (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina), an MA in Education Policy (University of London, UK, Chevening Scholarship), a BA in Sociology (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), and a degree in primary school teaching (Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg”, Argentina). She is currently in charge of the strategy for production and dissemination of knowledge through research development and the Information System on Educational Trends in Latin America (SITEAL).

Currently, Alejandra Cardini is the Acting Head of Office and Coordinator of Knowledge Management and Mobilization at the IIEP-UNESCO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. She leads various areas and programmes of the office, developing strategic alliances and managing human and financial resources. Also, she is responsible for the knowledge production and dissemination strategy through the development of research and the Information System on Educational Trends in Latin America (SITEAL), the Regional Forum on Educational Policy, and the Network of Specialists in Educational Policy. 

Cecilia Veleda holds a PhD in Sociology (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France), a Master's degree in Educational Sciences (Université Paris V René Descartes, France) and a degree in Psychology (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina). 
She was the Director of the National Institute for Teacher Training of the Ministry of Education of Argentina (2015-2019) and Education Coordinator at CIPPEC (2001-2015). 
She has published La cocina de la política educativa (Siglo XXI, 2023); Apostar a la docencia (CIPPEC and UNICEF, 2014); Nuevos tiempos para la educación primaria (CIPPEC and UNICEF, 2013); Caminos para la educación (GRANICA, 2013); La segregación educativa (La Crujía, 2012), and La construcción de la justicia educativa (CIPPEC and UNICEF, 2011).
She currently works as a consultant for IIEP-UNESCO, as a professor of Education Policy in master's degrees at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina) and Universidad Austral (Argentina), and as the Coordinator of Education at Fundación Argentina Porvenir.

Javier González is an economist (PhD from the University of Cambridge) specialized in development, inequality, social mobility, education, and innovation.

Between 2014 and 2022, he was affiliated with the University of Cambridge, as a professor of political economy and development. He has taught at SciencePo (France), Brown University (USA), Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain), ECLAC, and Universidad de Chile. He is part of the advisory group of the OECD's Schools+ network and has worked as a senior advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), UNESCO, the World Bank, CAF, UK Research & Innovation, and Oxford Policy Management.

In Chile, he served as Innovation and Education Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Finance and as Executive Secretary of the Committee of Ministers for Advanced Human Capital Development and Scholarships, among other roles.

He is the Director and Co-Founder of SUMMA, the Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (created by the IDB in 2016), where he supports and collaborates with the authorities of the ministries of education of 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, advocating for research and education policies that promote greater social justice.

Alejandro Vera has a BA in Economics from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina), an MA in Public Policy from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), and an MA in Educational Policy from Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile).
He has worked as a Social Policy Specialist at UNICEF (Bolivia Office) and as an Assistant Specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (in the regional team for Latin America and the Caribbean). Before joining the United Nations, he worked in the areas of planning, social and educational programmes, and educational statistics at the Ministry of Education of Argentina and in the Education Programme of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC). 
He currently works as a Specialist at the UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago, leading the Education Monitoring and Planning Unit.

Mariana Clucellas holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), an MA in Education from Harvard University (USA), and a postgraduate degree in Non-Profit Organizations from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina). She has participated in research on teacher training and the integration of ICTs in education. In addition, she has authored multiple resources on educational policy planning and management.
 

She began her career in civil society organizations. From 2000 to 2003, she worked at the United Nations Development Programme as Academic Assistant for the National Human Development Report. In 2005, she joined the IIEP-UNESCO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean as a consultant, participating in the design and implementation of training programmes in educational policy planning aimed at ministry officials in the region. She has taught at the University of Lanús and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. She was also a consultant at the National Institute for Teacher Training in Argentina and coordinator of the Planning Area during 2016 and 2017. She then joined the technical team of the National Directorate of Educational Policy Planning (DNPPE) at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology of Argentina until 2019.
 

After serving as Deputy Training Coordinator at the IIEP-UNESCO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean from 2019 to 2020, she is currently the Training Coordinator, responsible for team management and the organization and supervision of regular and customized training programmes and courses.
 

Renato Opertti holds a master’s degree in Educational Research from CIEP (Uruguay) and IDRC (Canada) and a BA in Sociology from the University of the Republic of Uruguay.
He is a senior expert at UNESCO working on education, curriculum, learning, and inclusion. He also coordinates the UNESCO-Catholic University of Uruguay Chair in Hybrid Education. He is a member of the Latin American Coalition for Teaching Excellence. His latest books include La educación en tiempos de repienso planetario (2021), Currículo en modo transformación (2022), Conectando ideas y sensibilidades en educación (2023), and Sobre educar y aprender para futuros mejores (2024).
He is currently the president of the Advisory Council of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI).

Axel Rivas has a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), a master’s degree in Social Sciences and Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO, Argentina) and a BA in Communication Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires.
He has worked as an advisor to various organizations and governments in Latin America. He has published 18 books on education, including The New Digital Education Policy Landscape (Routledge, 2023), Examining Educational Policy in Latin America (Routledge, 2022), Las llaves de la educación (Santillana, 2020), and ¿Quién controla el futuro de la educación? (Siglo XXI, 2019). 
He is currently the Director of the School of Education at the Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina), where he is also Associate Professor and Researcher, and Academic Director of the San Andrés’ Centre for Applied Research in Education (CIAESA). He is also an education advisor to UNESCO Santiago.

Guillermina Laguzzi holds a BA in Educational Sciences (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and a specialist degree in Education and Work.
She also specialized in educational policy and innovation. She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses at different Argentinian universities and has coordinated various research and consultancy projects for different international organizations (the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, and the International Labour Organization).
She currently coordinates regional projects at the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) in Argentina.

Mercedes Miguel has a BA in Journalism from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and attended the Future of Learning Institute hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education (United States).
 

Between 2016 and 2019, she was Secretary for Educational Innovation and Quality at the National Ministry of Education of Argentina. She also served as Director General of Educational Planning and Innovation at the Ministry of Education of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires for six years. From 2019 to 2023, she led the RiverDAR programme enabling people to complete their secondary education. She was also a member of the UNESCO 2030 Steering Committee and co-founded Enseñá por Argentina, an NGO in the Teach for All global network. 
 

She is currently the Minister of Education of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

She holds a PhD in Education (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina), an MA in Education Policy (University of London, UK, Chevening Scholarship), a BA in Sociology (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), and a degree in primary school teaching (Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Sofía Esther Broquen de Spangenberg”, Argentina). She is currently in charge of the strategy for production and dissemination of knowledge through research development and the Information System on Educational Trends in Latin America (SITEAL).

Currently, Alejandra Cardini is the Acting Head of Office and Coordinator of Knowledge Management and Mobilization at the IIEP-UNESCO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. She leads various areas and programmes of the office, developing strategic alliances and managing human and financial resources. Also, she is responsible for the knowledge production and dissemination strategy through the development of research and the Information System on Educational Trends in Latin America (SITEAL), the Regional Forum on Educational Policy, and the Network of Specialists in Educational Policy.