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Scientific and Academic Board

This eminent group of experts from all corners of the world ensures the solid academic basis of SSCC programmes. SSCC is very proud of their significant contribution to its work

Bernd Alder

Swiss painter and movie director based in Barcelona at Alder Studios; Member of SSCC Creative Team for Docufiction Project Series

Mr. Abdulhameed Al Saleh

Abdulhameed Al Saleh, Board Advisor, Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts

Ms. Lina Attel

Director General National Centre for Culture and Arts of the King Hussein Foundation, Jordan, Secretary General of the Jordanian Center of ITI

Dr. Leumel Berry

Director General, National Association of African American Studies, of Hispanic and Latino Studies and Asian Studies, USA

Professor Camilo M. Botero

Professor in Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Uruguay on issues of integrated coastal management, coastal law and research methods

Dr. Paulo Botta

Director, Eurasia Department, Institute of International Relations, La Plata National University President - Argentinean - Kazakh Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Salvano Briceño

Chair of the Science Committee of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk programme of the International Council for Science (ICSU), former Director of the UNISDR

Dr. Corazon Claudio

Convenor-Chair, Climate Action & Sustainability Alliance (CASA). Philippines

Dr. Ligia Collado

Associate Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the Institute of Environment, Florida International University

Dr. Maria C Donoso

Institute of Environment Director for International Programs UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Water Security,Faculty Fellow, Advance Women, Equity and Diversity

Dr. Sun Ock Lee

Eminent Zen dancer and educationist from South Korea. Secretary General of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network (APPAN)

Dr. Ariel Gonzalez Levaggi

Executive Secretary of the Center for International Studies (CEI-UCA), Buenos Aires; Senior Researcher at the Center for Research and Strategic Studies of the Argentine Navy; Consultant Member of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)

Mr. Muhammad Faisal Janjua

Mr. Muhammad Faisal Janjua is the Chancellor of the Institute for Art & Culture, Lahore, Pakistan, CEO of Lahore Times Square Limited & Country Head of PAL Group of Companies for Pakistan, a leading group of United Arab Emirates

Mr. Nasir Khattak

CChief Executive Officer Micro Tron; Member of the Board

Professor Andy Knight

Professor of International Relations, University of Alberta and Past Director of the Institute of International Relations, The University of West Indies

Ms. Johanna Kouzmine-Karavaïeff

Consultant, researcher and cultural strategist with twenty years of experience from Culture and Creative Sectors

Professor Manfredi Merluzzi

Director of the Department of Humanities and Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Roma Tre

César Augusto Mantilla Cisneros

Mr. Cesar Mantilla ie the former secretary for social inclusion in the Quito City Council and is currently the President and Spokesperson for the Coalition of Social Organizations of Ecuador.

Mr. Ali Mohamed

Climate Change Envoy at the Executive Office of the President, Kenya

Mrs. Beverly Moss

Secretary-Conflict Management and Peace Building, in the Office of the Deputy President of Kenya

Ladi Nylander

Chairman, SSCC Africa; Deputy Chairman Pan African Heritage World Museum (PAWHM), Ghana

Capt. Mario Alberto Palacios Moreno

Profesor, Universidad del Pacifico, Guyaquil, Ecuador

Mr. Jose Pascal Da Rocha

Rostered mediator with the UN and the OSCE as well as a peace and development adviser for the UN.

Mrs. Indira Pires

Executive Director, Instituto Pedro Pires for Leadership, Praia, Cape Verde

Mrs. Ana Marta de Pizarro

Anthropologist, former director of Ibero-American Festival of Theatre, Bogota, Colombia

Dr. Herbert Glenn Reyes

President of the Northwestern Mindanao State College of Science and Technology (NMSCST), Philippines

Dr. Sonia Roca de Castro

Founder and Chancellor of Universidad del Pacifico, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Lic. Olinda Salguero

Former Chief of Cabinet of the Secretary General of Central American Integration System (SICA)

Mrs. Saman Rai

Executive Director Punjab Council of the Arts ,Information & Culture Department ,Government of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Mrs. Alessandra Vanzella Khoury

Former Coordinator for Biodiversity and Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of UN Caribbean Environment Programme

Professor Angela Wagener

Professor Emeritus , Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Mrs. Mangala Wicramanayake

Chair, SSCC South Asia Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka ; Former Director General, Ministry of Defense and Urban Development; Former Additional Director General, Coast Conservation Department, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka

Hon Kojo Yankah

Chairman, Pan African Heritage World Museum (PAHWM) , Ghana; Former Member of Parliament; former Minister of State in the Government of Ghana between 1993 and 2000

Dr. Akbota Zholdasbekova

Former,Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Innovations Eurasian National University;Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan