Coordinator:
Ms Caroline Baxter Tresise,
Sport Specialist, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO
(in alphabetical order)
Ms Melissa Alvarado, Regional Campaign Manager, Ending Violence Against Women, UN Women
Dr Jeremie Bride, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Mr Dan Buckingham, Paralympic Gold Medalist and Television Producer for the Paralympics, New Zealand
Mr Henry C Daut, Deputy National Director, the Philippines Sports Institute
Mr Oliver Dudfield, Head of Sport for Development and Peace, Commonwealth Secretariat
Mr Stephan Fox, Vice President, GAISF (SportAccord) and General Secretary, International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA)
Ms Sue Glassey, Physical education teacher, New Zealand, and Chair of the Female Commission, International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA)
Mr Lee Hawkins, Director, Asia Sport Academy (ASA Foundation), Indonesia
Dr SungMin Kang, Director of International Partnerships, World Martial Arts Masterships Committee, Korea
Mr Irakli Khodeli, Programme Specialist for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Jakarta
Mr Hyoungmin Kim, Managing Director, Urban Youth Academy, Korea
Ms Abigail Cuales Lanceta
Assistant Director & Head of Education, Youth and Sports Division (EYSD)
ASEAN Secretariat
Ms Jackie Lauff, Co-Founder and CEO, Sport Matters Australia
Dr Ho Keat Leng, Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS), National Institute of Education, Singapore
Ms Niamh de Loughry, Country Director, Right to Play, Thailand
Ms Pearl Managuelod, Secretary General, Philippines Muaythai Association
Ms Shruti Mehta, Youth Project Designer, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Youth for Asia
Dr Teo-Koh Sock Miang, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Mr Dennis Miller, Executive Director, Oceania National Olympic Committee, Fiji
Ms Thanh Van Nguyen, Associate Programme Specialist, UNESCO Apia
Mr Agung Pamungkas, Technical Officer,
Education, Youth and Sports (EYSD),
ASEAN Secretariat
Mr Rohan Prithiviraj Perera,
Chairman, Education Committee, National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka (NOCSL)
Ms Dana Podmolikova, Specialist, Youth and Sport, UN Habitat Headquarters
Mr Qaisar Roonjha, Executive Director, Welfare Association for New Generation (WANG), Pakistan (youth-led organisation)
Ms Julia Schipper, Program Manager, Right to Play, Thailand
Mr Vahid Shahbazi, Muaythai Athlete and Youth Ambassador for Sport for Development and Peace, Iran
Mr Maxwell de Silva, Secretary General, National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka (NOCSL)
Mr Tuala Mathew Vaea, Training and Development Manager, Samoa National Olympic Committee, Samoa
Mr Marc E. Velasco, National Director, the Philippines Sports Institute
Dr Sue Vize, Regional Advisor for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO Bangkok
Ms Nevena Vukasinovic, Vice President, ENGSO-Youth
Ms Etsuko Yamada, Head of International Sports for Development, Japan Sport Council
Dr Noh Yongkoo, Senior Researcher, Division of Policy Research, Korea Institute of Sport Science
Our experts
A select group of experts working in sport-related policy and programme design from diverse backgrounds (the United Nations, Governments, Sport Federations, Athletes, Non-governmental Organizations etc) act as Mentors and support the development of the Task Force.
We provide an opportunity for different organisations to trial their initiatives on the ground with the Task Force in exchange for their advice and resources.