Mr. Bernards A. Zako was graduated from the Ecole du Louvre, the Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations and the Institute of Political Studies, in Paris, and also studied in the Institute of Arab Studies, Damascus. He has over 20 years of working experience at UNESCO in planning, managing and implementing international cultural cooperation projects. From 2014-2017, Mr Zako was in charge of the Culture Unit at UNESCO Office in Jakarta (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Brunei, Timor Leste). He is currently in charge of the development of the Movable Heritage and Museums Section at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.