ANDREA CAIROLA
Andrea Cairola works at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on coordinating the implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. In previous assignments with UNESCO he has been responsible of the CI programme in sub-regional offices for North-East Asia (in Beijing - 2011-14), the Maghreb (in Rabat - 2015-18), as well as in the UNESCO office in Afghanistan (2003-2004). Always dealing with media development and the promotion of freedom of expression, he undertook shorter missions to the Middle-East, Central Asia, as well as in Central and East African countries; and worked for the specialized NGO International Media Support. In the past, he worked as investigative journalist and current-affairs documentary maker.
