Hiroshi Takabayashi

Functional Title: Country Programme Manager a.i.
Institution: UN-HABITAT - United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Email Address: hiroshi.takabayashi@un.org
Phone Number: +963940077781

Bio
Since May 2021, Mr. Takabayashi served as a Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements in UN-Habitat Syria. Before joining UN-Habitat Syria, Mr. Takabayashi was Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements in UN-Habitat Myanmar (2019-2021) and UN-Habitat Afghanistan (2015-2019) working on urban development and resilience programmes with focus on sustainable urban development, community driven development, climate change and disaster risk management.
Before joining UN-Habitat, from 2001 to 2015, Mr. Takabayashi worked for Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), served as Advisor for Capital Market, Deputy Director for Planning in Asia and the Pacific and ASEAN partnership, Deputy Director for Indonesia and several other positions managing technical cooperation and loan programmes and policy dialogue.
Mr. Takabayashi holds a Master’s Degree in Environment, Development and Policy from University of Sussex in UK, and a Master’s Degree in International Development Study from National Graduate Policy Institute in Japan.

Urbanization

Years of experience 15+ Years
Urbanization field:

Environment

Years of experience 15+ Years
Environment field: Climate Change

Governance and Institutional

Years of experience 15+ Years

SDGs Expertise:
GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
GOAL 13: Climate Action


Countries of Expertise:
Syrian Arab Republic


  • Capacity building
  • Programming
  • Project management
  • Resource mobilization
  • Strategic planning
  • Team management
Degree Title University Graduation Date
MA in Environment, Development and Policy University of Sussex 2000-09-30