Tiziana Bonapace

Tiziana Bonapace

Tiziana Bonapace is the Director of Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP). With a career spanning over 30 years in the UN, she has held various roles, including Head of the Subregional Office for North and Central Asia. Bonapace, an international development economist, joined the UN in 1990 as a UNIDO associate expert before joining ESCAP’s trade and investment program in 1992. She specialized in WTO-related issues and coordinated the flagship Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific. Passionate about regional connectivity, she has worked extensively on infrastructure integration and market competitiveness since 2011. In 2016, she assumed leadership of ESCAP’s ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction program, organizing three Ministerial Conferences on the subjects. Bonapace’s diverse background includes living and working in Italy, Thailand, Kazakhstan, and South Africa, where she earned her master’s degree in economics and commerce and lectured at universities. 

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  • Organization
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)
  • Profession
    Director ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division
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