He joined UNFPA in 2013 as Regional Strategic Partnership and Resource Mobilization Adviser for the West and Central Africa region. In this capacity he led the development and implementation of the regional resource mobilization plans and supported the region in achieving its objectives. Since 2021, he has held management positions as Representative in Sierra Leone and in Guinea Bissau.
Before, he has been working with the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in different capacities and spearheaded interagency collaborations. As initiator and manager of the Antwerp International Training Center on Corporate Social Responsibility, he has promoted the principles of the Global Compact with private sector networks and professional organizations in different industry sectors; as Chief of partnerships for the Institute he has led a change management process to streamline and develop partners’ engagement; and as coordinator of capacity development programmes he has managed cross-cutting programmes dealing with international environmental conventions, environmental information system, decentralized south-south cooperation, UN operational satellite services and geographic information systems, and human development in complex areas.
With a background in physics of the environment, Jocelyn Fenard started his career as junior professional with the European Space agency.
He is married and has four children.
