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Bakhtiyor Kadyrov
UNFPA RepresentativeBakhtiyor Kadyrov, UNFPA Representative in Lao PDR, is a development and humanitarian aid professional, with 21 years of field experience, at different capacities, including leadership and programme management responsibilities with UNFPA in Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Tajikistan.
Bakhtiyor Kadyrov’s assignments with UNFPA Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Nepal and Tajikistan led to rewarding achievements in leadership roles, including change management, introducing evidence-based programme models and systems of accountability, resource mobilization, advocacy and partnership coordination.
Bakhtiyor has both extensive business development and high level program design and leadership experience. He acted as Representative a.i./ Officer-in-Charge of UNFPA Syria for two years (2009-2010 & 2011-2012), and the Head of Puntland Field Office in Somalia for more than five years.
In his most recent assignments, he acted as Representative a.i. of UNFPA Pakistan over the period of June 2021-October 2022, spearheading the CO high-level policy advocacy, partnership coordination, the new CPD design and the CO flood response over the period of June 2021-October 2022. Prior to that he served as the Pakistan CO Deputy Representative for 3 years (2018-2021). This is in addition to the most recent short-term programme management and technical assignment with UNFPA Nepal in February-June 2023.
His hands-on experience, as evident by concrete results over the past years, reflect skill mix in development assistance, resilience building operations and expanding partnership base, advocacy, partnership coordination and policy development. In this respect, it is worth noting that he has significant experience in establishing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders from a range of different cultures, from senior government through to community level. This includes hands-on experience in building long-term effective relationships and partnerships with governments, donors and the private sector, particularly in areas of capacity development and policy implementation.
Prior to joining the UN System in 2002 Bakhtiyor Kadyrov served as a technical advisor for a non-governmental organization mandated to promote adolescent and youth reproductive health. This is in addition to practicing medicine prior to his technical assignment with the non-governmental organization.
Dr. Bakhtiyor Kadyrov is a Tajikistan national and holds a Medical Diploma with a specialization in General Medicine, as well as PhD Degree in Medical Specialties from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and Dissertation Council of the Tajik Medical University.
Kambiz Kabiri
Policy and Census Coordinator at UNFPA Lao PDRThroughout the past thirteen years, Kambiz has been leading the Population and Development Programmes in multiple UNFPA Country Offices. He possesses comprehensive experience in diverse fields of population and development initiatives, encompassing data generation, data for development, census and statistical surveys, CRVS, data analysis, and technical expertise in demographic transition and policy levers.
Kambiz's background includes managing and coordinating multiple rounds of population and housing censuses in various countries. He is well-versed in various data collection methodologies and has engaged in the transition from traditional to registered-based censuses. He actively participates as a member of the UNFPA Global Reference Group on Demographic Change, Resilience and Policy.
Kambiz has successfully completed his doctoral coursework in sociology at Payame Noor University in Tehran, Iran, and holds a master's degree in applied sociology from Beheshti University (National University) in Tehran, Iran.
Thirakha Chanthalanouvong
Director General of Social Statistics DepartmentThirakha Chanthalanouvong graduated from the National Economic Institute of Odessa in Ukraine with a master in Statistics in 1990. In 1996 she has completed her master degree in Demography at the Australian National University, Australia. She joined Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB), Ministry of Planning and Investment in 1990 where she currently holds the position of Director General of
Social Statistics Department.
She is leading her department working on Population and Housing Censuses, Labour Force Surveys, Household Expenditure and Consumption Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, and other sample surveys related to social and gender aspects such as National Nutrition Surveys, Violence Against Women, and Violence Against Children Survey. Lao Statistics Bureau is modernizing their field data collection by using CAPI since 2014.
Thirakha Chanthalanouvong has been responsible for the Lao Statistics Bureau for carrying
out the project implemented in partnership mainly with UNFPA, UNICEF, ADB, ESCAP producing social, poverty, population and vital statistics in regarding gender equality in public decision-making and women’s empowerment in Lao People Democratic Republic.
Phonesaly SOUKSAVATH
Head of Lao Statistics BureauPhonesaly SOUKSAVATH graduated master degree in Economics, at Karl Marx University, Leipzig, Germany and started to join Lao Statistics Bureau since 1990. in her professional and experiences, she is extensive and supervision in areas of economics and social statistics, in particularly has initiative development Lao Consumer Price Index, National Accounts and Poverty Statistics.
Now, Ms. Phonesaly is appointed as Head of Lao Statistics Bureau, Ranking Vice Minister level since July 2020 and the first ever of women head of Lao Statistics Bureau, under her leadership, she committed to continue to lead the development of Lao national statistical systems in new data ecosystem.
She was author of many reports from censuses and surveys, and Co-author of Fourth Human Development and Poverty Reports.
Currently, she has been assigned as the member of National Steering Committee of SDGs, National Nutrition Committee and National member of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics.