Secretary General, German Commission for UNESCO
Roland Bernecker has served as Secretary General of the German Commission for UNESCO since 2004.
Following his studies in literature sciences and philosophy at Frankfurt Main University and several research and teaching activities in Germany, Italy and France, he acted as director of the German-French cultural institute in Nantes. In 1998 he joined the German Commission for UNESCO as program specialist for culture. From 2002 to 2004 he worked at Germany's Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.