Our team

Jacqueline brings to this position more than 25 years of political, management, and technical expertise, including her experience of 14 years with the Government of Uruguay. She has previously served as Regional Director of the Basel and Stockholm Coordinating Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean for Capacity Building and Transfer of Technology, leading negotiations on behalf of her region on multiple occasions.

Takehiro Nakamura has been with UN Environment since 1992. He is currently Head of the UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre, which is UNEP’s global centre on environmentally sound waste management.

Shunichi Honda joined UNEP IETC in May 2015. He has been implementing various projects, including the mercury waste projects, plastic waste projects, the Minamata Initial Assessment (MIA) project in Asia, and National and City Waste Management Strategies in collaboration with the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP, UNEP Sustainability Action, etc.

Junko Fujioka joined UNEP IETC in 2014, and has been supporting various projects and legal instruments. She is also the focal point for gender at UNEP IETC, working on mainstreaming gender in waste management.

Michiko Ota has been supporting for the projects from the administrative perspective on Budget & Finance and HR. Michiko holds an MBA in Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University.

Moeka Yamaguchi joined UNEP IETC in January 2021, and has been a focal point of outreach and communications especially for UNEP Sustainability Action. She holds MA in Social Anthropology of Development from SOAS University of London.