2006
Tuokanjo Sem Shikongo
Senior Programme Management Officer
Access and Benefit-Sharing Unit, Convention of Biological Diversity
Taukondjo Sem Shikongo is currently the Senior Programme Management Officer for the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) Unit, which is mandated to serve the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on ABS at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Unit has as its mission to provide support to Parties, in their policy development, coordination, implementation and review of issues related to access and benefit-sharing under the Convention and its Nagoya Protocol, in an integrated, mainstreamed and efficient manner and to arrange for and service the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol.
Prior to this Taukondjo served as Director for Tourism and Gaming in Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism where he provided vision and strategic leadership to the national tourism, gambling, and lotteries sector. He worked to increase the participation and capacity of previously disadvantaged Namibians in the tourism sector, while creating new tourism investment opportunities. Taukondjo was also responsible for the strategic management, control, and regulation of the casinos, gambling houses, and the national lottery sector in Namibia with a view to generate revenue for social welfare while protecting the individual and society from the harmful effects of gambling. He also served as the Chairperson of the then Regional Tourism Association of Southern Africa’s Board (RETOSA) and organization that was mandated to do tourism marketing for the region.
The 2006 World Fellows
The 2006 Yale World Fellows include the deputy CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the minister of finance of Costa Rica, the director general of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office, the managing partner of Vietnam’s leading law firm and a top correspondent at Egypt’s most widely read newspaper. “The World Fellows Program is a crucial component of Yale’s continuing globalization efforts,” said Yale President Richard C. Levin. “I welcome this extraordinary new class of World Fellows to Yale.” “The 2006 Yale World Fellows have a remarkable record of leadership and achievement,” said Yale World Fellows Program Director Daniel C. Etsy, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale....Read More
