Mr. Roberto Bissio
Executive Director, Instituto del Tercer Mundo (Third World Institute)
Mr. Roberto Bissio is executive director of the Third World Institute, a non-profit research and advocacy organization based in Uruguay and member of the editorial team of the Spotlight report on sustainable development. Mr. Bissio is a member of the international committee of Third World Network and serves on the board of the Program on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, based in Delhi, India. In 2004, together with Nafis Sadik, Sir Richard Jolly, Dr. Mbikusita-Lewanika and Margaret Snyder, Mr. Bissio was member of an advisory panel to UNIFEM that recommended the upgrading of that fund for women into a full UN agency, kicking off a process that ultimately led to the creation of UN-Women. He was been a member of the civil society advisory group to the UNDP administrator between 2000 and 2014. He served on the board of WEDO (Women’s Environment and Development Organization, based in NY) and of the Montreal International Forum. Mr. Bissio has written on development issues since 1973 as a journalist and columnist and he is the author of the reference books “Third World Guide” and “World Guide”.