Director of Programmes, United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, since its creation in 2004. Mr. Boussraoui brings about many years of expertise in urban planning, decentralised cooperation, and local governance in international organisations. Director of Programmes in charge of Water, Resilience and migration issues; he is also responsible for institutional relations with Sub Saharan Africa and Arab World Members. He graduated in 1985 from University of Paris XII, in urban planning and urbanism and he obtained his post graduate diploma in Urban Environment from Architecture School of Paris.

Mehmet Abdi Bulut was born in 20 Ekim 1967. After completed primary school and high school in Kilis, he studied law at the İstanbul University Faculty of Law. Following his law internship, Mr. Bulut completed his military service in 1991 as sub-lieutenant at Konya School of Personnel of Ministry of National Defense Department of Construction Real Estate. In 1993, he started working as attorney at law. Between 2004 and 2014, Mr. Bulut performed the duty of Mayor for two terms. After five years, he was elected as Mayor for the third time in 2019. Mr. Bulut is married and has three children. He speaks English fluently.

Abdurrahman Dursun was born in 1972 in Adıyaman. He completed his primary, elementary and high school education in his hometown. Mr. Dursun who graduated from Adıyaman İmam Hatip High School completed Law School at İstnabul University in 1996. He married Tuba Büyükaslan. Mr. Dursun is the father of two boys and speaks English fluently. Mr. Dursun started his Professional career in 1997. He worked as legal advisor for various firms and as lawyer independently. Mr. Dursun also performed the duties of the President of Lawyers’ Club of Unity Foundation, President of Adıyaman Foundations Federation and Turkey Swimming Federation Board of Management Member. He also worked in Turkey Football Federation Council of Conflict Resolution. Mr. Dursun started his active political career as Member of City Discipline Council of Ak Parti İstanbul Branch in 2006. He was selected as Member of Board of Management for the AK Parti İstanbul Board of Management in 2009, 2012 and 2015. During this period, he managed duty of the President for Organization, Election Affairs, Political and Legal Affairs and Local Governance Units. Mr. Dursun managed the İstanbul 3rd Region, Election Coordination Center in June 7 and November 1, 2015 General Election. Between 2009 and 2018, he worked as Member of İstanbul Governorate Human Rights Council as the AK Parti City Branch Representative. Mr. Dursun who was elected as the District Head for AK Parti Branch in Sultangazi on March 30, 2018 became the Mayor of Sultangazi at the local elections of March 31, 2019.

Susana Garrido Gandullo is the current mayor of Villamanrique de la Condesa (Province of Seville, Spain) since June 2019. She was previously deputy mayor of the same consistory for 12 years. Specialized in Society, Administration and Politics at the School of High Public Management of Andalusia, and with training in Leadership, Local Politics and Strategic Territorial Planning. Throughout her professional career, she has specialized in economics and the third sector and in international humanitarian law, as well as in International and Municipal Cooperation and Action, having participated in different missions in Palestine, Colombia, and also in European countries. She has a degree in law since 2006 and also has experience in private law and in the field of neurodevelopment.

Dinçer Orkan was born in Hisariçi Neighborhood of Karesi in Balıkesir. Mr. Orkan studied Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Uludağ University and Management at the Anatolian University. Mr. Orkan who started his career at the private sector continued his business life as a freelance contractor. He performed various duties in public services including the first place Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Council Member, Karesi Commission of Reconstruction Member, Metropolitan Plan Budget Commission Member, Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club Deputy President Responsible for Disabled Basketball Players, President of the Commission for Social Services, Disabled and Public Relations, Metropolitan Committee Member, Acting Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality and Marmara Union of Municipalities Council Member. In addition, he took several roles within the Justice and Development Party including the Provincial Head of the Party in Balıkesir Central District and in general Balıkesir. Mr. Orkan was also the candidate for nomination for the Parliament Membership from Balıkesir. He is married and father of two children.

Cécile Riallant is a senior migration, displacement and development expert with 22 years of experience. She is currently leading the work of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on migration and development as Head of the Migration and Sustainable Development Unit based at headquarters, Geneva. Previously, she was seconded to UNDP in Brussels to manage the UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI), the largest global UN programme on migration and development involving seven agencies. She joined the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 2000, after three years of working as a researcher. She has managed for IOM numerous programmes and projects in the field of migration and displacement with geographical scope in the Great Lakes (Africa), Afghanistan, the Balkans and Europe. She was also Deputy Chief of Mission of the IOM Mission in Indonesia, working to support populations internally displaced by the 2004 tsunami and the conflict in North Sumatra. Ms. Riallant led the efforts to develop IOM’s flagship publication, Migration and the 2030 Agenda, and was a contributor to the 2015 World Migration Report on Migrants and Cities and the OECD report Perspectives on Global development 2017. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Migration Policy Practice and of the International Steering Committee of the civil society component of the Global Forum on Migration and Development. She holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Science Po), a Master of Science in European Studies from the University of Strasbourg and a Master of Science in Social Policies from the London School of Economics.

Mohamad Saadie is the Mayor of Deirnbouh, the President of Union of Dannieh Municipalities and the President of UCLG-MEWA. In addition, Mr. Saadie has been an active member of various international organizations and a lecturer at various universities, institutes and international conferences. His main areas of work focus on the development of culture, women empowerment, participatory approach of youth and civil society. He has also expertise in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and New Urban Agenda 2030 (NUA). Mr. Saadie has been granted various awards including the National Order of Merit Knight. He holds a master’s degree in local development, law, financial management and insurance.