About us
UNICEF is the global leader promoting and protecting children’s rights in 190 countries, together with partners such as the European Union
UNICEF Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Europe Pillar (UNICEF PPR Europe) office works closely with the European Union to make sure every child can grow, learn and thrive.
As the EU’s trusted partner for children’s rights, we bring UNICEF’s global evidence, innovation and field experience directly into EU policymaking.
We help shape EU priorities—from the Multiannual Financial Framework and the EU’s external action programming to key initiatives on child poverty, digital inclusion, climate resilience and mental health. By connecting EU institutions with UNICEF’s presence in over 190 countries, UNICEF PPR Europe ensures that EU policies translate into real change on the ground.
At the same time, we strengthen UNICEF’s financial partnership with the EU, mobilising resources that support large scale development cooperation and humanitarian aid programmes for children around the world. This unique combination of policy influence and programme collaboration enables the EU and UNICEF to achieve more together and deliver lasting results for every child.
UNICEF PPR Europe
Bertrand Bainvel has been serving as UNICEF’s Director for Europe of the UNICEF Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization (UNICEF PPR Europe) office in Brussels since 2023.
Driving UNICEF’s mission at the heart of Europe, Mr Bainvel is building strategic relationships with European leaders to encourage the EU and European Member States to being true global champions for children, at a time when they face conflicts, rapid climate change, poverty, ballooning debts, and erosion of investments in services so critical to them.
He leads an office mobilizing support from major EU and European Member States to UNICEF to deliver life‑saving health, water, nutrition, education, immunization and child‑protection services in emergencies and long‑term development contexts for children and young people around the world.
Mr Bainvel joined UNICEF in 1993 and has worked in leadership, programmatic and partnership roles in the Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, the Russian Federation, Jamaica, State of Palestine, Albania, Mongolia and the USA. Prior to joining UNICEF, he worked within financial and marketing private sector companies in France.
He holds an Master in Business Administration from H.E.C, Paris and an Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, USA.
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UNICEF Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Office
Boulevard du Régent 37,
B-1000 Brussels
Telephone: +32 2 213 00 71
Email: [email protected]