Kenneth Barrientos

Programme Officer, Head of the UNEVOC Network Secretariat

Portrait of Kenneth Barrientos.

Ken joined UNESCO-UNEVOC in 2013 as a Programme Officer. She supports the Head of Office in the planning, design and monitoring of programmes and new project development, as well as in medium-term strategic planning. She also leads and coordinates UNEVOC’s Greening TVET programme, aimed at strengthening TVET institutional capacities and teacher professional development. Since February 2026, Ken has served as Head of the UNEVOC Network Secretariat.

For over 20 years, Ken has worked to strengthen education and TVET and their linkage with sustainable development, including in UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Education for Innovation and Development (APEID) in Bangkok and Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC) in Manila.

Ken holds a master’s degree in Public Administration and completed a Monitoring and Evaluation certificate with ITC-ILO.