UNDP Lebanon Resident Representative
With over 25 years of experience, Blerta Aliko has worked on development and humanitarian issues, including gender equality and women’s empowerment. Prior to her appointment in Lebanon in 2024, Blerta served as UNDP Resident Representative in Algeria (2019-2024). She started her UN career in 1996 with UNDP Albania and later joined UNICEF and subsequently UN Women, focusing on child and women’s rights. Over the years, Blerta has supported humanitarian programming and post-crisis recovery planning and coordination in Liberia, Kenya, Chad, Myanmar, Haiti, and Yemen. In April 2016, she was posted in Egypt as the UN Women Deputy Regional Director for Arab States and the UN Women Representative for Egypt. Blerta holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from IFM University in Geneva, Switzerland, and graduated from the Faculty of Economy at the University of Tirana in Albania. Blerta is married and has two children. She is a dual national of Albania and France.