Jean-Christophe Bas is a former senior official at the World Bank, the United Nations and the Council of Europe, and a lecturer at IRIS Sup’. He heads the IRIS Observatory of Multilateralism and the Future of International Cooperation.
Jean-Christophe Bas has a long and widely recognised track record within major international organisations, in the fields of policy dialogue, strategic development and partnerships.
From 1999 to 2008, he led the development policy dialogue at the World Bank. From 2008 to 2014, he was Deputy Director of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, in charge of strategic development and partnerships. In 2014 and 2015, he was Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation at the Council of Europe, in charge of education and youth policies. From 1994 to 1999, he was the first Director-General of the Aspen Institute, chaired by former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre. He is today Chairman of Agence Publics.