Biography

Inyand has her Doctorate Degree from the University of Edinburgh. Currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Special Unit for South/South Cooperation, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Inyang Ebong-Harstrup received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College in 1982 and Ph.D in Modern British and European History 1815-1951, from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She began her career in 1988 with UNDP as a Canadian Junior Professional Officer (JPO) serving for 3 years in UNDP Tanzania. Following a successful recruitment into UNDP through the Management Training Programme (MTP), Ebong-Harstrup was assigned to the UNDP Country office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as a Programme Officer for three years. Following this, Ebong-Harstrup was assigned as a Policy Advisor in UNDP HQ, New York, for a period of five years and worked in the Bureau for Policy Development (BDP) and the Operations Support Group Office (OSG). In October 1999, Ebong-Harstrup returned to UNDP Tanzania as Deputy Resident Representative (programme) and also acted for one year (June 2001-June 2002) as the UNDP Resident Representative a.i. In August 2002 she took up her first appointment as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative (RC/RR) in Trinidad and Tobago, and she also served as RC/RR for Suriname, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Ebong-Harstrup returned to UNDP HQ in January 2007 to take up her assignment as Associate Director, UN Development Operations Coordination Office (UNDOCO/UNDP) where she led the Resident Coordinator Capacity Support Cluster. In June 2010 she took up her current assignment, as Deputy Director SU/SSC. Inyang wrote about her early experiences in her career. She mentioned her career is a testament to staying the course. For Inyang, her most rewarding experiences have come from her time in the country offices.