Sophie de Caen, a citizen of Canada, is a senior UN official working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Since 2004, she is Resident Representative of UNDP, and Resident Coordinator of the United Nations, in Cameroon. According to some local media, she stood out for reinforcing cooperation between Cameroon and the UN[1]
In 2006, she hosted in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2006 for the Central African Republic (CAR), chaired by CAR UN Humanitarian Coordinator Joseph Foumbi.[2]
In 2008, she was at the forefront in corodinating the response of the international community to the inflow of Chadian refugees in the aftermath of the Battle of N'Djamena,[3] in efforts which included the 2008 Kousséri vaccination campaign led by UNICEF.
After three years in Cameroon, Ms. de Caen left to become the Director of the MDG Achievement Fund (www.undp.org/mdgf) in New York. This Fund is financed by Spain and promotes the attainment of the MDGs through eight thematic windows in 59 countries. The Fund is in line with UN Reform and works only through joint programmes bringing together two or more UN Agencies with national governments and other partners.