Ms Erna Witoelar

Ms Erna Witoelar is the UN Special Ambassador for Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for the Aisa Pacific Region

Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador for MDGs in the Asia Pacific, is former Indonesian Minister of Human Settlements and Regional Development, and founder of the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia. She is currently an Earth Charter Commissioner, chairperson of the Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation (KEHATI), and board member of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium.

Before joining the government, she pursued a long career in civil society, where she was President of the Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI), founder and first executive director of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI), and President of Consumers International.