Hilaire Hounkpodoté is Coordinator of Programme d’Analyse des Systèmes Educatifs (PASEC) of the Conférence des ministres de l’Education des Etats et gouvernements de la Francophonie (CONFEMEN). Previously, he was a consultant on learning assessment in Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was also Head of Studies at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) in Benin. Mr. Hounkpodoté is an Economic Statistician Engineer, and graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economique Appliquée (ENSEA) in Abidjan.