The Resident Coordinator Office

The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office (UN RCO) operates under the strategic guidance of the UN Resident Coordinator. The Office supports the UN Resident Coordinator and UN Country Team (UNCT) in the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the UN Cooperation Framework (former UNDAF). The Office facilitates mechanisms that ensure full participation of all members of the UNCT in consultations and decision-making processes. In line with priorities of the UN Cooperation Framework, but also mandates of UN agencies, the UN Coordination Office supports coordination of common programming in relation to Agenda 2030, joint programmes and development coordination work.

Within the UN Reform launched by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in early 2019, the UN Resident Coordinator Office is in charge of following responsibilities:

• Strategic planning;
• Development economics;
• Partnerships and development finance;
• Data and results management and reporting;
• Communications and advocacy.

Supported by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, a Human Rights Adviser operates as an integral part of the UN RCO in Montenegro. She provides support to the Resident Coordinator and the UNCT, but also national stakeholders including Government, civil society organisations and national human rights institutions. 

The UN Resident Coordinator in Montenegro 

Caroline Tissot of Switzerland has been appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator to Montenegro as of 3 August 2025.

Ms. Tissot brings over 30 years of experience in development cooperation, humanitarian assistance, and peacebuilding to the position. Prior to post, she served as the Regional Head of Cooperation for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq and Deputy Head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Amman. 
 
Her previous assignments include Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Moldova, Deputy Regional Director for the Great Lakes based in Rwanda, and Senior Advisor at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Bern. She also headed Switzerland’s peacebuilding programme in the Western Balkans. 
 
Earlier in her career, Ms. Tissot worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1991 to 2009, serving in various leadership roles, including Deputy Head of Operations for South-East Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific. She has been posted as Deputy Head of ICRC Delegations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, and as ICRC Protection Delegate in Mostar. In 2008-2009, she chaired the International Working Group on Missing Persons between Serbia and Kosovo. 
 
Ms. Tissot holds a master’s degree in economics and a postgraduate diploma in development management. She is married and has two children.