Bruno Laporte is currently leading the Knowledge Sharing Program at the World Bank. His main responsibilities are to ensure that knowledge sharing is an integral part of the Bank corporate agenda, to provide advice and support to all organizational units across the Bank, and to ensure that the internal organization is aligned to provide an environment conducive to knowledge sharing.

He joined the World Bank in March, 1985 and has worked extensively on education, training and employment issues in different countries --  Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and Tunisia between 1985 and 1990 - - Yugoslavia, Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary between 1990 and 1995 - - Chile, Philippines, and the Caribbean between 1995 and 2000. In 1995, he transferred to the Human Development Network where he contributed to the launch of the Network.  As Sector Manager for the Education Department, he managed the activities of the group and was a member of the Education Sector Board.  During that time, he pioneered the development of a very innovative global best practice system in education, organized around Thematic Groups and the Education Advisory Service.