Expert Connect

Green Growth Expert Connect provides policymakers direct access to world-leading technical and policy experts for quick and tailored guidance on a range of green growth topics.

The service is available, at no cost, to government agency representatives from developing countries and supporting technical institutes. To request support, simply submit a request and the GGKP will match you with a leading green growth policy expert. 

Specialised experts are available on a range of green growth topics, including fiscal reform, access to finance, indicators and metrics, natural capital approaches, sustainable trade, and government procurement. Experts will provide tailored support, including to review draft strategies, analyse policy options, share experiences from other countries, and facilitate networking.

Müge Dolun
Gender Coordinator ad interim, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Office
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Biography
Ms. Müge Dolun is the UNIDO Gender Coordinator ad interim, and represents UNIDO as the organizational Gender Focal Point. The Office of the Gender Coordinator also acts as the institutional coordination point for the implementation of UNIDO’s Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and is...
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q Dina Azhgaliyeva
Research fellow
Biography
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Sinem Demir
Industrial Resource Efficiency Specialist, Climate Competitive Industries (CCI)
Biography
Sinem Demir joined the Climate Competitive Industries (CCI) team of World Bank Group on November 2015 as an Industrial Resource Efficiency Specialist. Based in the Istanbul Operations Center, Sinem serves as global lead for Eco-Industrial Park projects. Prior to joining the Bank, she has worked for several private companies as...
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Vivien Fisch-Romito
PhD Candidate, International Research Center on Environment and Development (CIRED)
Biography
Vivien Fisch-Romito is a PHD candidate in environmental economics at The International Research Center on environment and Development (CIRED). After graduating from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) of Lyon in civil engineering and town planning, he obtained a MSc in Environmental, Energy and Transport Economics from Paris Saclay university...
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A. Alicia Dipierri
Researcher and FNRS-ASP fellow
Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Biography
Alicia Dipierri is a researcher, at the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). At the moment she is working on the Food4Sustainability project (F4S) with a focus on pro-environmental motivations - as a multidimensional construct- of the food supply chain actors towards...
Aaban Ali Butt
Consultant
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Biography
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Aage Jorgensen
Country Program Manager
Nordic Development Fund (NDF)
Biography
Aage Jorgensen is the Country Program Manager at the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) where he has helped build up a portfolio of climate change projects. Prior to joining NDF in 2009, Mr Jorgensen worked for many years as a socio-environmental consultant to World Bank, GEF, EU, IDB, UN, bilateral agencies...
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Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Biography
Aaron Cosbey is Senior Associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, where he has worked on trade and investment law and policy since 1991. He has also served as special advisor to UNCTAD on green economy, and has consulted to a wide range of governments, inter-governmental organizations, development banks...
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Aaron Drayer
Peru Country Representative
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Aaron is the Peru Country Representative at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). He is a seasoned trilingual professional (English, Spanish, French) with more than 15 years of experience in design and management of economic and environmental projects with an emphasis on forestry policy, agricultural, infrastructure and land titling issues...
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Aaron Russell
Country Representative to Uzbekistan
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Aaron Russell is GGGI’s Country Representative to Uzbekistan. Aaron holds a Ph.D. in the Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management (Michigan State University), and B.Sc. degrees in Forestry and Wildlife Science and Biology (Virginia Tech). His areas of expertise are in natural resource governance tenure regimes, rural livelihoods, climate...