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.

Jaco Tavenier
Green Growth Coordinator, Environment Directorate
Biography
Jaco Tavenier graduated as a lawyer in 1984 in the Netherlands (masters, Utrecht) and has a bachelor in Political Science (Amsterdam). He has served the academic community in several functions before he started his career within the Ministry of Water management and Transport in the Netherlands in 1988. He brings...
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Mustafa Moinuddin
Senior Policy Researcher and Research Manager, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Biography
Dr. Mustafa Moinuddin is a senior policy researcher and research manager in the Strategic and Quantitative Analysis Centre of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan. With more than ten years of work experience in the field of international development, he has been involved in several research activities...
Orestes Anastasia
Deputy Head, Office of Thought Leadership, and Head of Knowledge Sharing
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Orestes Anastasia is GGGI’s Deputy Head of the Office of Thought Leadership and the Head of Knowledge Sharing. Hr oversees integrated knowledge development, management, and sharing in cooperation with GGGI’s strategic international partners as well as across GGGI. Mr. Anastasia has worked for more than 20 years developing and overseeing...
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Sander van der Leeuw
Foundation Professor
Arizona State University
Biography
An archeologist and historian Prof. Sander van der Leeuw has been specializing in the long-term interactions between humans and their environments. Pioneer in the application of the Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) approach to socio-environmental challenges, technology and innovation. Coordinator of the ARCHAEOMEDES interdisciplinary research program (1991-2000) using the CAS perspective...
Shrashtant Patara
Senior Vice President
Development Alternatives (DA)
Biography
Shrashtant Patara is the Senior Vice President of Development Alternatives Group and Chief Executive Officer for TARA.
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