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.

Monene Mathiba
Specialist Financial Analyst, Office of the CFO
Biography
Monene Mathiba is the Specialist Financial Analyst, Office of the CFO at the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Monene is a qualified Charted Accountant from, with over 16 years’ professional experience in the finance/accounting environment. She has worked within an audit as well as consulting environment, working on financial accounting...
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Monica Mwove
Senior Programme Management Assistant
Biography
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Monica Patricia Parra Acevedo
Economic Officer
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Monica Parra is an Economic Officer at the Global Green Growth Institute ( GGGI). She is currently working with the Government of Colombia providing technical advisory in the formulation and integration of green growth criteria and objectives into development planning activities and instruments, particularly with regards to the formulation of...
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Monika MacDevette
Chief, Chemicals & Health Branch Economy Division
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Monika MacDevette is Chief of the Chemicals and Health Branch at the Economy Division of the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP). Formerly, Monika was Deputy Director, and headed the Operations and Programme Delivery Branch in the Ecosystems Division. Monika is an environmental physiologist, having received her BSc, MSc and...
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Monique Ntumngia
Executive Director
Green Girls Organisation
Biography
Monique Ntumngia is a sustainable entrepreneur and human rights advocate for climate-gender justice.
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Motoko Aizawa
President
Biography
Motoko Aizawa is President of the Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure, a research organization that aims to bridge the sustainability gap of mega-infrastructure development, investment and finance through data collection and policy research. Ms. Aizawa spent more than two decades at the World Bank Group in various capacities, including as Sustainability...
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Moussa P. Blimpo
Economist, World Bank
Biography
Moussa P. Blimpo is an Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region (AFRCE) at the World Bank. Prior to this position, he was an Assistant Professor of economics and international studies at the University of Oklahoma and a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University's Institute for...
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Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Coordinator
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Biography
Dr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye is Coordinator, Green Jobs Programme, at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, working to promote positive employment outcomes of policies on climate change, green economy and sustainable development. Previously, Kamal served as Head, Green Economy Advisory Services at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and as...
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Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Coordinator, Green Jobs Programme
Biography
Moustapha Kamal Gueye is Coordinator of the Green Jobs Programme at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva. Kamal comes from UNEP where he served as Acting Head, Green Economy Advisory Services from 2009 to 2012. Before UNEP, he was for three years Senior Programme Manager-Environment Cluster at the International Centre...
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Mr. Willing Zvirevo
Director for Resource Mobilisation and Climate Finance Infrastructure
Biography
Willing is a holder of a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons.) Degree from the University of Zimbabwe and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with diverse professional experience covering audit, accounting, investment banking, lending and structured finance. He has worked in middle and senior managerial positions for KPMG Corporate Finance, NMB Bank...
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