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.

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David Rubia
Programme Management Officer UNEP & Regional Coordinator GO4SDGs - Africa
David Rubia
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Africa
David Ryfisch
Consultant, Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Biography
David Ryfisch is a consultant on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and financing at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). His current work aims at identifying the knowledge gaps in climate change adaptation in Latin American and the Caribbean. Previously, he had the opportunity to research on the green economy, in particular...
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Davinah Milenge
Principal Program Coordinator, Climate Change and Green Growth Department
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Davinah Milenge
Biography
Davinah coordinates several special initiatives on climate change within the Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank. These include: the Africa Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Hub, a platform hosted at the African Development Bank to support African countries implement their Paris Agreement climate commitments; The Secretariat...
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Davor Percan
Head of Unit, Bilateral & Regional Environmental Cooperation, DG Environment
Biography
Davor Percan has more than 20 years of operational and managerial experience in international environmental relations and development assistance. Prior to joining the European Commission in 2006, he worked in the energy sector, researching energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and managing related international assistance in Zagreb, Croatia. Upon joining...
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Daye Eom
Programme Management Intern, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Biography
Daye Eom is a Programme Management Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. Before joining GGKP, she completed a Master’s degree program in Engineering Systems and Management...
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Debashis Chakraborty
Assistant Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Biography
Debashis Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. Previously he was associated with Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS), a policy think tank based in New Delhi. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), with...
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Deborah Winkler
Senior Consultant, Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment
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Biography
Deborah Winkler is a Senior Consultant in the World Bank Group’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice. She has worked on issues of global value chains, export competitiveness, foreign direct investment, trade in services and their econo mic and social effects.
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Dechen Tsering
Director, Asia and the Pacific Office
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Ms. Tsering has held management and leadership positions with the United Nations and has over 30 years of experience in national government and intergovernmental organizations including the World Bank. She has been actively involved in intergovernmental negotiations as a key negotiator for least developed countries and contributed to the establishment...
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Region:
Asia
Delgermaa Begz
Project Support Consultant
Delgermaa Begz
Biography
Delgermaa “Demma” Begz works as a Project Support Consultant for the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership, through her role, she provides support to the implementation of sustainable finance roadmaps and communication strategy within the GEF-funded project. Prior to this role, she worked as Sustainable Finance Consultant at the UNDP Mongolia Country...
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Delia Paul
Writer/Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Biography
Delia Paul started out as a journalist at a Malaysian daily paper, The Star, and went on to work on environment and development programmes with agencies including World Vision and the Australian Conservation Foundation in her adopted home of Melbourne. She has worked in the Mekong region for many years...
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