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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Programme Management Officer UNEP & Regional Coordinator GO4SDGs - Europe and Central Asia
Madina Ibrasheva
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Maëlys Nizan
Communication and Partnership Engagement Specialist
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Maelys Nizan
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Maëlys Nizan is a Communication and Partnership Engagement Specialist at the UN Environment Programme, based in Paris. She brings over eight years of experience in international organisations working on sustainable tourism and ecolabelling, as well as textiles and the circular economy. She supports as part of the Green Growth Knowledge...
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Maha Skah
Consultant, Green Growth and Global Relations
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Maha Skah works within the OECD Green Growth and Global Relations team where she is helping organise the upcoming Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum. In this capacity, she also supports green growth inputs and OECD contributions to the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP).Prior to her current role, she worked...
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Mahak Agrawal
Advisor to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, and Lead: Urban Adaptability-ITACUS, New York, U.S.A/New Delhi, India
Mahak Agrawal
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Mahak Agrawal is an urban planner and a former United Nations fellow. As a Shardashish Scholar and Environmental Fellow at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Mahak earned her second master's in public administration. She earned her first master’s degree in urban planning from the School of Planning...
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Mahenau Agha
Head of Outreach
Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)
Biography
Mahenau Agha, universally known as Gugu, has a long career of international experience in the field of sustainable development. She was head of Communications at the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA) and Chief of External Relations for the Environment Finance Group of the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP)...
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Mahesh Sugathan
Senior Research Fellow
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
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Mahesh Sugathan is a Senior Research Fellow with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva working on trade, climate change and sustainable energy issues with a focus on climate-technologies. He is also an independent consultant on trade policy issues and in addition provides business facilitation services for...
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Mai Thin Yu Mon
Co-Chair
Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
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Mai Thin Yu Mon is a dedicated Indigenous People's rights activist based in Myanmar. For the past decade, she has been working at the grassroots level with a focus on indigenous youths and women. A former Management team member of Myanmar Indigenous Peoples Network and a former member of the...
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Maia Colodenco
Head of the International Affairs Unit
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Maia Colodenco is Head of the International Affairs Unit at Argentina's Ministry of the Economy. Maia Colodenco is an economist from the University of Buenos Aires with a Master’s Degree in International Studies from Torcuato Di Tella University. During her career, Colodenco gained a high level of expertise in international...
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Mairi Dupar
Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator, CDKN
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As Global Public Affairs Coordinator for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Mairi aims to encourage debate on climate compatible development. She manages CDKN's flagship publications and knowledge-sharing programme and is managing editor for CDKN's website, www.cdkn.org Her work involves commissioning articles, films and events for CDKN and coordinating...
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Makaio Witte
Head of Sustainable Finance, Cluster Financial Systems Development
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Makaio Witte is the Head of Sustainable Finance, Cluster Financial Systems Development at the German development agency GIZ. In his current position as advisor to the program to support the Partnership “Making Finance Work for Africa” he is in charge of the program’s work on banking regulation and supervision across...
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