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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Mark Overman
Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
Biography
Mark Overman is an economist and works as a senior policy officer at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in the Netherlands. He has been working on green growth and green economy issues since 2010. Initially, to coordinate the Dutch position on the OECD Green Growth Strategy, subsequently helping...
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Mark Radka
Head, Energy and Climate Division
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Mark Radka is the Head of UN Environment's Energy and Climate Division. Mark's responsibilities are the day-to-day management and general coordination on UN Environment’s energy and climate change mitigation efforts. He keeps watch over staffing and programme budgets, maintains relations with donors and supporting institutions, and oversees communication of UN...
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Mark Schauer
ELD Secretariat Coordinator
Economics of Land Degradation (ELD)
Biography
Mark Schauer is coordinator of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Secretariat. Mark is responsible for the synchronization of partners and donors, policy dialogue, communication with potential project countries and more. Before Mark joined GIZ, he worked for the United Nations Environment Programme as the Head of the Central Office...
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Mark Schulman
Content Editor
Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)
Biography
Mark Schulman supports the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership’s communications team as a content editor and writer. He has 20 years of writing and editing experience, focusing on international environmental, economic and development issues. Prior, he was a senior editor at the World Economic Forum in New York and managing editor...
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Markus Janser
Researcher
German Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Biography
Markus Janser works in the research department “Regional Labor Markets” at the Institute for Labor Market Research (Institut fuer Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, IAB) of the German Federal Employment Services in Nuremberg. He is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg (Chair of Sociology, especially Labor Market Research...
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Markus Lehmann
Senior Programme Management Officer
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Biography
Dr. Markus Lehmann is a senior programme management officer with U.N. Environment, heading the Economic Policy Unit of the Biodiversity Convention Secretariat. He was part of the core team preparing the report for national and international policymakers under the global initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), and...
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Markus Lundmark
Programme Support Intern
Biography
Markus is working as a Programme Support Intern at the GGKP, Geneva Office. He holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Lund University, and has previous experience from working with development financing and green transition projects in a internship at the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency. Markus has...
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Marlen de la Chaux
Technical Expert on Productivity and Working Conditions
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Marlen ILO
Biography
Marlen is a technical expert on SME productivity and working conditions at the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Marlena Chertock
Communications Specialist, Water Program
World Resources Institute (WRI)
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Maroussia Klep
Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Biography
Maroussia is a Policy Analyst (consultant) in the Environment and Economy Integration (EEI) Division of the OECD Environment Directorate, concentrating on resource efficiency and waste issues. Prior to joining the OECD, Maroussia worked as a European affairs consultant in Brussels, advising clients on policy and regulatory developments at EU level...
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