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.

Matthias Ploeg
Senior Consultant
Technopolis Group
Biography
Matthias Ploeg is a senior consultant at Technopolis Group, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and Amsterdam focusing on policy evaluation and strategy support, with a particular interest in the role of innovation and private sector development in emerging countries, in particular in the area of the Green Economy and Climate...
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Matthias van den Heuvel
PhD candidate
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Biography
Matthias van den Heuvel is a PhD candidate at the Chair of Innovation and IP Policy at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since February 2018. Prior to joining the EPFL, he worked as an economist in a private bank and as a researcher at the WTO. Matthias obtained...
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Mauricio Mira Ponton
Head of Green & Sustainable Business Office, Colombia’s Ministry of environment
Biography
Mauricio Mira Ponton is a Business Manager at Veritas, Itam University of Costa Rica , as well as an equities market technician in the Administration Institute of Economic Research of the University of Costa Rica, and a Specialist in Negotiation and International Relations at the Universidad de los Andes in...
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Mauricio Mondragón
Biography
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Mauricio Torres Velasquez
Associate Programme Officer
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Biography
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Maurissa Charles
Project Execution Officer
Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean)
Biography
Ms. Charles joined the Project Management Unit of the BCRC-Caribbean in April 2016. She has over 5 years’ experience in research and laboratory settings and is a published researcher. Ms. Charles has an MSc.E in Civil, Sustainable and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University, as well as a MSc. in...
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Max Franks
PhD Candidate, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Biography
Max Franks is a PhD candidate at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After obtaining a German diploma in mathematics from the Humboldt University Berlin he joined the Policy Instruments research group. His research mainly focuses on the possibilities for unilateral climate policy and the interface between public...
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Maximilian Müller
Project Manager, EU & International Affairs
Biography
Maximilian Müller has been working as Project Manager, EU & International Affairs at the VDI Centre for Resource Efficiency (VDI ZRE) since 2015. His tasks include the management and implementation of European and international projects on resource efficiency. He is also responsible for the design, preparation and implementation of conferences...
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Maxine Jordan
Energy Efficiency & Buildings
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Biography
Maxine Jordan leads the energy efficiency in buildings and cooling work within the IEA’s Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies (E4) Programme. After several years working as a building services and environmental design consultant in London specialised in high performance buildings, Maxine moved to Brazil to work in one of the...
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Maya Valcheva
Associate Programme Officer Green and Circular Economy, Division for Planet
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Biography
Maya is green economy learning specialist with UNITAR’s Green Development and Climate Change Programme Unit where she focuses on country-specific and global capacity development projects in the area of the green economy, circular economy and climate change. Maya is passionate about using partnership approaches, social innovation and collaborative learning to...
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