Olga Rataj

As an economist with 10+ years of progressive international work experience across private sector, government institutions & organizations as well as academia, I am passionate about the interconnections between natural resource management and net-zero development - within a broader context of sustainability transitions and with focus on circular economy.

Currently, I manage UNIDO’s Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) which covers 15+ developing countries and has a grant value of ~USD 30 million. GCIP supports start-ups and SMEs with innovative solutions to climate change in the fields of energy, waste, materials, and others by providing business acceleration and investment facilitation services as well as by building capacity of the national innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem actors.