Sagynalieva Maral Ishenbekovna

Chairman of the Management Board (2024-present)

• Researcher/policy expert /

• Founder of Open Innovations R&D

• Policy expert and researcher on sustainable development and green economy.

Education:

2020 г. – Present – Postgraduate student of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, dissertation topic “Concepts of sustainable development of rural areas: experience of mountainous countries”.

2019 – 2020. – Master’s degree in International Political Economy, University of York, England, UK

2012-2013. – Master’s degree in public policy, GRIPS, Japan, Tokyo.

1998-2003. – Specialist in International Relations, IUK, Kyrgyzstan.

Work Experience:

2020 г. – Present – Expert on climate change adaptation (GIZ CET, UNFCCC GHG, DEA, etc…).

May, 2024-present – Backend development, Research using Data Science tools, OpenI R&D

2021-2024. – National project coordinator and policy expert for FAO/GEF project

2022-2024 – Environmental and Social Expert on EBRD investment projects

2020-2021 – Monitoring and evaluation specialist for GIZ project on biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction in southern Kyrgyzstan.

2017-2019. – Capacity building projects (LEAD Alliance, CESS conferences, UCA and OSCE Academy workshops, etc.).

2008-2016 – Banking/Project Assistant in the EBRD Resident Representative Office in Bishkek.

2006 – up to the present time – a lecturer at KEU named after M. Ryskulbekov, and also worked at the Kyrgyz State University named after Arabaev, Academy of Public Administration under the PCR, International University of Ala-Too

She has a number of publications on the development of organic agriculture, socio-economic development of the country, ecological modernization, sustainable development, regional and rural development and others.