GGKP Main imageThe Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is a worldwide initiative spearheaded by UNEP, GGGI, UNIDO, the World Bank and the OECD. It focuses on actionable knowledge, solutions and experience sharing to accelerate the transition to green and circular economy practices with a focus on high-impact sectors. GGKP is focused on supporting a vision where: 

  • Green and circular economy knowledge forms a coherent, inter-connected and growing body of resources of which value is maximized and increases over time, leading to a good understanding of strategic opportunities, coordinated efforts and greater results.
  • Leveraging knowledge partnerships and digital technologies, including responsible AI, relevant organizations and platforms are partnering to exchange and facilitate access to actionable knowledge resources and best practices on green and circular economy (policy, business, technical solutions and innovations), enabling the generation of evidence-based knowledge insights tailored to high-impact sectors and value chains.
  • At all stages of the value chain, stakeholders are well equipped with the actionable knowledge needed to accelerate, including through investments and innovation, the uptake of green and circular economy strategies and solutions, developing the confidence, sense of agency and skills required to take action

Governance

The GGKP was founded in 2012 by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Bank. In 2018, the GGKP welcomed the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in joining the four founding organizations of the GGKP Steering Committee – the partnership’s governing and decision-making body.

Operations are carried out by the GGKP Secretariat, jointly hosted by GGGI in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and UNEP in Geneva, Switzerland. Both organizations provide dedicated personnel to support the initiative. Each of the partnership’s founding organizations provide in-kind support through the designation of a GGKP coordinator, charged with supporting the implementation of GGKP activities. Coordinators ensure close and constant communication between the GGKP Secretariat and its founding organizations.

Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Deputy Director, Environment Directorate
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Regional Director & Head of Programs Asia & Deputy Director-General
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Chief Economist, Sustainable Development
World Bank Group
Chief, Division of Circular Economy and Chemicals Management
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Chief of the Industry Innovation Branch
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Coordinators
Policy Analyst
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Senior Consultant, Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF)
World Bank Group
Executive Officer, Environment and Energy Directorate
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Deputy Director of CAID, Investment & Policy Solutions Division
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)