This international conference will provide the opportunity for knowledge exchange between practitioners from various countries on a broad set of economic issues related to green growth. Encouraged by the success of the Inaugural Conference last year, the EGGPAL network will continue to deepen as a regional network for peer learning and technical cooperation among senior technical specialists from governments in Europe and Central Asia on the economics of climate change and green growth.

The Second EGGPAL Annual Conference will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss the challenges and solutions for a broad range of green growth challenges and to identify common interests that could serve to establish communities of practice within the network.

Around 80 participants are expected at the Istanbul conference, including government officials from countries across Europe and Central Asia, mostly from Ministries of Environment, Economy, and Finance; selected government experts from other countries; experts from other international institutions and academia; and World Bank staff.

For further inquiries, please contact Ms. Ka-Yee Ivy Lau (ivylau@worldbank.org)