Ersin Esen

Programme Management Officer


Biography

Ersin has 23 years of experience in development planning, strategic management planning, project cycle management, project evaluation, capital budgeting and international negotiations. 

Ersin has been with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 2011. As a Task Manager, he is responsible for developing projects together with internal and external clients. He also supervises project implementation. He manages a project portfolio of around 25 million US dollars implemented in 16 countries. Prior to this position with the UN Environment Programme, Ersin worked as a development planning expert in the State Planning Organization of Türkiye, where he worked on policy analysis and development, investment budgeting, planning and programming.

Ersin holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Business Administration degrees from Middle East Technical University, Türkiye and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University. 

Ersin Esen

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