The Resident Coordinator Office Team
Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa
RCO
UN Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan
Ms. Radnaaragchaa brings 25 years of rich experience in sustainable development across Europe and Central Asia, marked by progressive leadership roles. Prior to her appointment as Resident Coordinator, she served as Regional Advisor on Environment at the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), where she successfully repositioned the function of UNECE representative in several UN Country Teams. In this capacity, she also provided targeted advisory services and technical expertise to 17 UN programme countries in Europe and Central Asia, facilitating their implementation of UNECE conventions, norms and standards.
Before joining UNECE in 2014, Ms. Radnaaragchaa built an extensive career in sustainable development and natural resources management at national, regional and international levels. She served as a senior officer with the Ministry of Nature and Environment of Mongolia and subsequently fulfilled various assignments with UNDP, FAO, UNEP, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and consulting companies. Her areas of expertise encompass policy analysis and formulation, transboundary cooperation, partnership building, participatory natural resource management, capacity development and programme management.
Ms. Radnaaragchaa holds a master’s degree in environmental management from Flinders University, Australia.
Before joining UNECE in 2014, Ms. Radnaaragchaa built an extensive career in sustainable development and natural resources management at national, regional and international levels. She served as a senior officer with the Ministry of Nature and Environment of Mongolia and subsequently fulfilled various assignments with UNDP, FAO, UNEP, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and consulting companies. Her areas of expertise encompass policy analysis and formulation, transboundary cooperation, partnership building, participatory natural resource management, capacity development and programme management.
Ms. Radnaaragchaa holds a master’s degree in environmental management from Flinders University, Australia.
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Aidai Kurmanova
UNEP
Head of UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Sub-Regional Office for Central Asia
Ms. Aidai Kurmanova started her assignment as the Head of Central Asia Office in Almaty on 2 February 2019. She has 21 years of experience in the field of sustainable development. Prior to joining UNEP, she worked as the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic for five years. Her main areas of expertise include design and implementation of policies on sustainable economic development. She developed strategic documents on green economy, e-governance, small and medium enterprise. She led the process of nationalizing the Sustainable Development Goals in the Kyrgyz Republic. She has significant practical work experience with the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic in improving the environment for business and has promoted draft laws on economic growth. She holds Master degrees on Development Economics from International University of Japan and Public Governance from the Academy of Management under the President of Kyrgyz Republic.
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Elnara co-chairs the UN Communications Group; plans and facilitates strategy, advocacy and programme communications in support of the UNSDCF; coordinates the communication and advocacy activities on the UNCT; supports the RC and the UNCT on public messaging and media outreach; supports publication and branding management; leads and supports the UNCT digital communication and key communication products development; liaises with local media environment and conducts networking and partnership relations with key national media outlets.
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