Tag: Environmentally Sustainable Rural Finance

Roman holds a BSc in Applied Geography, his key areas of interest include Economic Geography, Political Science, and Social History.

Roman previously worked in software development, an E-Commerce start up, and also held an internship in Kenya, a rewarding experience which focused his attention toward international development.

Join Roman as he gives an overview of off-grid energy solutions across Kyrgyzstan, and shares his insights into when it is best to use this technology.

Polina is a Project Assistant at Berlin-Brandenburg Energy Network, working with renewable energy and Cleantech start-ups. Previously, she gained experience in project development and implementation in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the context of developing countries.

Additionally, as the Healthy Planet Schools Coordinator, Polina expanded her expertise to climate change related health risks.

Polina holds an MSc in Economics and Politics in combination with Energy and the Environment from University College London, UK. She is fluent in German, English, Russian and Spanish.

Davide Forcella is associate researcher at the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi), head of the Action Group Microfinance and Environment for the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), and green inclusive finance expert for various international organisations. He own a PhD in Physics from the International School for Advanced Studies (ISAS/SISSA) and a Complementary Master in Microfinance (EMP) from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.

He has extensive expertise in microfinance and environment in all its dimensions: energy, climate change, ecosystems, rural development, environmental risk management and environmental indicators for MFIs. He moreover has sound expertise in rural finance, microfinance credit risk, over indebtedness, microfinance crisis, and microfinance and communities in post-disasters areas.

He has extensive experience both in developing and developed countries, at academic, advisory and practical level with expertise both in the field and remotely.

His research activity received in 2013 the UN backed FIR-PRI Finance and Sustainability European Research Award.