Marit Hjort

Experience

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  Velferdstinget i Oslo og Akershus

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2013

  Head Of Marketing

  - Member of the Executive Committee for the highest representative body for students in Oslo and Akershus, representing 65 000 students. - Developed strategies and marketing material for a political campaign on student housing.- Organized political debates involving national and local politicians, NGO representatives and academics.- Coordinated the Welfare Council's visits to, and conferences for, all its member organizations.

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  The United Nations Association in Gabon and Comptoir Juridique Junior (Republic of Congo)

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Forest Policy Intern

  - Conducted a study on the benefits and limitations of market-based versus legal instruments for the enforcement of sustainable forest management and indigenous people's rights. Collected data through qualitative interviews with stakeholders from NGOs, private companies, national and supra-national governments in various areas of Gabon and The Republic of Congo. - Contributed to the organization of three international conferences on forest management and indigenous people's rights, in addition to participating in the working group developing the legal framework on forest management in Gabon as well as attending meetings where the national FSC standards were defined. - Obtained funds of 20 000$ for the association, and coordinated all communication with the donor for more than a year. Show less

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  Utenriksdepartementet

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  Global Health Policy Intern

  - Represented Norway at UNAIDS, WHO and other international global health fora, including by reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, writing policy analyses and drafting speaking points. - Contributed to Norway's collaborative work with the WHO secretariat and other Member States, notably with regards to Norway's financial contributions to the organisation, the WHA68.8 resolution "Health and the Environment: Addressing the Health Impact of Air Pollution" (2015) and the UNGA69.132 resolution "Global Health and Foreign Policy" (2014). - Conducted research on UN organisations' work on female genital mutilation.- Communicated the mission's global health work on social media and its website. Show less

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  OECD-OCDE

  Mar 2016 - Jan 2020

  Industrial pollution:- Managed the OECD's project on Best Available Techniques (BAT) to Prevent and Control Industrial Chemical Pollution (see oe.cd/bat). - Lead author of the reports "Guidance Document on Determining BAT, BAT-Associated Environmental Performance Levels and BAT-Based Permit Conditions" (OECD, 2020), " Measuring the Effectiveness of BAT policies" (OECD, 2019) and "Approaches to Establishing BAT Around the World" (OECD, 2018).- Co-author of the publication "BAT and SDGs" (Hjort, M., Skobelev, D., Almgren, R., Guseva, T., and Koh, T., 2019). Chemicals management:- Co-authored "Saving Costs in Chemicals Management: How the OECD Ensures Benefits to Society" (OECD, 2019). Show less

  • Environmental Policy Analyst

    Jun 2017 - Jan 2020

  • Climate Change Mitigation - Junior Policy Analyst

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  • Water Policy Intern

    Mar 2016 - Dec 2016
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  UNDP

  Feb 2021 - Oct 2022

  Supported CAFI's program portfolio in the DRC and Gabon as well as the preparations of a partnership with Cameroon, organized conferences with donors, technical experts and high-level representatives, coordinated a workstream on sustainable land use in the Congo Basin, led CAFI's Annual Forum with civil society organisations. Deployed with the National REDD+ Fund (FONAREDD), where I monitored programs on climate change mitigation and sustainable development, facilitated the governance of the Fund, conducted analyses on climate finance and carbon market mechanisms, and supported policy dialogue between the DRC government the Central African Forest Initiative. Led the work on the development of the national tools for UNFCCC REDD+ safeguards. Head of the inclusive growth pillar of the UNDP Eswatini Country Office. Led the finalization of the five-years' portfolio document, prepared a survey on informal economy, supported the development of a project on agricultural supplier development, and helped raise funds for a series of inclusive growth and governance projects.

  • Programme Analyst / Coordination Officer - Central African Forest Initiative

    Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Programme Analyst - DRC National REDD+ Fund

    Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Inclusive Growth Programme Specialist - UNDP Eswatini

    Feb 2021 - May 2021
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  World Bank Group

  Nov 2022 - now

  Climate Change Specialist

  Co-leading the IBRD/IDA Climate Commitments Team. Previously Regional Focal Point for the MENA region, covering Climate Commitments, including Paris Alignment. Part of the World Bank COP28 and COP29 Core Teams. Also works on lending operations on sustainable land use and livelihoods in the DR Congo.