Elina Järvelä

Elina Järvelä is a Strategic Designer at UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub Innovation Team and currently coordinates a strategic innovation practice around portfolio design and management for UNDP country offices and partners aiming for transformative change in the region of Europe and Central Asia. She holds a MSc in Environmental Sciences and has over 15 years of experience in international development covering environment, systems innovation, and innovative financing. In the past she has also worked for local and national governments and for the Innovation Fund Sitra in Finland.