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Policy Division

Sonia Goicoechea

Civil Society Engagement Officer

Sonia works on projects for Global and Regional Policies. She currently coordinates the engagement of Environmental NGOs with the OECD’s Environment Directorate ensuring civil society voices contribute to the policy recommendations giving by the OECD. Additionally, she assists UNEP’s regional facilitators for the European Region in the organisation of regional consultations prior to the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA).

She is experienced with the organization of conferences and consultations and is a professional photographer. She worked for Eurodad and Friends of the Earth Europe in Brussels before heading to West Africa, where she worked 8 years with Oxfam. Upon her return, Sonia has worked in the field of sustainability since 2012, first with the NGO ANPED and since 2014 with the EEB.

She is Spanish and speaks Basque, Spanish, French, English and Dutch.

Sonia is passionate about photography and loves exploring new places and wondering daily life of people around the world.