Suren Poghosyan is an economist (Ph.D.) and SDG Financing Advisor at UNDP’s Regional Hub in Istanbul, covering Europe and the CIS. He has over 28 years of experience in public financial management reforms and budget–policy coordination in transition and developing countries.
Since 2014, he has been with UNDP, supporting climate-responsive and SDG-aligned budgeting across Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Asia-Pacific. He is also the lead author of UNDP’s SDG Budgeting Guidance.
Before joining UNDP, Dr. Poghosyan collaborated with the UK Department for International Development, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the OECD, the German Agency for International Cooperation, and other UN system institutions supporting budget reform and public financial management programs across Europe and the CIS.
