Darejan Kapanadze

Senior Environmental Specialist of Environment Department at the World Bank

Darejan Kapanadze is a Senior Environmental Specialist affiliated to the Environmental Department and based in Georgia Country Office of the World Bank. Over her 27 years with the World Bank, she managed projects aimed at the development of protected areas, forestry, integrated coastal management, adaptation to the climate change, and worked in many other sectors for guiding the World Bank’s clients in the application of environmental safeguard policies/standards to the investment operations. Darejan co-managed analysis of gaps between the Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework and Georgia’s regulatory system that examined national legal framework as well as institutional capacity and needs of its improvement. She was engaged in similar studies for Azerbaijan and Armenia. At present, Darejan is involved in the delivery of technical assistance to the South Caucasus countries in the fields of blue economy, green growth, climate finance, and landscapes restoration. She serves as an environmental safeguards/standards coordinator and the climate change focal point for the South Caucasus Country Management Unit.

Darejan Kapanadze holds master’s degree in environmental policy and regulation from Columbia University, NYC, and PhD in biology from Tbilisi State University.