2004: MSc Economics University of the Basque Country, Spain

1997: MSc Environmental Economics, University of York, United Kingdom

1996: BSc Economics, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Patxi is an environmental economist with over fifteen years of research and consulting experience dedicated to strategic policy design, economic analysis and programme evaluations. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Economics from the University of the Basque Country in Spain, and an MSc in Environmental Economics from the University of York in the UK. He has experience preparing and analysing environmental public policies and programmes in the EU and Latin American countries. He has a strong understanding of the links between environmental policy and economics based on his work with the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Commission, and Regional Governments and Organisations in Spain. Francisco has expertise in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods including cost-benefit analysis, statistical analysis, theory-based evaluation, case studies, in-depth interviews, action research, evidence and literature reviews, and systematic reviews and meta-analysis.