Lily Murei is a Policy and Research Officer at the UNDP Africa Borderlands Centre. A programme management specialist, Ms. Murei has vast experience in inclusive program management, policy technical advisory, program assessments and action research, result-based monitoring and evaluation and project information management for evidence-based reporting. Before joining the UN, she worked with various national and international organizations in the development, research and policy space. Most recently, she worked as a Technical Specialist for the UNDP REDD+ Project; prior to that, she coordinated the UNEP/UNOPs /UNDP Switch Africa Green project in Kenya. Other organizations Ms. Murei has worked for include IFRC, Global Communities, Kenya Private Sector Alliance, Management Sciences for Health, UNV with UNFPA, among others. Ms. Murei holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Project Planning and Management, specializing in Monitoring and Evaluation, from the University of Nairobi; a master's degree in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi; and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Sociology and Geography from Egerton University. Ms. Murei started her career as a volunteer to coordinate the implementation of a project in her home county to rehabilitate water catchment areas and promote peace between farmers and pastoralists.