User:O-Jay

In the interests of transparency, and to deal with any perceived conflicts of interest in my editing, I am happy to disclose that I am currently employed by the World Bank, working in the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The mission of ESMAP, which is a grant-funded multi-donor trust fund, is "to help low and middle-income countries reduce poverty and boost growth, through environmentally sustainable energy solutions". I work primarily on renewable energy, but also cover other issues such as energy access. I am not paid to edit Wikipedia, but as a mission-driven organization focused on international development my job does involve knowledge generation and dissemination. (My previous jobs overlapping with my editing on Wikipedia have all been in the public sector and have had similar objectives). I consider myself an expert on a number of issues as a result of my work globally and in a number of specific countries, and I therefore make occasional edits to Wikipedia to improve articles that are out of date or where the information is poorly organized or incorrect. On a couple of occasions I have also created new articles on emerging topics. My edits do sometimes touch on my work, but I strive to ensure that such edits are impartial and reflect my knowledge on the topic. As the World Bank is a mission-driven organization with a strong and widely acknowledged role in generating and collating data, knowledge and research at the global level, I consider my edits as an employee to fall under the category of "Practices not considered as COI" as per the Wikipedia guidance on COI. Please get in touch if you would like further details, or wish to query one of my edits and I'd be happy to explain/justify/review/remove as appropriate. Many thanks! O-Jay (talk) 10:51, 26 September 2018 (UTC)