Maren Hopfe is a Technical officer in the Sectoral Policies Department at the ILO. Her work focusses on promoting rights at work, encouraging decent employment opportunities, enhancing social protection and strengthening social dialogue in the health sector. She is engaged in the joint ILO-OECD-WHO Working for Health programme, which aims to assist countries to expand and transform the health and social workforce to reach the SDGs 2030. Maren holds a PhD in Health Sciences and Health Policy and gained practical experiences in various fields of health systems including financing of start-up projects in the field of health technology, project management of and client relation in clinical trials, as well as maintenance and implementation of international health classifications and standards.