Key qualifications:
- Writing analytical reports on political,
economic and social issues
- Identifying and monitoring development
and cultural projects
- Fluent in written and spoken English, French, and Romanian, good knowledge of Arabic
- Sound knowledge and experience in Middle
East Countries
Country experience in the Middle East:
|
Country
|
Date
from - Date to
|
|
West
Bank & Gaza Strip
|
1994
-
|
|
Mediterranean
region
|
1995
- 1997
|
|
Jordan
|
1996
- 2002
|
Education:
|
Institution
[
Date from - Date to ]
|
Degree(s)
or Diploma(s) obtained:
|
|
1950-1959 "Dr.
Petru Groza" School, Bucharest
|
Pass
in maths and modern languages
|
|
1960-1964 "Jazyková
Skola" at Prague
|
Degree
in English and Czech
|
Languages:
|
Language
|
Reading
|
Speaking
|
Writing
|
|
Spanish
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
English
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
French
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Arabic
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
|
Romanian
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Professional experience:
|
Date
|
2002-2004
|
|
Location
|
Madrid
(Spain)
|
|
Company
|
Universidad Europea (UEM)
|
|
Position
|
Visiting
professor
|
|
Description
|
Courses
on Middle East modern history + two books about Middle
East policies (Israel-Palestine) and Islam and
radical Islamic movements (translated into Italian -2002 and Romanian - 2004)
|
|
Date
|
1996-2002
|
|
Location
|
Jordan
– Palestine
|
|
Company
|
GERC-INARTUR –
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Jordan & Palestinian
National Authority
|
|
Position
|
Middle
East
Consultant
|
|
Description
|
Identifying
and monitoring cultural and tourism projects
Preparing,
with a team of architects, urban and tourism planners, two projects for
the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities:
a. Crusader’s
Castles (Desert Castles);
b.
Urban Regeneration and Tourism
Development Plans for the Old City of
Kerak .
c.
Drafting an Educational Master
Plan for Tourism Personnel in the Palestinian Territories
|
|
Date
|
1994-1998
|
|
Location
|
West
Bank & Gaza Strip
|
|
Company
|
SPANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL
|
|
Position
|
Consultant – Team
Leader
|
|
Description
|
Identifying
and monitoring development, health, cultural and tourism projects;
Writing analytical reports on political, economic and social issues;
Fundraising.
1994
– 1995 Report on Assistance and Resettlement of Palestinian
Refugees
1996 – 1998 Preparing and Scaling-up two women co-operatives
(food factories in Jebalya Refugee Camp – Gaza Strip and
Jericho – West Bank)
Drafting a Training project for former political prisoners in the West Bank
|
|
Date
|
1995-1997
|
|
Location
|
Spain and Mediterranean Region
|
|
Company
|
Fundació
CIDOB (Barcelona,
Spain)
|
|
Position
|
Head
of the Mediterranean
- Arab World Unit
|
|
Description
|
Contacts
with research centres in the Mediterranean and the Arab World;
Preparing academic events and specialized studies programs; Attendance
at various meetings and seminars; Supervising the publication of
occasional papers; Identifying and monitoring
cultural projects such as the Audiovisual
Centre and Specialised Library – Palestinian National Theatre
– East Jerusalem
|
|
Date
|
1991-1992
|
|
Location
|
Barcelona
- Spain
|
|
Company
|
COOB92
Barcelona
Olympic Organizing Committee (Barcelona, Spain)
|
|
Position
|
Head
of the Foreign Media Department and spokesman for Barcelona Olympics
|
|
Description
|
International
public relations; Contacts with foreign media.
|
|
Date
|
1987-1990
|
|
Location
|
Middle
East
|
|
Company
|
EL INDEPENDIENTE Weekly
magazine (Spain)
|
|
Position
|
Middle
East
correspondent
|
|
Description
|
Coverage
of news of interest to the Spanish media. (Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus)
|
|
Date
|
1973-1987
|
|
Location
|
Geneva
- Switzerland
|
|
Company
|
La
Vanguardia (Barcelona, Spain), El
País (Madrid, Spain) Informaciones (Madrid, Spain) Diario16
(Madrid, Spain)
|
|
Position
|
Correspondent
in Switzerland
and at the United Nations
|
|
Description
|
Editing
and subbing stories and features about foreign affairs, human rights,
world trade and humanitarian assistance; Analysis of the Swiss and
European economic
and financial situation, with
regular contacts at the leading Swiss banks and BIS at Basel;
Coverage of OPEC meetings.
Attendance
at various meetings in the area of international finance, dealing with
gold, monetary issues and industrial development; Coverage of the
annual conference of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
as well as OPEC meetings; Special correspondent in Latin America,
including Venezuela and
Mexico (1979-1980); Special correspondent in the Middle East: Iran
(1973-1978), Turkey and Cyprus (1974), Egypt (1981), Israel (1982),
Lebanon (1982).
|
|
Date
|
1970-1972
|
|
Location
|
Geneva
- Switzerland
|
|
Company
|
Swiss
Radio International (Bern, Switzerland)
|
|
Position
|
Correspondent
at the United Nations
|
|
Description
|
Radio
programmes on the international organizations based in Geneva
and their activities. Interviews
with international figures such as: Martin Luther King, Vassili
Leontieff, Basil Davidson, Yasser Arafat, Sheik Zaki Yamani and Hosni
Mubarak | |
