I got a certificate in software engineering in 1991, then a higher studies diploma in 1992. I worked for the public sector in Syria till the end of 2003. Then worked for 1 year for the UNDP - Damascus.
Since Jan 2005 I started working on EU-funded projects in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan & Egypt. I started as an IT/MIS expert, but then with the knowledge and experience I've acquired in EU procedures and project cycle management, I got other assignments like procurement expert, logistics and contract management.
I worked for several companies (JCP SRL - Italy, TRANSTEC - Belgium, GFA Group - Germany, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - England, ICON-INSTITUT - Germany, SOFRECO - France, Expertise France - France, and Ecorys Polska - Poland).
Through my work on grants programmes, I have developed (with JCP SRL) a web-based grants management system which is used by the EEA and Norway Grants Fund (since Dec 2016), and it has been used by Expertise France for a grant scheme programme in Jordan (Dec 2019 - Mar 2023).