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Ambassador
Magdy Hefny
Lecturer in
Water Conflict Management and Resolution in the MENA Region
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- Director
of The Regional Center for Studies and Research of Water
Uses Ethics, Cairo,
since 15th November 2003.
- Advisor
to H.E. the Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, 2002/2003.
- Visiting
Professor at the Mediterranean
Academy for Diplomatic
Studies, University
of Malta, since
February, 2004. Presenting a Module and Simulation Exercises on Water
Conflict Management and Resolution in the MENA Region.
- Diplomat
by Profession: Ambassador to The Royal
Kingdom of Norway (1997-2000). And Ambassador of Egypt to Ethiopia (1991-1995).
- Vice
Chairman of The Egyptian Association of Strategic Thinking (EAST),
since 2002.
- Visiting
Professor of Political Economy of Africa at Cairo University
(Institute of African Studies and Research), (2000/2003).
- Professor
of Negotiation Skills Cross Culture, for MIBA program at The Arab
Academy for Science and Technology (Advanced Management Institute), Cairo
(2001&2002). And have several times lecturing in the Egyptian
Diplomatic Institute on International Water of The Nile”, with major
simulation and role play for diplomats on World Water Crisis: Global,
Regional and the Nile (June 2002).
- Guest
Researcher at The University of Bergen, Norway , (fall semester of
2000). Chancellor for Africa, and Member of The International Water
Academy, Oslo, Norway, 2001 & 2002, and member of the Advisory
Committee of the Board of The International Water Academy, Oslo
(Norway).
- Hefny
has been part of team instructors at Cairo Delta Barrage for the
Program of Young Water Professionals on “International Waters of Africa, Vision, Challenges and Actions” in 2001.
And Participated in various conferences and Workshops on “Water
Issues” since, 1991, notably the Nile Workshops organized by The Swiss
Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG) in
2002, 2003 and 2004.
- Member
of Global Society of Organizational Learning Network, Boston,
USA, participated
in Workshops, Core Course on Organizational Learning in Stockholm, Sweden
(1999), Executive Champion Workshop in Ein El
Sokhna, Egypt
(2002), InfoFactory Workshop sponsored by Telia and Erickson, Stockholm (1999), Action Research Workshop, May
2002, Are (Sweden).
Hefny is the coordinator of SOL Egypt within the Global SOL Network.
- Facilitator, Consultant and Trainer in areas of :
International Trade, International Relations, International Waters of
Africa and The Nile, Conflict Resolution, Human Resources Management,
Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning.
- Member
of The Egyptian Permanent Delegation to The United Nations-Geneva, as
Counselor of Economic Affairs (1981-1985) And Part of Egyptian
Delegations to The United Nation Economic Fora in Geneva
and New York.
- Participated
in The Summit Conferences of
The Organization of African Unity, and Ministerial Conferences of The
Economic Commission for Africa.
- Chairman
of several International meetings within these conferences and
Spokesman of The Group of 77 at UNCTAD VI, 1983 Conference.
- First
Chairman of The Central Organ of Conflict Prevention, Management and
Resolution within the Organization of African Unity (1993/1994).
- PhD
In Economics – Hochschule fur Okonomie,
Berlin, Germany
(1973).
- Diploma
in Economic Planning, Institute
of National Planning, Cairo (1964).
- B.Com
in Business Administration, Cairo
University
(1962).
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