PhD:

The Institutionalization of Urban Upgrading Process and Community Participation in Egypt.

MSc.:

Socio-Economic Characteristics and Environmental Problems Posed by Squatter Settlements in Egypt and Possible Solutions: An Integrated Framework.

Work experience:

September 2000- date:

Urban Development Specialist. The Cities Alliance. The World Bank, Washington DC, F4P-250. Tel (202) 522 2125, Fax (202) 473 0409.

Responsibilities: To help develop, monitor and report on Cities Alliance-funded work program activities, and ensure the dissemination of lessons emerging from these activities; to further develop and maintain the database on on-going slum upgrading programs financed by Cities Alliance partners and, subsequently, expand to capture all ongoing upgrading programs; to contribute to and expand the knowledge disseminated effort of the Cities Alliance; to assist requested in organizing official meetings of the Cities Alliance, including meetings of the Consultative Group, Public Policy Forum and Policy Advisory Board; and to participate in field missions as needed, and provide technical assistance to partner agencies.

March- August 2000:

Institutional Planning & Capacity Building Consultant. The German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ)- Solid Waste Management Project, Aswan P.O. Box 120. Tel ++2 (097) 310942. Fax ++2 (097) 310943.

Responsibilities: To support and co-ordinate the negotiations between Aswan Governorate, Aswan City Council and the Project to establish an autonomous Solid Waste Department (SWD) at the Governorate level responsible for preparing General Plans and Guidelines for solid waste management and monitoring the privatization processes. The task activities were to design the supportive organizational, financial, legal and human resource frameworks which could enable the SWD to act independently and effectively.

July-August 2000:

Participatory Urban Upgrading Short-term Consultant. The German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ)- Participatory Urban Management Program, Policy Advisory Unit for the Ministry of Planning, Cairo, Ministry of Planning. Tel ++2 (02) 263 0878. Fax ++2 (02) 263 0879.

Responsibilities: To review and evaluate Egypt's experience with urban management and upgrading in terms of: Land management and legal access to land for the poor, local organization and distribution of development tasks between local communities and local government, public and private finance and partnership, information management, sustainable and non-sustainable mechanisms, experience from the National Program of Urban Upgrading and lessons learnt and not learnt, and to give specific recommendations for future nation-wide upgrading programs in Egypt.

April- June 2000:

Urban and Regional Planning Short-term Expert. United Nations Development Program UNDP (Operational Unit for Development Assistance OUDA)/ Ministry of Planning- Egypt (Economic and Social Planning for Spatial Development). Lake Nasser Development Project Within Aswan Governorate Comprehensive Development Planning. Aswan Governorate Building, Kornish Street. Aswan P.O. Box 64. Tel/fax ++2 (097) 324 420.

Responsibilities: To carry out primary and secondary surveys before writing a report identifying the existing urban management mechanisms, institutional structure and performance, settlement patterns, land use patterns, housing studies, development issues, and local and regional plans.

February 1998- January 1999:

Technical Advisor. The Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA), Aswan P.O. Box 141. Tel., ++2 (097) 317119.

Responsibilities: To assist in the implementation of a capacity-building program for Aswan Governorate, technical advice and monitoring of several development projects related to environment, primary health care, urban and community development, and coordinating with Aswan Governorate to propose new projects for funding.

April 1996- October 1996:

Urban Planner and Land Management Moderator. The German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ)- The Nasriya Urban Upgrading Project (1987- 1998). GTZ Headoffice Tel.: ++2 (02) 342 0714. This project was nominated in 1997 for the Aga Khan Prize for Architecture and the Habitat (UNCHS) Record of 'Best Practice'.

Responsibilities: To co-operate with the Nasriya project team and the community representatives to prepare a land management concept for the new development of East Nasriya.

January 1992- June 1994:

Urban Planner and Coordinator. Urban Development and Land Management Unit (UDLMU). Housing Directorate, Aswan, Egypt. Tel., Fax: ++2 (097) 313074.

Responsibilities: To supervise a team of 10 urban planners, surveyors and draftspersons to prepare an urban development strategy for Aswan Governorate, including General and Structural Plans, Detailed Planning and Participatory Urban Upgrading.

December 1989- January 1992:

Architect and Urban Planner. The German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ)- The Nasriya and Tabya Urban Upgrading Projects.

Responsibilities: To design and supervise the implementation of 13 neighborhood centers with people's participation, a new preparatory school, a kindergarten, a new garage for waste disposal tractors and project's equipment, improvement of 3 primary schools, and the preparation of a detailed plan for the extension of East Nasriya in conjunction with the project's consultants.

Awards:

1997:

Overseas Research Scheme Awards (ORS): A Two-year PhD Tuition Fee Scholarship.

1997:

Urban Studies, An International Journal for Research in Urban and Regional Studies, Fieldwork Awards Scheme: A Six-Month PhD Fieldwork-Assistance Scholarship.

1996:

University of Glasgow Scholarships and Awards Scheme: A Three-year PhD Scholarship.

1996:

Physical Sciences Planning Unit Scholarships and Awards Scheme, University of Glasgow: A Two-year PhD Tuition Fee Scholarship.

1994:

Foreign and Commonwealth Scholarships and Awards Scheme: British Chevening MSc Scholarship.

1992:

GTZ Urban Planning Award: Germany- structural plans of cities, housing policies, and 'careful urban renewal' projects. Sponsored by the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ). Site visits to Berlin and Leipzig.

1991:

GTZ South-South Dialogue Award: Senegal- exchange experience with some members in the Ministry of Housing in Dakar about public participation schemes in urban upgrading, low-cost housing projects and the structural plans of Cities. Sponsored by GTZ. Site visits to Dakar, Saint Louis.

1988:

USIA International Youth Exchange Program Award: USA- Practical training in architectural trends in both big cities and small towns. Attended seminars and lectures in various American Universities. Sponsored by the United States Information Agency (USIA). Visits to Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, and Massachusetts.

1988:

Egyptian/German International Youth Exchange Program Award: Germany- Practical training in the field of environmental protection, pollution abatement and solid waste recycling schemes. Sponsored by Friends of Nature Organization in Germany in conjunction with the Egyptian Supreme Youth Council. Visits to Mannheim, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe.

Publications:

Expected:

Eiweida, A. and S. Lowder (2000) "Sustainable empowerment: participation after urban upgrading in Aswan, Egypt".

In Press:

Eiweida, A. and Tayler, K. (1999) "Pro-poor (Re)Development Practice and its Impact in the Core Areas of Third World Rapidly Developing Cities: Egyptian Case Study". University of Westminster, GHK and DFID, London.

Nov. 1999

Tayler, K. and Eiweida, A. (1999) Building municipal capacity for community participation- Egypt case study", in J. Plummer (1999), Municipalities And Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building. DFID & GHK International, London.

Jan. 1997:

Eiweida, A. (1997) "Postmodern Architecture: Between Wow! and Huh", in Praxis, The University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow, volume (34), 14-17.

Nov. 1993:

Akbar, O. und Eiweida, A. (1993) Wohnen und Arbeiten in Gamaliya, Kairo (Agypten) in Ernest, R. W.; et al., (Hrsg.) Arbeiten und Wohnen in Studtischen Quartieren. (Birkhauser Verlag, Basel) 238:249. (in German).

Jun. 1993:

Eiweida, A. (1993) Besharia Tribes in Aswan: Social Segregation Phenomenon. Dissertation, Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning, University of Cairo (In Arabic).

Invited Paper Presentations:

Nov. 1998:

'Constraint of Urban Development in Egypt: Critique of Institutional Performance'. AGTBE's Seminar Titled 'Cities, Capacities & Development', The British Council in Cairo.

Dec. 1997:

'NGOs, Donor Agencies and the Institutionalization of the Urban Upgrading Processes and Community Participation: Reflective Tension or Disentanglement'. Department of Geography, University of Glasgow.

Dec. 1997:

'Community Participation: Effectivety and Constraints in the Real World'. Department of Geography, University of Glasgow.

Nov. 1995:

'Institutional Problems of the Municipalities in Egypt'. Department of Geography, University of Glasgow.

Oct. 1995:

'Urban Structure of the Old Islamic City in Cairo'. Department of Geography, University of Glasgow.

Jan. 1995:

'Planning & Community Participation in Urban Upgrading in Aswan, Egypt'. Department of Geography, University of Glasgow.

Feb. 1994:

'Data Processing and Information Systems in Aswan'. The Egyptian General Organization of Surveying and GTZ Cadastral Surveying Project, Aswan.

Mar. 1993:

'Legalization of Informal Housing Settlements in Egypt'. Center of Planning and Architectural Studies (CPAS), Cairo.

Conferences Attended:

Jan. 1995:

Institute of British Geographers (IBG). University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Nov. 1991:

Environmental Potentials and Problems in Aswan: Exhibition- Presented at 'City as Ecological System' Aswan, Egypt. Organized by Fredrich Ebert Foundation and GTZ.

Dec. 1990:

Nasriya Upgrading Project: Exhibition- Presented at 'Shelter & Urbanization' Cairo, Egypt. Organized by the General Organization for Housing, Building and Planning Research (GOHBPR).

Competition:

Oct. 1993:

'First Encouragement Prize': Architectural design and planning of a residential area for Engineers Syndicate in Aswan. Organized by the Head Office in Cairo at the country level.

Personal Experience:

1994 - date:

Training courses: 'Doing Research', 'Geographic Information System GIS', 'Advanced Statistics and Modelling', 'Scottish Program for Research Training in Human Geography', Computer Packages (e.g., Excel, Minitab, SPSS, Tables, Cricket Graph, Print Merge and Network Information Services).

Extensive familiarity with the internet, including downloading, installing software and web page design. My personal homepages are: http://www.geog.gla.ac.uk/~aeiweida/ and http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/dillard/106

Oct. 1998:

Logical Framework Approach (LFA) training course. Organized by Danida, Aswan.

March. 1998:

Urban Management, workshop and training course. Organized by the Dutch Egyptian Program for Training & Research in Housing and Urban Development- Housing & Building Research Center, Cairo.

Sep. 1996:

Decision Support Systems (DSS) training course. Organized by the GTZ, Cairo.

Aug. 1996:

Gender Sensitization, workshop and training course. Organized by the GTZ, Aswan.

May 1995:

Italy: Architectural and planning trends and the environmental protection program in North Italy. A tour organized by Centro di Ecologia Alpina- Trento, Italy.

Feb. 1993:

Training course: 'Aims Oriented Projects Planning- ZOPP'. Organized by the GTZ, Cairo.

Referees:

Dr. Hartwig Behnfeld Project Director, Solid Waste Management Aswan The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Aswan/Egypt P.O. Box 210 Tel: ++2 (097) 310 942 Fax: ++2 (097) 310 943 susari@aol.com

Dr. Stella Lowder (Thesis Supervisor) Department of Geography University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Tel: +44 (0141) 330 4789 Fax: +44 (0141) 330 4894 slowder@geog.gla.ac.uk

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