The Ramsar Photo Gallery

Former staff of the Ramsar Convention Bureau

Ahmed El-Sabban

Assistant Advisor for Africa

Egypt; joined the Secretariat, 2004

Ahmed has a "Diplôme d'Etudes Professionnelles Approfondies" D.E.P.A. (MSc) in Environmental Management in 2001 from Senghor University (the International University in French for African Development, www.usenghor-francophonie.org) in Alexandria, Egypt; a Bachelor degree of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Mai 1995; as well as a post graduate diploma of English translation, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University in 1999. He worked with the Egyptian Ministry of Environment on a GEF/UNDP project on conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants in arid and semi arid lands in Egypt. He also worked as a volunteer with the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA), Nature Conservation Sector (NCS) for two years. He has previously gained experience in wetlands management, as well as in Ramsar Site designation, during his MSc practical training in surveys and field research for compiling the Ramsar Information Sheet with the French Ministry of Environment and Landscape in Montpellier. He is fluent in French and English besides his mother tongue Arabic.

Ahmed (center) with former Interns/Assistant Advisors for Africa, Ahoua Traore and Musonda Mumba, May 2004

Ahmed, Musonda, Ahoua, and Abou Bamba, Senior Advisor for Africa, May 2004

For further information, please contact the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 5 July 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.