Ali Abdallah Faculty of Commerce - Assiut University

ali_statistics@yahoo.com --- a.bdallah@egypols.org

Dear Mr.\Mrs., My objective is to exploit my multiple disciplines background to introduce feasible solutions to enhance economic development and help peoples to experience secured life. I believe in that breaking the poverty cycle needs an integrated approach to enhance suitable economic environment and make use of available chances. I am looking for an opportunity to not only use my past experience but also to contribute for the good of all. I worked for the ILO as national officer for the project Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) in Egypt as part of the Aid for Trade Initiative for Arab States (AFTIAS).The initiative targets inclusive economic growth with increased employment opportunities and greater competitiveness through trade policy reforms in the Arab states as an integral part of the regional trade and economic integration agenda. Duties implies desk research, sourcing and analysis of statistics, review and analyses of development plans and related skills needs, undertaking enterprises structured survey and in-depth interviews with social partners, consulting with ILO constituents and other stakeholders, organizing stakeholder steering groups, collaborating with ILO headquarters staff and monitoring, Establish and maintain strong working relations with the ILO's tripartite constituents and other relevant stakeholders in Egypt including representatives of concerned national government. Contribute creative ideas for project effective implementation, monitor progress in project implementation, final reports, identify problems and propose solutions and action and follow-up. My PhD research focused in introducing a new methodological approach to improve lifecycle income security through supporting human capabilities during young ages. The study introduces an integrated approach based on social risk management to propose an integrated income security plan. In my master degree thesis I focused on population aging phenomenon and its impact on retirement plan in Egypt. The study introduced retirement model that examines the fiscal impact of changes in the demographic factors on pension plans for retirement taking in consideration the economic and structural factors. My experience with Integrated Technology Transfer Unit (ITTU) in Assiut University -since it was established in 2009 using a one year European Egyptian Innovation Fund (EEIF). I worked as a projects manager and we as a team succeeded in running a sustainable self-financed unit that assist in developing the national economy and help the society through supporting businesses related to industry, agriculture, and trade. The most important experience I have got from ITTU and previous work experience are coordinating multidisciplinary team for the purpose of implementing research project, R&D and innovation support, and business owners’ support through consultancy and technical problem solving. I participated in designing and implementing practical soft skills and vocational training program based on market demand that increase the participant's chance to get a suitable job. Personally and professionally I have a long experience in implementing household and enterprises surveys for national international clients including series of R&D and national Innovation surveys. I have experienced supervising and participating in different stages starting with desk researches, recruiting teams, developing the questionnaire, supervising field work, statistical analysis, and report writing. I have a long experience with population studies and demographic techniques. I believe my skills enables me to help in 1)population analysis and policy recommendations 2)using different demographic techniques and developing demographic indicators 3)I have a broad experience in data collection starting with developing questionnaires and standard forms, recruiting and training data collectors, organizing and managing large numbers of data collectors during field work, implementing large sample size household surveys and polls, analysis of data and report writing 4)facilitation and cooperation with national related social partners 5) develop and improve possible ideas for capabilities building 6)I have a reliable experience in developing training material, and implementing training programs relate to population statistics and data collection 7) Analysing and recommending for current and future needs for data and information. Beyond that is mentioned in my resume, and on more personal level, I am persistent, and believe that people have much more capabilities than they are currently used. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Ali Abdallah

Ali Abdallah

Personal Information

Contact : EgyPols Date of Birth :10.03.1973

1 ElMohandseen Building, Place of Birth :Aswan.

2nd floor no. 4 – Cournish Elmaadi, Nationality :Egyptian.

Cairo – Egypt

Email: a.bdallah@egypols.org

ali_statistics@yahoo.com

Telephone : (+02) 0106 –9600152

(+02) 0115 –5233266

(+02) 25259729

Education & Qualification

2012 Cairo Unversity

Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences.

PhD Program in Statistics (Economic Demography).

Title of The Dissertaion: Human Capabilities and Income Security:

A New Methodological Approach.

2004 Cairo Unversity

Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences.

Department of Statistics.

Master degree in Statistics (Economic Demography).

Title of The Master Degree Thesis: Aging and Pension Plan in Egypt.

1994 Cairo University

Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences.

Department of Statistics.

B.Sc. In Statistics

18-22 October, 2015: ILO and JPAL, AUC

Executive education course

Impact Evaluation and assessment

May 15 to October15,2014 Commonwealth of Learning, Canada

Distance learning course: Writing Effectively for ILO

2005 TOEFL , International Computer-based Test, Score 250 (

Equivalent to 603 Paper-based Test ).

Employment

Assiut University,Faculty of Commerce,

Statistics, Mathematics and Insurance Department,

Assiut, Egypt.

July 1997 to date Current Position : Lecturer

Duties: Instructing undergraduate courses, post graduate

Participate and supervise some student activities,

Participate in holding Exams.

ILO – DWT Cairo office,

Cairo, Egypt,

March 2014- Dec 2016 : Current Position: National Project Officer – External collaborator

expert – Skill for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED)-

Egypt.

Duties: duties includes desk research, sourcing and analysis of data,

review and analyse development plans and related skills needs,

undertaking structured survey, consulting with ILO constituents and

other stakeholders, organizing stakeholder steering groups,

collaborating with ILO headquarters staff and monitoring, Contribute

creative ideas for project effective implementation, serve as national

advisor to the project, monitor progress in project implementation,

final reports and presentaions, identify problems and propose

solutions and action and follow-up.

Observatory of Higher Education – Ministry of Higher Education

Egypt

Dec 2015 to date Position: Councillor

Duties: technical support to administer and implement labour market

survey to define emploers’ perception of competences of recent

university graduates. The goal of this survey is to know what

employers think about the quality of the match between the

competences of recent university graduates and the actual skill needs

of enterprises in additin to defining current and future labourmarket

needs.

Assiut University, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology

(ASRT) Egypt

Oct 2013 to date Position: Technology and Innovation Support Officer (TISO)

Duties: Support Innovation and commercialization of research,

Technology scanning, and Intellectual Proerty rights.

EgyPols – polls and policies

Jan 2015 to date Position: cofounder and senior statistician

Duties : Market research, polls, surveys, and impact assessemt and

evaluation studies.

Siemens Integrity Initiative & Uiversity of Cairo: Towards

Transparent Economy

Sept. 2012 to June 2013 Position: Project Cordinator in Assiut University

Duties: Fighting corruption and fraud through collective action ,

education and training.

Center for Economics and Financial Researchs and Studies

(CEFRS)-Faculty of Economics and Political Scienc,

Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

2005 to 2012 Position : Technical support and data analyst

Duties : prepare, supervise, analyse and report writing of

surveys, polls, focus groups, field work

management and data analysis.

Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)

63, Mossadak street, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

July 95 – Feb. 96 Position : Statistical Analyst

Duties : Field work managing.

Working Experience

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Abdul Latif Jameel

Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) – Education for Employment Egypt (EFE) –

The American University in Cairo (AUC) - EgyPols

2015 Project title: Improving Training for Youth Unemployment in Egypt

This project has four major components: understanding skill demand,

supporting the design of effective and efficient employment training program

composition, methods for recruiting youth for employment training, and

analysing perceptions.

Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

Duties: Developing questionnaire – managing data collection and data

processing – analysis of quantitative and qualitative data – report.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development (OECD), the ILO, the European Centre for the Development

of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and the European Training

Foundation (ETF)

March-April, 2015 Project title: Inter-agency survey project on skills needs anticipation - Egypt

Jointly carry out the project in over 70 countries.

Position: Expert

Duties: Implementing the Project in Egypt.

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) - Egypt

Oct. 2014 to April 2015 Project title: Egypt National Innovation Survey

Position: Expert

Duties: develop, Implement, and analyze the R&D and Innovation

enterprises survey. Tasks include developing the tools and implementing

3000 interviews with working enterprises. The sample is designed to

represent different economic sectors of enterprises and geographic

distribution in addition to the size of enterprises. The objective is to

highlights the current position, challenges and interventions to enhance R&D

and Innovation activities in Egypt.

World Fish Organization: Improving Employment and Income through

Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) Project

May-Oct. 2014 Project title: Research on the role of farmed fish in the diets of the poor in

Egypt

Position: Principal Statistician

Duties: better understanding of the place of animal source foods (ASFs), and

particularly fish, in the diets of the poor, The factors affecting consumer

demand for different types and qualities of ASF among the poor, and

How equitably ASF consumption is distributed within households. The

sample is designed to represent the two main clusters; households near fish

farms and households far from fish farms.

ILO

2014 Project title: Preparing a Mapping Exercise for PES offices

and Proposing Economic Indicators for Labor Market

Performance

Position: Consultant

Duties: manage, revise, write and deliver field and office work

Nile University

June-july 2013 Project title: NU100: An Entrepreneurship Driver’s License

Position : Coaching & Mentoring

Duties : Training

IFC/DBACD

2012 Project title: Market Research for Home Improvement/Low Income

Housing Loans

Position : Principal Statistician - Assistant manager

Duties : Conducting an IFC co-financed research to gauge the market

potential for housing micro loans in Dakahlya in addition to

Institutional Assessment of Dakahlya Business Association

Capacity to launch this new product in case of demand.

Social Fund for Development (SFD)

2011 Project title: survey of SMEs in Egypt

Position : Principal Statistician - Assistant manager

Duties : field work follow up , data analyist, delevering re

UNESCO, EU, Ministry of Scientific Research Affairs,

2011 Project title: Innovation, R&D, and Industry needs assessment survey

Position : Principal Statistician- Assistant manager

Duties: surveying national represented 2000 sample of enterprises to

assess the interest of enterprises working the in different fields of

economic activities at R&D and innovation activities. In addition the

cooperation with research centers and industry is analyzed for

encouraging and recommendations.

ILO

2010 Project title: Informal Apprenticeship in Egypt

Position : Principal Statistician - Field work and Report Writting

Duties: Data analysis.

World Bank

2008 Project title: Women in Informal Work and Home-Based

Entrepreneurship in Selected Cities in MENA

Position : Principal Statistician - Field work and Report Writting

Duties : 3000 Household sample is surveyed to estimate the size of

home based business in great Cairo. In addition to understanding and

analysing difficulties and prospective for such activities.

Ministry of of Higher Education

2008 Project title: Higher Education Enhancement Project, Impact study for

measuring project’s return on beneficiaries.

Position : Principal Statistician

Duties: Tools design, field work supervision , data analyist, report writing.

Academy of Scientific Researches and Technology Egypt - UNESCO,

EU

2007 Project title: Innovation survey

Position : Principal Statistician

Duties : field work follow up , data analyist, delevering reports

ILO and CAWTAR (Center for Arab Women for Training and Research)

2007 Project title: "Gender rights and social protection in Arab countries"

Position : Statisticsal researcher

Duties : writing a paper

Training, Workshops, and Conferences

September 2015: Validation workshop for STED Result Based Monitoring (RBM) and monitoring

and evaluation framework, Geneve.

November 2013 : 4 days’ workshop at Nile University about

- Overview of Technology, Innovation and Commercialization

- Technology Scouting: Understanding and Recognizing Innovation

- Technology Scan & Assessments and IP rights

May 2013 : TOT- Entrepreneurship Driver’s License

11-13 Oct., 2012 : Training on Strategic planning Faculty and Leadership Center, Cairo

University.

20-22 Nov., 2010 : Training on Credit Hours System, Faculty and Leadership Center, Cairo

University.

18-20 Oct., 2010 : Training on International Publishing Research, Faculty and Leadership

Center, Cairo University.

26 April-4 May, 2010 : Enhancing Teaching Skills for Teacher, College of Education, Fayum

University.

10-12 Nov., 2007 : Analytic Thinking, Faculty and Leadership Center, Assiut University.

1-3 Oct., 2007 : Communication skills, Faculty and Leadership Center, Assiut University.

December 2009 : Tenth Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-X)

AUC, Cairo, Egypt.

September 2009 :Sub-Regional Training Workshop on “Science, Technology and Innovation

Indicators”, Cairo, Egypt.

May 2008 :Training On Innovation and Industry Needs, Fraunhover Institute

(Germany), and Ministry of of Scientific Research Affairs (Egypt), Cairo.

August 2008 :Intellectual Property commercialization in the Higher Education and R&D

Institution in Egypt, Ministry of Higher Education, Cairo.

June 17-20 2007 :Gender and Work with the Population Council, at the Egypt Labor Market

Panel Survey (ELMPS06) using STATAو Statistical Training Workshop,

conducted by The Social Research Center at the American University in

Cairo in cooperation, Cairo.

April 3-5 2007 :ILO and CAWTAR workshop "Gender rights and social protection in Arab

countries" Tunisia.

Publications

Forthcoming Abdallah A., etal “Skills for trade and economic diversification (STED)

the case of Furniture Sector in Egypt”, International Labour Organization

(ILO) .

2015 Abdallah A., etal “Skills for trade and economic diversification (STED) –

the case of Food Processing Sector in Egypt”, International Labour

Organization (ILO) .

2015 “Egyptian National Innovation Indication Survey”, Academy of

Scientific Research and Technology and Centeral Agency for Population,

Mobilizatoin, and Statistics (CAPMAS) .

2015 El Mahdi A., Abdallah A., etal; “The role of farmed fish in the diets of the

resource-poor in Egypt”; (2015); WorldFish. Penang, Malaysia. Program

Report: 2015-05.

2012 “Egyptian National Innovation Indication Survey” , (2012), Academy of

Scientific Research and Technology.

2010 “Human Capabilities and Income Security: A New Methodological

Approach", Tenth Islamic Countries Conferenc on Statistical Sciences

(2009), The American University In Cairo, Egypt..

2008 “Higher Education Enhancement Project, Survey for measuring

project’s return on beneficiaries”, HEEP and CEFRS.

2007 "Gender rights and social protection in Arab countries"

ILO and CAWTAR (Center for Arab Women for Training and Research),

Tunisia

March 2004 “ Aging and Pension Plan in Egypt”,

The 17th Annual Conference On Statistics and Computer Modeling In

Human and Social Science, 29-30 March 2004, Department of Statistics,

Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University.

Septemper 1996 "Egypt Demographic and Health Survey”,

National Population Council, Cairo Egypt,

Claverton, Maryland USA.

Books

2012 “Human Capabilities and Income Security: A New Methodological Approach", LAMBERT

Academic Publishing (LAP), German, ISBN 978-3-659-21337-3.

Other Courses Attended

June – July 2004 French course Centre Culturel Français, Egypte.

May-jun 1997 - Insurance Terminology, The British Council

Jun 96 – April 97 - Lectures in Actuarial Science – Department of Actuary, Cairo University

May – Oct 1996 Insurance ( Specialized course in Business Environment )

The Chartered Insurance Institute and The Egyptian Institute of Management

and Insurance.

Summary of Skills

Language Skills : English : Fluent Spoken / written

French : Fair

Computer Skills : Microdoft Office, Demographic Projections (Demo. Proj.), SPSS (PSAW)

20, S-plus 4.5, STATA (in progress), BSIC and Visual BASIC programming

language.

Interests & Activities

Sports : Football, Squash.

Literature Have a great interest in gaining knowledge by reading and absorbing many

literally sources.

Arts : Writing Arabic poetry, short stories and novels.

Travel/Languages Interested in different cultures. Personal goal is to speak 3 languages

fluently.

References Available Upon Request