CURRICULUM VITAE

SURNAME: AWAD

NAME: Ibrahim

PLACE OF BIRTH: Cairo, Egypt

ADDRESS: 30, Abou Bakr El Saddik Street

Dokki Giza Egypt

Phone: +202 3335 5269

+2010 539 9349

E-Mail: iawad@aucegypt.edu

GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science (Political) from the Faculty of Economics
and Political Sciences, University of Cairo, 1968.

Certificat d'études supérieures ès relations internationales, from

the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 1982.

Docteur ès sciences politiques, from the University of Geneva,

1984.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: As a political scientist and political economist, have had a varied
experience as an international civil servant, consultant, researcher,
lecturer and professor in the fields of international organization,
international relations, comparative politics, development studies
and policies, European integration, employment, international
labour migration, human rights including labour rights, analysis of
public social and economic policies as well as diplomacy and
mass media.

(For more details on subjects of research, please see Publications

and Conference Papers).

In reverse chronological order, and according to the institution

(when there is a time overlap), professional experience includes
working in/as:

Professor of Practice, School of Global Affairs and Public

Policy (GAPP), American University in Cairo (AUC) (at
present)

Director, Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS),

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American University in Cairo (AUC)

Director, International Migration Programme, International

Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, 2005-10

Director, International Labour Organization (ILO) Sub-

regional Office for North Africa, Cairo: 2001-2005

Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for

Western Asia (ESCWA) and Special Assistant to the Executive
Secretary: 1999-2001

Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations

on the Provident Fund Committee of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the
Near East (UNRWA): 1999-2001.

Academic researcher and Consultant to the International

Labour Organization (ILO, Geneva), the International
Training Centre of the ILO (Turin)
and other international organizations in issues of socio-
economic development: 1985-1999.

Regional Coordinator, ILO/UNDP Project on “Support to Arab

Labour Migration Policies”: 1991-1992

Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the

American University in Cairo, September 1991-1992 and 1996.

Adviser to the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR):

1988-1989

Official of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States

(LAS), 1970-1978. During this period, I served in:

General Department of Information 1976-1977.

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The Offices of the LAS in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971-

1974 and in Madrid, Spain, 1974-1976:
Deputy Director of both offices and Director a.i. of the
Madrid office from March to October 1974.

The Center for Research and Documentation,

Department of Information: 1970-1971

Other:

Professor at the Florence School on Euro-Mediterranean

Migration and Development, organized by the European
University Institute (EUI) and the Universitá degli Studi
di Firenze, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Professor and Tutor at the Summer University on

Migration in the Mediterranean Basin of the European
University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced Studies, 2002

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS AND BOARDS
OF RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS:

Member, Egyptian Consultative Council on Labour, as of 2011

Scientific Adviser to the Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for

Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM), European
University Institute as of 2003 (continuing)

Member of the Governing Board and of the Board of Trustees,

Partners in Development (PiD), as of 2005 (continuing)

Research Fellow, German Institute for the Study of Labor, as of

2011

Honorary Member, the Hague Process on Migration and

Refugees, as of 2011

Member, Scientific Committee, Regional Program on “Public

Policies, Societies and Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa”, a
research program administered by the French Institute for
Development Research (IRD), as of 2011

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Member of the Board of Trustees, Cairo Institute of Human

Rights Studies, as of 1995 (continuing)

Member, Alwaleed American Studies Center’s Steering

Committee, American University in Cairo (AUC), as of 2011

Member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global

Agenda’s Council on Migration, 2008-2010.

Member of the Hague Process on Migration and Refugees, 2007-

2010

Member, Scientific Board, “International Migration, Territorial

Reorganization and Development in Developing Countries”, a
research programme administered for the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, France, by the French Institute for Research on
Development (IRD), 2005-2009.

Member, Advisory Board, Project on “Gaining from Migration”,

OECD Development Centre, 2006-2007.

Member of the Board of Trustees, Center for Economic and

Financial Research and Studies (CEFRS), Faculty of Economics
and Political Sciences, University of Cairo (2002-2005)

Member of the Board of Trustees, Center for European Studies

(CES), Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, University of
Cairo (2003-2005)

Member of the Consultative Committee, University of

Sussex/American University in Cairo joint research project on
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, 2002-2005.

Member of the Arab Association of Political Science.

Member of the European Association of Development Research

And Training Institutes (EADI).

Member of the Association française pour l'étude du Monde arabe

et musulman (A.F.E.M.A.M.).

Member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA)

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE

PAPERS: La politique de développement de la Communauté

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économique européenne 1957-1982. Une analyse empirique et
conceptuelle. Geneva, IUHEI, 1984 (Doctoral thesis).

« Migraciones laborales internacionales en tiempos de crisis

económica: 2008-2009”, in Migraciones laborales, acción de la
OIT y política europea, Margarita Isabel Ramos Quintana
(coordinadora). Albacete, Editorial Bomarzo, 2011, pp. 19-57.

“La question de l’emploi entre la recherche arabe et les

institutions financieres internationals”, in Les sciences sociales en
voyage. L’Afrique du Nord et le Moyen-Orient vus d’Europe,
d’Amerique et de l’interieur, sous la direction d’Eberahrd
Kienle. Paris, IREMAM-CARTHALA, 2010.

International Migration in Africa, Guest editor of the special

theme of the African Yearbook of International Law, 2008.
Leiden, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2010.

“Introduction: Concepts, Practice and Policies of International

Migration in Africa”, in Ibid. pp. 3-23

“International labour migration: evolution of the international

policy framework”, in The internationalization of labour
markets, edited by Christiane Kuptsch. Geneva, ILO,
International Institute of Labour Studies and Ministère du
Travail, de la Solidarité et de la Fonction Publique, 2010, pp.
107-113.

The Global Economic Crisis and Migrant Workers: Impact

and Response. Geneva, ILO, 2009.

“Migration and Human Security in the Arab Region”,

Background paper prepared for the Arab Human Development
Report, 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab
Countries. New York, UNDP, 2009.

“Nueva política migratoria de España y el enfoque multilateral de

la OIT” (con Gloria Moreno-Fontes Chammartin), Boletín del
Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, Número 38, 3ª época,
enero 2008, pp. 87-118.

Towards an Employment Policy for Egypt. Cairo, Egyptian

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General Book Organization and the International Labour Office
(ILO), 2005 (edited book, in Arabic).

“About Employment Policy”, in Ibid, pp. 7-27.

International Labour Law: from the

Origins to the times of Globalization. Cairo,
International Labour Office (ILO), 2005 (edited book with
Ahmed Abdel-Wanis Sheta, in Arabic).

“International labour Law in Times of Globalization”, in Ibid,

pp. 50-65.

Employment and Decent Work in North Africa. Geneva,

International Labour Organization, 2005 (Towards Decent Work
in North Africa, No.3).

“Concept and practice of labour immigration policies in European

Mediterranean countries”, paper presented at the Fifth
Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting,
organized by the European University Institute, Robert Schuman
Centre for Advanced Studies, Montecatini and Florence, 24-28
March 2004.

“Economic Reform, Employment and Employment Policy in

Egypt”, in Aspects of Structural Reform with special reference
to the Egyptian Economy, edited by Mona El Baradei. Cairo,
University of Cairo and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2004 (8th
Conference of the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics
and Political Science).

“Introduction”, The Authentic and the Acquired. Social,

Economic and Cultural Rights, compiled by Ala’ Quaoud. Cairo,
Cairo Centre for Human Rights Studies, 2002, pp. 7-17 (Series on
Human Rights Education) (in Arabic).

“Dynamics of Labour Migration in the Mediterranean Basin at the

Turn of the Century”, paper presented at the Third
Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting,
organized by the European University Institute, Robert Schuman
Centre for Advanced Studies, Montecatini, Terme and Florence,
20-24 March 2002.

"Privatization and Employment Issues in the ESCWA Region: a

Comparative Study of Egypt and Jordan”, in Institutional

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Aspects of Privatization. New York, United Nations, 2000.

"Regulating Labour Immigration in Developing Countries", paper

prepared for the International Labour Organization, Working
Conditions and Environment Department, January 1999.

"Labour Migration and Development in the Mediterranean Basin:

a Review of Issues", paper prepared for the International Labour
Organization, Working Conditions and Environment Department,
and the International Organization for Migration, 1998.

"Employment Policy under Economic Reform", Cairo Papers in

Social Science, Volume 21, no. 3, Fall 1998, pp. 50-72 ( The 20th
Anniversary Symposium: Twenty Years of Development in
Egypt, 1977-1997).

"International Labour Standards and Poverty Reduction in

Developing Countries", paper written as a contribution to the
Programme on Development, Public Policies and Poverty
Alleviation of the ILO Development Policies Department,
September, 1997.

"The External Relations of the Arab Human Rights Movement",

Arab Studies Quarterly, Volume 19, Number 1, Winter 1997,
pp. 59-76.

"Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: their Nature and the

Supervision of their Implementation", Riwaq 'Arabi, Number 5,
January 1997, pp. 16-36 (in Arabic).

"L'intégration européenne, la PESC et la Méditerranée", paper

submitted to the VIIe Rencontres franco-égyptiennes de science
politique organized by CEDEJ-University of Cairo. Cairo, 6-8
January 1997.

"The challenge of employment in the Arab Mediterranean

countries in the late 1990s", paper submitted to the Strategy
Formulation Workshop on Employment Promotion in the
Mediterranean Arab Countries, Turin, ILO International
Training Centre, 23-27 September 1996.

De la guerra del Golfo al nuevo sistema regional: la actuacion

de Egipto, Siria y Arabia Saudí. Madrid, Cantarabia, 1995
(Cuadernos de Almenara, Núْmero 6). "Cooperación económica,
desarrollo y estabilidad en el Mediterráneo", in Los aspectos

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políticos, económicos y culturales de la cooperación en el
Mediterráneo . Madrid, Fundación Friedrich Ebert, 1995.

"Análisis de los escenarios regionales y las perspectivas de

actuación de la ONU: Medio Oriente", in Las Naciones Unidas
en la Nueva Sociedad Internacional, edición coordinada por
Carlos Iribarren Valdés y Carlos Vargas Quiroz. Madrid,
Fundación Friedrich Ebert, 1995, pp. 142-148.

"The Future of Regional and Sub-regional Organizations in the

Arab World", in The Arab World Today, edited by Dan
Tschirgi. Boulder, Colorado, Lynn Rienner, 1994, pp. 147-160.

"Political concepts and realities of Latin America", contribution to

the Arab Encyclopedia of Political Science. University of
Kuwait, 1994 (in Arabic).

"Crise du Golfe et ordre politique interne: Impact de la crise et

régulation des flux économiques et financiers. Une étude
comparée de l'Egypte et de la Jordanie", in Crise du Golfe et
ordre politique au Moyen Orient, édition de Françoise Lorcerie,
Paris, CNRS editions, 1993, pp. 167-182.

"International Labour Standards and the Promotion of

Employment, with special reference to the Rural and Informal
Sectors". Paper delivered as a lecture at the Seminar on
"Employment Challenges in the Rural and Informal Sectors
of the Arab States", Turin, ILO Training Centre, 6 to
8 September 1993.

"Trends and Prospects of Labour Migration to Kuwait, Saudi

Arabia and the U.A.E." in International Labour Migration
Statistics and Information Networking in Asia. Papers and
Proceedings of a Regional Seminar held in New Delhi, 17-19
March 1993. Geneva, ILO, 1993 (United Nations Development
Fund and Asian Regional Team for Employment Promotion
[ARTEP]), pp. 162-227.

"The evolution of party systems in Western Europe", Alsiyassah

Aldawliyah, No. 109, July 1992, pp. 291-298 (in Arabic).

"Crise économique, contestation et démocratisation: une étude

comparée de l'Algérie et de la Jordanie", in Democratie et
démocratisation dans le monde arabe. Le Caire, Centre
d'études et de documentation économiques, juridique et sociale,

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unité associée au CNRS, 1992, pp. 131-148 (Dossiers du
CEDEJ).

"Migration policies, organization and flows in Egypt, Jordan,

Lebanon, Sudan and Yemen: A synoptic and comparative study",
paper prepared for the ILO/UNDP Seminar on Migration
Policies in Arab Labour-Sending Countries. Cairo, 2-4 May
1992.

"Peace and development through integration: The adapting of

neo-functionalism to the purposes of Arab integration", in In
Order to Avoid a New Inter-Arab War: The Lessons of the
Gulf War, edited by Mustafa El-Sayyid. Cairo, Center for
Political Research and Studies, University of Cairo, 1992 (in
Arabic).

"Socio-economic aspects of economic reform: A study of

domestic actors attitudes towards adjustment policies in Egypt",
in Employment and Structural Adjustment: Egypt in the
1990s, edited by Heba Handoussa and Gillian Potter. Cairo, The
American University in Cairo Press, 1991, pp. 275-294.

Lutte contre la pauvreté en période d'ajustement: Etude de

l'action publique et des cas choisis. Genève, Bureau
International du Travail, 1991 (Recherches pour le Programme
Mondial de l'Emploi, Document de Travail: WEP 10-6/WP105)

"Théories de l'intégration politique et application au monde arabe.

L'étude de deux processus dans une perspective néo-
fonctionnelle", in Etudes politiques du monde arabe.
Approches globales et approches spécifiques. Le Caire, Centre
d'études et de documentation économique, juridique et sociale,
unité associée au CNRS, 1991, pp. 315-338 (Dossiers du
CEDEJ).

The State of Human Rights in the Arab World, 1988. Cairo,

The Arab Organization for Human Rights, 1989 (in Arabic).

"The European Community and the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1970-

1985", Al-Siassa Al-Dawlya, No. 83, January 1986, pp. 57-81
(in Arabic).

"The Arab World and the Development Policy of the European

Economic Community", Arab Alternative Futures, No. 15,

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January 1985, pp. 20-46 (in Arabic).

"La politique de développement de la Communauté économique

européenne: Un cas de dépendance ou d'interdépendance",
Cahiers d'histoire et de politique internationales, No. ,1
Printemps 1983, pp. 59-89.

"The political system and elections in Mexico", Al-Siyassa Al-

Dawlya, No. 71, January 1983, pp. 162-168 (in Arabic).

Parties of the Left in Spain, with special reference to their

attitudes towards the Middle East problem. Beirut, Institute
for Arab Development, 1978 (in Arabic).

"Labour Migration in the Dominican Republic: Processes,

Policies and Institutions". Report prepared for the ILO
Interdepartmental Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95, August
1994.

"Labour Immigration to Argentina: Processes, Policies and

Institutions". Report prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental
Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95, September 1994.

"Labour Emigration from Senegal: Processes, Policies and

Institutions". Report prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental
Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95, December 1994.

"Labour Immigration to Gabon: Processes, Policies and

Institutions". Report prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental
Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95, December 1994.

"Labour Immigration Processes, Policies and Institutions in

Malaysia". Report prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental Project
on Migrant Workers 1994-95, February 1995.

"Labour Migration in Lebanon: Processes, Policies and

Institutions". Report prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental
Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95, March 1995.

"Regularization of Illegal Immigrants in Portugal: The

Conditions, the Process and the Difficulties". Report prepared for
the ILO Interdepartmental Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95,
March 1995.

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"Emigration Policy and Institutions in Portugal". Report
prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental Project on Migrant
Workers 1994-95, April 1995.

"Labour Immigration to Côte d'Ivoire: Processes, Policies and

Institutions". Report prepared for the ILO Interdepartmental
Project on Migrant Workers 1994-95, April 1995.

LANGUAGES: Arabic, mother tongue, with full command of English, French and
Spanish. Undertake research, write and lecture in all four
languages.

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