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Family name:
ABUSROUR
First names:
Amal
Date of birth:
17/04/1971
Nationality (passport holder):
Palestinian
Place of residence:
Ramallah
Education:
Institution (Date from Date to)
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Leeds University, UK Sept 2001 to Nov. 2002
MA
/
Politics
and
International
StudiesDevelopment Studies
Dissertation title: Civil Society and the
Palestinian Authority: The Relationship of
Conflict
University of North Carolina-USA (06/2005Post Graduate Diploma-Public Policy and Public
6/2006)
Administration (political science, social science,
sociology, economics)
Jerusalem University-Abu Dies Sept 1998 to
BA Social Science
Sept. 1992
TRAINING CERTIFICATES
Nov. 2015
Training of Trainer, Association for Talent Development, Ramallah, West Bank
January 2014
Gender Framework- Gender At Work, Ramallah, West Bank
August 2012
Making Market for the Poor, COADY International Institute, Ramallah, West
Bank
October 2012
Gender Enterprise Market (GEM) and Gender Adaptation Market Mapping
(GAMM), Oxfam GB, Armenia
January 2012
Completing the Action: Final Reporting, DG ECHO, Amman, Jordan
May 2010
Humanitarian Negotiation, Conflict Dynamics International for Humanitarian
Country Team, Ramallah
April 2008
Training of Trainers in Participatory Social Development- ESCWA, Jordan
January 2007
Certificate in Strategic Planning- PASSIA, Jerusalem
March 2006
International Financing and Development Seminar, International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank, USA
January 2006
Certificate in Coaching and Coalition Building- UNC Chapel Hill- USA
January 2006
Project Management, Interactive Consulting Services, UNC, USA
November 2005
Certificate in Change Management- UNC Chapel Hill- USA
November 2005
Non-Profit Management, Duke University, USA
Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language
Reading
Speaking
Writing
Arabic
mother tongue
English
1
1
1
Membership of professional bodies: Other skills: Advanced computer skills in MS Office, MS Project, MS Access, web design; excellent
managerial, co-ordination, analytical and reporting skills.
Present position: Independent International Consultant
Years with the firm: 12 Years
Key qualifications (relevant to the assignment):
Strong knowledge in civil society and civil society organizations and published a
research paper on role of civil society in defining the political nature of the state
Project design, monitoring and evaluation, needs assessment, strategic planning, project
planning, project management, gender planning, proposal writing, civil society empowerment
and participation, change management, women and youth entrepreneurship
Good leadership skills. Work well both independently and within a team and contributes actively
to achieving results; willingness to take initiatives as well as assist and support colleagues and
respond positively to requests for help or information, highly adaptive to challenging
environment.
20 years of experience in project design and management, training on project cycle
management and logical framework approach and proposal writing, design of policy papers and
prepared a large number of proposal documents on various human rights, health, education,
agriculture, food security, WASH, and emergency and relief projects. Design of socio-economic
empowerment programs for both youth and women based on small enterprise, advocacy and
capacity building skills of various community segments, adopt rights based approach in various
designed projects and proposal. Designed several policy papers and different projects proposal
with different donors (EC, NRO, ECHO)
Designed several socio-economic empowerment programs for both youth and women based on
small enterprise, and have advocacy and capacity building skills, adopt rights based approach in
designed projects and proposal.
Participate in evaluation of several projects (youth empowerment, women and agriculture,
gender based violence)
Led and managed several program funded by EC, SDC, NRO, ECHO with various national and
international organizations
Developed research papers published with different universities (Kings College London and
Columbia University)
Professional experience
Date
Location
from
Date to
Feb. 2014
oPt
to present
Position
Description
Director of
Programs
2015
oPt
Action Aid
Researcher
04/2012
03/2014
Full time
job
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
(West Bank
and East
Jerusalem)
Oxfam GB
Mohammad Sawafta
msawafta@oxfam.org.uk
Mobile: 0599359102
Program
Manager
1/2014
3/2014
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
(West Bank)
Civil society
expert
09/2013
Occupied
European Union
Y Care international
www.ycareinternational.org
International Program manager
Susannah Taylor
susannah.taylor@ycareinternational.or
g
Ramon Lee & Partners Kemp
House, 152-160
City Rd, London EC1V 2NP UK
AMIDEAST
Capacity
11/2013
Palestinian
Territory
(West Bank)
Ramallah
Capacity Building for Central Election
Commission
Reema Awadallah
rawadallah@amideast.org
10/2011
11/2011
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
Civil society
expert
07/2011
09/2011
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
Civil society
expert
Civil society
capacity
building expert
Head of
Programs
04/2011
05/2011
12/2009
04/2011
Full time
job
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
08/2008
09/2009
02/2010
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
UNESCO
Bir Zeit University
Centre Continuing Education
Fatina Al-Jamal
fjamal@birzeit.edu
Civil society
capacity
building expert
08/2006
11/2009
Full time
job
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
Resource
Development
Officer
05/2003
05/2005
Full time
job
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
Department of International
Development DIFD
Bassel Jaber
basil@rcsu.org
Public
Administration
and civil
service reform
Coordinator
10/1992
6/2000
Full time
job
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
West Bank
Assistant
Project
ManagerCommunity
Based
Rehabilitation
Program
Palestinian Civil Society: A Time for Action: Research Paper Published by: International Centre for the Study of Reconciliation and Political Violence:
Kings College London, March 2009
The Effect of Conflict and Militarization on Palestinian Women: Chapter 21 in the edited book: Terror in the Holly Land: Inside the Anguish of the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict by Judith Kuriansky, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006.
Present a paper on Coaching and Mentoring for Better Leadership
http://www.aiwfonline.com/Files/SpeechesAndPub/Jordan2012/Mentoring_and_Coaching_Amal_Abusrour.pdf at Arab International Women Forum:
Young Arab Women Leader: Voices for the Future, Jordan, June 26 th, 2012