CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Mahmoud Abdel Latif

PERSONAL DETAILS:
ADDRESS: RemalCommunity, Applied College Street, Gaza
DATE OF BIRTH: 16th July 1967
STATUS: Married
MOBILE: +972 (0) 59 9329683
OFFICE: +972 (0) 8 2865010
EMAIL: mahlatif@yahoo.com

NATIONALITY: Palestinian

QUALIFICATIONS:

1999-2001 / M.sc Water Resources, UNESCO IHE Delft, the

NETHERLANDS.

1993 - BSc. Civil Engineering, Birziet University, West Bank, Palestine

LANGUAGES: Arabic (mother tongue)

English (very Good)

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

Areas of interest :, project monitoring and evaluation , Water and

sanitation (WASH); agriculture & rural development; water
resources management, rural livelihoods; strategic planning; and
reconstruction;
15+ years of project cycle management; 10+ years team leadership,
project evaluation, monitoring, management & coordination
experience; collaborating with many donors & international
organisation (EU, USAID, WVWBG, UNICEF, GIZ, DANIDA,
Oxfam, , Mercy Corps ) including formulating & applying logframes,
developing Monitoring and Evaluation System , writing ToRs. .
Expertise in training in both the public and private sector.
In-depth knowledge of conducting research, and training in
Palestine
EMPLOYMENT RECORD

2012- 2017 Palestinian Water Authority-Gaza

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) focal point /Director of water

information system / reconstruction focal point

Manage, Follow up WASH activities for humanitarian purposes in

Gaza Strip.
Monitoring humanitarian projects in Gaza Strip.
Provide technical direction and advice to ensure that the WASH
activities in humanitarian interventions are implemented and align
with Palestinian priorities and standards.
Design water information system
Follow up reconstruction activities in Water sector.

2009- 2011 Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Mercy Corps (Palestine-Gaza)

Manages the various components of the MC programs dealing with

M&E data collection, verification and reporting;
Oversees data collection, analysis and reporting on performance
indicators by project team members and project counterparts;
Develops the M & E Plan.
establishing monitoring systems to measure project progress;
Contributes to writing of quarterly technical reports; and MC proposals

2006-2009 Freelance consultant.

Carry out numerous short-term assignments and consultancy services in

Palestinian territories. These include project evaluations, organizational
assessment and development, developing strategic plans, developing
monitoring and evaluation systems for local organizations, and
organizational support to development organizations .Also, conducting
market surveys and vocational needs surveys, and community needs
assessments.

20042006 Project Manager/ German Technical Cooperation (GIZ), capacity building

of water and sanitation institutions.

managing organizational assessment for water sector institutions,

especially focusing on vocational works
Managing project activities.
 Managing Needs assessments for vocational graduates in the
water sector
Design and implement vocational action plans
Carry out capacity building implementation programs

2002 - 2011 Part time Lecturers

Gaza Islamic University, University College of applied science

Subjects taught (geographical information system, Statistics, civil

engineering graduation project)

2002 - 2004 Director of Research Department, Palestinian Water Authority -Gaza

1995 - 1999 Head of the Quality Control Department- Construction sector

Ministry of Housing, Palestine

1993-1995 Site Engineer-Babil Contracting Company, Gaza

Construction of Alkaramara residential building project

Construction of water supply network project in Biet lahia-Gaza strip

CONSULTANCY WORKS

2016 Final evaluation project /external evaluator: strengthening of effectiveness of civil

society organisations in Gaza strip project
Implemented by Islamic relief-Palestine.

2016 Independent National Consultant: Conduct Accountability exercises for economic

empowerment project / OXFAM GB
2015 EU Jerusalem - External Evaluator:
Evaluating concepts Notes and Full Proposals for Palestinian NGOs under
the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights program (EIDHR).

Trainer: EU -Optimum Capacity-building program for EIDHR in the following

topics
EU Project cycle management
EU Advanced project cycle management
EU Project Monitoring and evaluation
Counselling and follow up of EU projects implementation.

2015 National External Evaluator: Conduct Gaza Part of Evaluation of Norwegian

people Aid (NPA) programs in Palestine-Gaza based

2015 Freelancer: Assessment of water resources and agriculture sector after 2014
Gaza War - Action against Hanger ACF-Gaza

2014 Team leader: Conduct A pre-survey of Key Stakeholders Attitudes towards TVET
in the Gaza Strip for Islamic Relief, Gaza

2013 External Consultant :Data analysis (assessing wastewater re-use irrigation

indicators in the Gaza Strip)

2012 External Consultant: Conducting Aquaculture market survey in the Khanyounis

area or the Gaza - Overseas Association.

2012 External evaluator: evaluating Supporting Wastewater re-use Farmers Project

in Gaza, for APY Middle East

2012 External Consultant : Conduct Organizational assessment & capacity building

for Wastewater reuse Farmers Association staff in Gaza, for APY Middle East
 2012 External Evaluator: Evaluation of youth projects implemented by Norwegian
Peoples Aid, in cooperation with ABC Company Ramallah.

2011 Team Leader: Conducting a Market Survey for potential crops in north Gaza,
Strengthening Community Resilience in the Gaza Strip project (AMENCA II),
executed by World Vision Gaza, and funded by AUSAID.
2011 Team Leader: Conducting Needs Assessment for the Agribusiness Industry,
implemented by UWAC, funded by Oxfam GB

Facilitator and Lead External Consultant: leading strategic planning workshop (vocational schools)
Follow-up developing Strategic plans for vocational education in the Gaza Strip.
Case study(two schools located in Gaza and Dier-al-Balah,
implemented by Tatweer, Funded by EU

2011 Team Leader: conducted Needs assessment for in-house food processing in the
Gaza Strip, implemented by UWAC and funded by Oxfam GB

Freelancer :Developing a strategic plan for the Betool Association, Shoka, Rafah,
Gaza, Palestine

2010 Team Leader: conduct baseline survey Agricultural livelihoods in Gaza'

((AMENCA II), executed by World Vision Gaza and funded by AUSAID

2010 External Evaluator :Final evaluation of infrastructure projects for Gaza middle
area, executed by Middle Area Council and funded by the Danish Embassy
(DANIDA)
2009 Evaluator, Final evaluation report Impact Assessment of Gaza Employment
Generation through NGOs Project (GEGNP), executed by IRD and funded by
USAID
2009 Team Leader,: Conduct Final Evaluation Cash for Work project
Implemented by Islamic relief foundation, funded by Disaster Emergency
Committee, UK.
2009 External Evaluator: Conduct Mid-term Evaluation report for Defending our
open rights to survive Gaza Strip-doors project. Implemented by UAWC Gaza,
funded by Norwegian Peoples Aid Organization

2007 External Evaluator: Final evaluation 'Agricultural livelihoods in Gaza' project

(AMENCA), executed by World Vision Gaza and West Bank, funded by AUSAID.
This assignment targeting female farmers as gender issues as one of main parts.
2006 Conducting Organizational assessment for UWAC organization in Gaza, using
PONAT tool

2006 Team Leader: Conduct Baseline survey for improving Agricultural livelihoods in
Gaza project (AMENCA), executed by World Vision Gaza, and funded by AUSAID
This assignment comprise need assessment of female farmers (Gender issues)

2005-2008 Member of Technical committee of Capacity Building of the Water Sector in

Palestine project under UNESCO

OTHER SKILLS
Having Excellent written skills with proven ability and experience of developing high
quality proposals, TORs and reports
Having good experience of project management
Having a strong project monitoring and evaluation knowledge and practice including
developing logframes, handling quantitative and qualitative data for reporting
purposes.
Having good managerial skills including solid financial and IT skills, with attention to
detail to develop and analyze budgets and reports.

TRAINING COURSES

Trainer in the following topics

Project cycle management (PCM)
Strategic development
Needs assessment
 Project monitoring and evaluation
Geographical information systems (GIS)
Data analysis using SPSS

WORKSHOPS/TRAINING,
Attending regional coordination and management of humanitarian project
2016/Biuret.
Attended training course in Result-based Management, Monitoring and evaluation,
Local Livelihood Centre, Herefordshire, UK (6 sessions over 6 weeks). 2009.
Participation in 'Capacity Building of Water Sector in Palestine project meetings
under UNESCO Cairo coordination office, held in AMMAN.2006, 2007and 2008.
Participation in Integrated Water Resources Management training course EGYPT,
2007
Participation in course DSS for wastewater reuse, The NETHERLANDS, 2007
Participation in groundwater modeling training course, CYPRUS,2006
Participation in young scientists program, IFATGERMANY, 2005
GIZ regional sector network meeting (MEN-ERM), Morocco 2003
Quality control in construction works (3 month training course),Sandberge company
(construction and quality control) London UK, 1997
Nominated from Ministry of housing for Chevenning scholarships (British council)
Quality assurance auditing training course, Reading- UK, 1997