About

Prof. Dr. Abdalla Abdelsalam Ahmed has more than 40 years of experience. He is the Director General of UNESCO Chair in Water Resources – Sudan and Chairman of Board Directors of KIMA Consultancy. He is basically a Civil Engineering graduated in 1978- Khartoum Univ. and obtained his PhD from Glasgow Univ. – UK (1984) in Hydraulic Engineering. He has a wide experience in various fields of water resources issues, e.g. Policies, Planning and Management, Irrigation Managements, Water Harvesting, Reservoirs and Irrigation Canals Sedimentation, River Basin Management, River Bank Protection, Water Supply and Sanitation, Water Pollution, Environment and related fields, etc. Being Deputy Commissioner of Gezira Irrigated Scheme and a Minister of Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Natural Resources, Prof. Abdalla chaired many Board of Directors and National Committees in the field of Agriculture Production, Animal Wealth and Water Management. Prof. Abdalla gained a comprehensive experience through his work as an international, regional and national Consultant in various fields of water resources projects. He also worked as an instructor, a lecturer and a facilitator for several training courses e.g. PhD, M.Sc and Higher Diploma programmes, in addition to the short training courses. As a Consultant and an Expert Prof. Abdalla Abdelsalam Ahmed works with international organization e.g. UNESCO, UNICEF, IFAD, FAO, USAID, OFDA and others. He worked with several Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) programmes (in particular ENTRO) as a consultant, e.g. Shared Vision Programme e.g. Applied Training Programme, and Water Resources Planning and Management programme ---- etc.. Moreover, he participated as a consultant in many Subsidiary Action Programmes, e.g. Eastern Nile Projects, Watershed Management, Flood Risk Mapping, IWRM, DSS ... etc. He is a fellow and a member in many international, regional and national Associations. He published more than 100 technical and scientific papers, in addition to several books and technical reports.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

NGOs and Associations

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He has a wide experience in various fields of water resources issues, e.g. Policies, Planning and Management, Irrigation Managements, Water Harvesting, Reservoirs and Irrigation Canals Sedimentation, River Basin Management, River Bank Protection, Water Supply and Sanitation, Water Pollution, Environment and related fields, etc.

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