Dr. Noha El-Mikawy
Date of Birth: 01.03.1960
Nationality: Egyptian
Married; no children
EDUCATION
1985 – 1991University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)
Ph.D. in Comparative Politics, focusing on the Arab countries
Dissertation: "The Predicament of ConsensusBuilding in Transition to Liberal Democracy in Egypt"
University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)
1983-1985M.A. in Comparative PoliticsInternationalRelations
1997-1981AmericanUniversity in Cairo (AUC)
B.A. in Political Science
GRADUATE & POST GRADUATE TRAINING
12.2003Overseas Development Institut, London
Bridging Research and Policy in Morocco
01.199221st Century Trust, England
Religion and Liberal Politics in Comparative Perspective
07.1986United Nations Information Office, Geneva
Summer Internship, funded by UCLA
Professional Experience
12.2006 to dateUNDP Bureau of Development Policy, OsloGovernanceCenterPolicy Advisor for Governance and Poverty Reduction
02.2005 to 12.2006SURF-AS UNDP
Governance Policy Advisor
12.2001 - to dateCenter for Development Research (ZEF), BonnUniversity
Senior Research Fellow & Project Coordinator
Law-making processes, society private sector participation in economic policy making, educational reform in Arab countries
Lecturer in Doctoral Program in Developmental Studies
01.2002 – To DatePeer Reviewer for Economic Research Forum (ERF)
MDF5: Fostering the Implementation of Trade Reforms
EU-funded Country Profile of MEDA Countries: Governance Chapter
ERF Annual Conference: Elections in Turkey,
ERF Annual Conference: Turkish Elections in 1995”
01.2004Peer Reviewer for Egyptian Human Development Report Governance & Decentralization Chapter, 2004
12.2003Summer School, RuhrUniversityBochum
Visiting Lecturer
“Arab Human Development Reports: Concept, Findings, Implication for Rsearch”
12.2001Peer Reviewer for Global Development Network & ERF
GDN meeting in Brazil: Growth in FormerSovietRepublics (SloveniaBelarus)
04.2001 -11.2001Egyptian Exporters Association (Expolink), Cairo
Consulting on institutional and capacity building
04.1998 – 04.2001ZEF
Research project manager
Institutional Reform & Economic Development in Egypt
04.1995 – 07.1999Center for Modern Near East, Department of Political Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lecturer on politics of transition in the Arab countries
03.1994CityUniversity, Frankfurt am Main
Adjunct ProfessorHuman Resource Management
10.1993 – 03.1994Free University of Berlin
Visiting Lecturer in politics of democratization in Arab countries
09.1991 – 06.1993Department of Political Science, AUC
Assistant Professor
Graduate & under-graduate courses: development & democratization
01.1983 – 09-1989Department of Political Science, UCLA
Post Graduate Researcher
To Chairman of Department, working on Indian politics
Teaching Assistant
World Politics, Political Thought
Teaching Associate
Comparative Government
Post Graduate Researcher
To Director of Center for African Studies
PROGRAM & PROJECT FORMULATIONS, Needs Assessments & Evaluations
2005 to date:
ParliamentaryStrengthening in Egypt, Sudan, Bahrain, UAE, Iraq
Civil Service Reform in Somalia
GenderEmpowerment in KuwaitBahrain
Public Administration in SyriaTunisia
JudicialReform in YemenIraq
ORGANIZED TRAINING IN UNDP
2005 to dateGender and Governance to ArabStates UNDP Country Offices
Gender and Governance to ArabStates Deputy UNDP Resident Representatives
Right-Based Approach to UNDP Regional Bureau of ArabStates, NY
DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS PRACTICE RESEARCH PROJECTS
04.1998 – 04.2001“Institutional Reform Economic Development in Egypt”
My Role: Conceptualization, team-building, team coordination, workshop organization, publication
Project Size: 60,000 €; Funding: ZEF
Team: 5 professors, researchers, Ph.D candidates in Egypt
12.2001– 12.2004“Law making, Participation, Economic Reform”
My Role: Conceptualization, team-building, coordination, workshop organization, publication
Project size: 250,000 € (German Ministry of Economic & International Cooperation BMZ)
Team: 10 professors researchers in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan
06.2004– 12.2004“Educational Reform in Selected Arab Countries”
My Role: Conceptualization, team-building, coordination
Project Size: 60,000 € (BMZ)
Team: 4 institute directors in Morocco, Egypt, JordanYemen
RESEARCH TOPICS, PARTNERS, FIELD EXPERIENCE
12.2001– 12.2004Law-making Civil Society Participation in Economic Reform
Partners: ZEF & ERF
Field Experience: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco
06.2004– 12.2004Educational Reform: Policy Process, Needs Options for Regional International Cooperation
Partners: ZEF, al-Akhawayn University, Morocco, NationalCenter for Human Resource, Jordan, CairoUniversity, and Center for Research & Educational Development, Yemen
Field Experience: Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen
09.2003- 06.2004Integrated Water Management Transboundary Cooperation
Partners: ZEF, BaathUniversity, University of Curkurova, Adana, Turkey
04.1998– 04.2001Institutional Reform for Economic Development: Parliament, Civil Society & Investment Authorities
Partners: ZEF, ERF
Field Experience: Egypt
11.1999– 03.2000Comparison of Arab Labour Laws
Partners: Mediterranean Development Forum ERF
Field Experience: Egypt (Co-author experience in MoroccoJordan)
03.1997– 10.1997Democratisationand Liberalization in Latin America
Partner: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Field Experience: Boliviaand Peru
04.1986 – 02.1991Political Parties, Electoral Systems, Parliamentary Process During Transition to Democracy(doctoral thesis)
Partners: UCLA & AmericanResearchCenter in Egypt (ARCE)
Field Experience: Egypt
06.1981 – 06.1982Food Subsidies, Production Consumption in Egypt
Partners: International Food Policy Research (IFPRI) , Washington
Field Experience: Egypt
06.1990 – 08.1990Surveying Islamic Attitudes Among University Students: AsiaNear East
Partners: Center For Pacific Rim Studies, UCLA
TRAINING & COUNSELLING
04.2004European Training Foundation
Training program officers on governance in Arab countries
06.2003EU-Tempus Program
Training professors & university officers on higher education cooperation potential with Arab countries
09.1995Gitec Consulting, Düsseldorf
Training Yemeni engineers on German political & economic system
03.1992 – 05.1993International Institute of Agronomy, Cairo
Training international agronomists on governance issues in Egypt
04.1983 – 09.1988UCLA Office of International Students & Scholars
Counselling students & scholars, organizing orientation programs
CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
Civil Society Delegation to G-8 Meeting in New York
Moderator & spokesperson in G-8 ministerial session
ERF
Active Fellow
Civic Forum
Member since its inception. The organization’s mission is to defend and advocate liberal values in Egypt
SCIENTIFIC AND Civil Society NETWORK
The Center for Parliamentary Studies, CairoUniversity
Pakistan Institute for Legislative Development and Transparency
Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, IranTurkey (ERF)
Lebanese Transparency Association
Transparency International, Berlin
Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt
AmericanUniversity in Cairo (AUC)
Mohamad V University, Morocco
Al-AkhawaynUniversity in Ifrane, Morocco
Royal Council for Science and Technology, Jordan
NationalCenter for Human Resource Management, Jordan
JordanUniversity, Jordan
al-Baath University, Syria
Tempus Progamme of the European Union
Global Development Network
International Peace Academy, New York
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, IranTurkey (ERF)
German Near East Association (DAVO)
21st Century Trust in London(Chairman: Chris Patten)
The International Political Science Association (IPSA)
The Middle East Studies Association, USA (MESA)
The AmericanResearchCenter in Egypt, USA / Egypt (ARCE)
COURSES TAUGHT
Institutional Analysis from a Political Perspective, Bonn
Transition to Democracy in Comparative Perspective, Kairo
The Political Economy of Democratization, Kairo
Comparative Government in the Middle East, Kairo
Islamic Political Thought in 20th Century, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Methods of Political Analysis in Middle Eastern Studies, Erlangen
Politics in Egyptian Films, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Introduction to World Politics & to Political Thought, UCLA
Strategic Human Resource Management, CityUniversity, Frankfurt/M
LANGUAGES
Language / Speaking Proficiency / Writing Proficiency / Reading Proficiency / Place of AcquisitionArabic / 1 / 1 / 1 / Mother Tongue
English / 1 / 1 / 1 / Kindergarten till University, Egypt & USA
German / 1 / 1 / 1 / Adult Education, Germany
French / 3 / 3 / 3 / High School, Egypt
Spanish / 3 / 3 / 3 / Private School, Bolivia
1= fluent; 2= good; 3= fair
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
2006Governance and Economic Reform in Selected ArabStates, a ZEF & ERF Publication
2002Institutional Reform & Economic Development in Egypt. N. El-Mikawy & H. Handoussa, eds. Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo (AUC) Press.
1999Building Consensus and the Politics of Transition in Egypt.Cairo: AUC Press.
ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS
Forthcoming 2007“Governance in Fragile Contexts” a German BMZ Publication on International Experiences in Fragile States
Forthcoming 2007“Empowerment and Electoral Participation” a UNDP Publication on Making Democracy Deliver
2006„Access to Justice in the Arab Region“ forthcoming in a UNDP global handbook on Access to Justice.
2005„Institutionalizing Good Governance“ in Forum (ERF Newsletter) vol 3&4, Autumn 2005
2005“Medien im arabischen Raum: Entwicklungen und Entwicklungspolitik” In: Medien und Entwicklung: Neue Impulse fuer die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, p. 31-36.
2004“Governance and Institutional Issues” In: Egypt Country Profile: The Road Ahead for Egypt. A Femise Network Publication, December, p. 119-142.
2004“Perspectives on the Impact of Political Reform on the Development Climate” Forum (ERF Newsletter) vol 11, no. 2, Summer 2004 .
2004“Institutional Reform in Support of Economic Transition in the MEDA Countries” In: IEMed Yearbook 2003-4, IEMED, Barcelona, Spain.
2004„Istitutionelle Reformen und Wachstum in Ägypten” In: Wirtschaftsreformen im arabischen Raum. S. Wippel (Hrsg.) Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Berlin.
2004„Media and Civil Society in Egpyt“ E+Z, vol. 31, #7, July, p. 282-284.
2003”Governance Trends in den arabischen Staaten” Inamo, 9:36, Winter, 18-19.
2003“Getting the Basics Right: Diagnosis & Prescription for Institutional Reform” epd:Entwicklungspolitik, #13, Juli.
2003“Diagnosis and Resarch Agenda for Institutional Reform” Forum, Spring 03, Cairo,
2003with A. F. Ghoneim “Political Economy Aspects of Trade Reform in Egypt”, in Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Heba Nassar (eds.) Institutional and Policy Challenges Facing the Egyptian Economy, Cairo: Center of Economic and Financial Research, Cairo University.
2002“The Arab Human Development Report, Institutions, Conflict and Regional Development” Forum, vol. 9, #2, Cairo,
2002with M. Posusney "Labor Representation in the Age of Globalization: Trends & Issues in Non-Oil-Based Arab Economies" in Employment Creation and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa. H. Handoussa & Z. Tzannatos, eds. Cairo: AUC Press.
2002"Islamic Economic Thought in Egypt: Should We Take It Seriously?" Discussion Paper #87, Free University of Berlin, Center for Modern Oriental Studies (ZMO), Schwarz Verlag ISSN 0942-3052.
2000"Perceptions of the Social Role of the State in Egypt" IN: Discourses in Contemporary Egypt: Politics and Social Issues. E. Hill, ed. Cairo: Cairo Papers in Social Sciences, vol. 22, # 4.
2000Institutional Reform of Economic Legislation: the case of Egypt.Discussion Paper Series #30, Bonn: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung.
1999 ‘’The Informal Sector & the Conservative Consensus in Egypt: a case of fragmentation’’. In: Globalization and Fragmentation. H. Afshar, ed. London: Macmillan.
1998 ‘’Die Reflexionen der Politik in ägyptischen Spielfilmen’’ In: Visuelle Politik, W. Hofmann, ed. Munich: Nomos Publishers.
1993"The New Clinton Administration: People and Foreign Policy".In: The New American Administration and the Middle East. Cairo: CairoUniversity's Center for Political Research & Studies (in Arabic).
1993"The U.S. and its Role in the New World Order" In: The Structures and Processes of the New World Order. Cairo: CairoUniversity's Center for Political Research & Studies (in Arabic).
1992"Democracy in Quest of Moderate Expectations" in Civil Society.#6, June.
1991"The Egyptian Parliament and Transition to Democracy" in American Arab Affairs.#36, Spring.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
1992-to dateInternational Book Reviews
al-Siyasa al-Dawliyya, Cairo
2002Guest Editor
ERF Forum
2002-to dateMember of Editorial Board
ZEF Newsletter
WORKSHOPS & PANELS ORGANIZED & CHAIRED;
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
OrganizeDand CHAIRED Panels
03.2005“Economic Openness & Civic Liberties in the MENA Countries”
Workshop for 6th Mediterranean Social Political Research Meeting of the Robert Schuman Center, European University Institute, Florence
04.2004“Inter-Cultural Dialogue: Egypt & Holland”
Dutch Cultural Center and the Dutch Embassy in Cairo
02.2004“Consequences of the Arab Human Development Report 2003
International Cooperation” Development Policy Forum, InWent-BMZ-UNDP
07.2003“The Arab Human Development Report and the Future of Research in the Arab Region”
ZEF
12.2001"Explaining Growth" Global Development Network, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
10.2000"Parliaments in the Arab World"
International Association of Middle Eastern Studies, Berlin
08.1996"Egyptian Nationalism & Cosmopolitanism"
University of Leiden
04.1992“Egypt in the Eyes of Young Researchers: The Political Sociology of Egypt” Pioneer Konferenz of AUC for Young Researchers in Egyptian Universities
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
12.2006“UNDP Experience in Public Administration Reform” NationalSchool of Public Administration, Tunisia
09.2005Bridging the Gap in the Mediterranean, a Herbert Quandt Foundation Event
04.2005EU – Mediterranean Relations in Celebration of the 10th Anniversayr of the Barcelona Process
10.2004“Media and Governance in the Arab Region”
Friedrich Ebert Foundation Workshop on Media and Governance
05.2003“The Institutional Reform Implications for MEDA Countries”
IEMedon EU Enlargement and its Impact on MEDA, Barcelone
04.2003“Political and economic liberalization in Egypt: possible & necessary”
Annual Conference, Faculty of Economics, CairoUniversity
10.2002“Governance in Eygpt”
Country Profiles: ERF - IM Joint Project
10.2000"Moral Economics: The Local & the Global in Islamic Discourse"
International Association of Middle Eastern Studies, Berlin
03.2000“Labor Representation in the Non-Oil Arab Countries”
Mediterranean Development Forum, Cairo
03.1999‘‘Freedoms and the State in Contemporary Islamic Thought“
University of California, Los Angeles
11.1998‘‘The Social Contract in Egypt in the 1990s‘‘
University of Tübingen
10.1998“The Fate of Modernisation Theory in Egyptian Feature Films’’
University of Augsburg
12.1998‘’Comparative Perceptions of the Role of the State in Egypt"
Middle East Studies Association, Chicago
05.1996“Women, Neopatriarchy, and Neoliberalism”
Egypt Today Conference, University of Manchester
05.1996“Liberalism & Populism in Egypt”
University of York
10.1994"Liberalism and Liberal Education in Egypt"
Euro-Arab Dialogue, Ankara
07.1994, 01.1993"Whatever happened to Liberals in Contemporary Egypt?" &
"Economic Liberalization and Democracy in Egypt"
Free University of Berlin
08.1993"Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt, Liberalism & Democracy"
Portuguese Ministry of Culture, Lisbon
10.1992"New Directions in Regional Studies: Comparative Religious Activism”
Middle East Studies Association, Portland
09.1992"Egypt's Political System and Islamic Activism"
University of Nijmegen
11.1991"Political Islam: Uniformity or Diversity"
AmericanResearchCenter in Egypt, Cairo
08.1990"Democratization in Egypt"
American Political Science Association, San Fransisco
08.1989"Islam and Politics in Egypt: The Moslem Brothers in Elections"
American Political Science Association, Atlanta
03.1989"The Concept of Relative Autonomy and the State in Egypt"
University of Utah, State and Society Colloquim
11.1987"Can Egypt of Sadat & Mubarak be Called a BourgeoisState?"
Middle East Studies Association, Baltimore
07.1987 –07.1990"How to Teach School Pupils About Egypt and the Arab World"
Teachers' Summer Program at UCLA
STIPENDS
1991Fulbright Stipendium für Workshop “Religion und Liberalismus”, England
1989-1990Ford Foundation & American Research Center in Egypt(ARCE) Doctoral field research in Egypt
Sommer 1986UCLA Scholarship for a U.N. Summer Internship in Geneva
1983-1985Full ScholarshipUniversity of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)
1977-1982Full Scholarship American University in Cairo (AUC)
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