CURRICULUM VITAE
Proposed role in the project:
Category:
Family name: Malek
First names: Jihène
Date of birth: 26/12/1977 Tunis, Tunisia
Passport holder: w970492
E-mail: ; skype ID: dr.jihene
Education:
Institution(Date from - Date to) / Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
El Manar University of Tunis, Tunisia / Economics and Management Faculty (FSEGT)
Dec. 2004 –May. 2011 / PhD in Economics
El Manar University of Tunis, Tunisia / Economics and Management Faculty (FSEGT)
Dec. 2004 –May. 2011 / Master on Economics and International Finance
School Superior of Trade of Tunis ESC, Rue des Entrepreneurs, El Charguia II, Tunis , Tunisia
Sept. 1996 –Novemb. 2000 / Bachelor specialty Management and Commerce
Lycée Ibn Abi Dhief (High School)Manouba center, Tunis, Tunisia
Sept. 1995 –Nov. 1996 / Baccalaureate Mathematics
Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language / Reading / Speaking / WritingArabic / 5 / 5 / 5
French / 5 / 5 / 5
English / 4 / 4 / 4
Membership of professional bodies:
Member of MEPI Alumni international Network by Syracuse University (USA) and MEPI Tunisia Chapter.
Previous Writer in newsletter “Horizon 2015” and expert with Africa 21.
Writer in BSI Economics French thin-thank.
Member of Women Democracy Network and Arab Women Leadership Institute.
Participant as expert in the discussion of the Women major’s group in thematic in UN-Discussion about the sustainable development goals related to the area of women and gender.
Member of the Advocacy group of Women’s Major Group.
Ambassador of International NGOs YPFP (Young Processional in Foreign Policy) in Tunisia Hub.
Member of Zonta Club international in Tunisia-Tunis (NGOs operating in advocacy and women’s rights in the world).
Member of FEMNET and AWID organizations operating in the area of women’s right and gender equality.
Member of SEEP Network and member of SEEP network.
Advocate with WEDO (international NGOs) and observer in the UNFCC negotiations process in Bonn (Germany).
Moderator in international conferences and events as the 4th African Union congress.
Editor with IGI global (international Publisher of books, paper, etc).
Experience one year as economist analyst in the area of sustainable development area and goals for the post-2015 Agenda for developing countries and the inter-linkage between goals and pillars (economic, social, environment and governance) by providing qualitative research, econometric compilation, offering analysis and recommendations, etc.
Associate Member of Women Speaker Association.
Area of expertise:
Subjects :Climate change issues (adaptation, mitigation, technology transfer): how to mainstream gender in climate change policies; sustainable development goals (economic , social, environmental and governance);Industrial policy, technological policy, national system of innovation and foresight , environment of doing business, competitiveness, transitional development during the Arab spring , financial education and literacy for women, gender and the empowerment of women, democracy and growth, the policy of infrastructure.
Techniques: preparing capacities building training contents, offer need assessment tools, organizing events, presenting outputs, preparing studies and reports, collecting data and index, preparing interviews and focus group analysis, communication skills and advocacy tools ( social media and community ), moderating session in international events, quantitative and qualitative research tools , etc.
Other skills:
Certifications:
-Certified by Empower women, UN women as global champion for women’s economic empowerment for the successful completion of a six mouth volunteer programme (May-October 2015)
-Certified from the university of Claremont graduate university in USA in evaluation and monitoring of project after training online (24-30 august 2013 and 25-30 august 2014): Basics of Evaluation & Applied Research Methods, Evaluating Program Viability,Effectiveness, & Transferability, Introduction to Program Design: A Theory-Driven Approach, Developmental Evaluation, culture in evaluation , writing proposal. -Certified from the MEPI –LAU as a leader for democracy 2013 from Sept. -Dec. 2013, Beirut, Lebanon: writing proposal, communication skills in public speaking, conflictual resolution dialogue and peace building process, advocacy, rules and pillars of democracy, etc.
-Certified from the Institute of Arab Women leadership Institute in the area: “, women’s leadership and entrepreneurship: their role in the friendly relationship between state and private sector”; Mars 2012, Amman, Jordan, Arab Women Leadership Institute.
-UN-webinar training session about “women and ICT”, by UN-community of practice-gender training, UN-women, in the 20 February 2015.
-Participant in the UN-Teamworks, the e-discussion on the 2015 ECOSOC theme” Managing the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the sustainable development goals: What it will take" from 20 to 28 February 2015.
-Following Training session with women’s democracy program “LTREK leadership program for women”, and community building, from 28 February 2015.
-Certified from the Sustainable development solutions network SDSN-edu training session about Climate Change Science & Negotiations” from 19-10-2014 to 20-02-2015.
-The participation to the Webinar "Inclusive Business and Women in Market Systems" co-organized by UN Women, USAID and SEEP Network on 31 March 2015.
-following the training course with Coursera about “Engaging citizens: a game changer for development”, co-organized with World Bank from .15-02-2015 to 10-04-2015.
-Following training session, Webinar session about “how can citizens collaborate and engage with accountability institutions to improve government performance and access to fundamental rights? 10 March 2015 organized by GPSA Webinar.
-Participating in the he Gender Equality and Energy e-Course, part of the Overview Module or Women’s Economic Empowerment Module, organized by World Bank from 19 June at now.
-Participation to the Global women leadership Summit from 19 to 30 October 2015 (online).
-Participation in the evaluation and monitoring Conference from 11-14 November, organized by American evaluation association 5 Virtual conferences)
-Participation to webinar as part of theAmplifying Voice and Influence: Media Training for Women Climate Advocatestoday!Organized by WEDO.
-Participation to GGCA WEBINAR SERIES: Gender-responsive Climate Finance Mechanisms (30 septemebr).
-Followers of a series of webinars in many areas: women’s empowerment, gender equality, financial education, access to land and market, etc organized by many donors as: USAID, SEEP network, Oxfam, etc….
Present position: Chief Economist in Public institution-ITCEQ (related to ministry of international cooperation and investment in Tunisia)
Years within the firm: 1years in Public Institution+1 year as Consultant+7 year as University assistant;
Key qualifications: (Relevant to the project)
More than 6 years’ experience in Teaching, training, consultancy and capacity building (6 years of experience in providing training to before graduation from university to create innovative project in local level and to assist them to prepare business plan , to offer coaching session, etc);
More than 1 year as Chief Economist providing analysis studies, empirical test and systematic issues analysis related to sustainable development area (economic, social, environmental and governance).
Experience as Moderator in International events.
In-depth experience in working with NGOs, Civil Society and Women Networks Associations; Extensive skills in Participatory Appraisals (data collection guidelines design, data analysis);
Expertise in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis (cross-section analysis, principal component analysis, focus group analysis);
Extensive knowledge and in-depth experience in transversal issues analysis (Governance, Gender, Human Development, Sustainable Development)
Bilingual skills (writing and speaking) in French/English; native in Arabic; Strong Programming and computer skills in word processing & presentation (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint), econometric tools (SPSS).
Social aptitudes and strong ability to integrate in multicultural groups and staffs.
Actively engaged in the post-2015 process as policy advocate, engaged with the WMG, Knowledgeable of the WMG inputs to the processes
Experience with UN inter-governmental processes
Experience with confronting/identifying unsustainable practices and implementing alternative strategies that strengthen the role and contribution of women to sustainable development (at various levels, e.g. at grassroots / community level).
Experiences as Women advocate and observer with Women's Environment& DevelopmentOrganization (WEDO) at the UNFCC negotiations process (Bonn, Germany). AndMember Women's Caucus group for the Women and Gender Constituency at each meeting and intersessional of the UNFCCC.
Six mouth of experience as volunteer witth Empower women UNwomen
Specific experience in the region:
Country / Date from - Date to / CountryTunisia / 01-09-2004 to 01-09-2010 / -As assistant of technological studies and trainer- incubator activities:
-Providing training session to coach and help students to prepare business plans, to learn about laws of investments, to select the best idea of innovative project in regional level
Nairobi Kenya / from 6 to 8 Mai 2015 / -As YPFP ambassador:
-Presentation of expertise support in the Femnet event about the role of economic empowerment of women and challenges in the financing for development (Ffd) in post-2015 agenda, in the African Feminist Meeting on FfD & Post-2015 organized by African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET).
New York, USA / From 27 to 29 May 2015 / -As YPFP Ambassador :
-Presentation of expertise support in the session 2 ( MDG lessons for the SDG transition) in the capacity building workshop and expert group meeting on integrated approaches to sustainable development planning and implementation by UN-DESA.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / “The Third International Conference on Financing for Development” (13-16 July), The CSO Forum (11-12 July), the women’s African Forum (10 July). / -As Femnet Member :
Contributing to the draft document of Femnet on “how during the women’s African Forum. But also to women’s major group document part “financing and empowerment of women” during the CSO forum. In addition, I contribute to the discussion and draft documents “
New York, USA / From 22 to 25 june 2015 / -As contributor on Women’s Major Group:
- In the redaction of the draft about “HLPF (High-level political forum) Paper by the WMG: "Strengthening integration, implementation and review - the HLPF after 2015". 4 May 2015.
- In the redaction of the draft about “The means of implementation of the post-2015 development agenda”, 1 April 2015.
-Contribution to the advocacy event and to the redaction of WMG's Red flags Lines on the Draft of thePost-2015 Outcome Document.
Bonn, Germany, / From 31 august-04 September. / As Advocate with WEDO (international NGOs):
-Participation in the preparation of WEDO outputs on draft document concerning “climate change, gender and technology transfer”.
-Providing concept definition documents, recommendations to technology advocacy paper: how to mainstream gender in climate change and technology transfer policies especially the role of technology needs assessments; safe, clean, environmentally and socially sound technology, intelectual property rights and national system of innovations, etc.
Accra, Ghana / From 16 to 18 November 2015. / As Moderator with African Union:
-Moderating a session concerning the industrial policy and regional integration process in Africa.
-Contributing to the draft document suggestions
International conferences and events: participation
-Participation in the international events training and roundtable discussion organized by the Institute of Arab Women leadership Institute in the area: “, women’s leadership and entrepreneurship: their role in the friendly relationship between state and private sector”; Mars 2012, Amman, Jordan, Arab Women Leadership Institute.
-Participation in the Crans- Montana forum event in Morocco from 12 Marsh to 15 Marsh in Dakha-Morocco about Africans women forum.
-Participation in the international event organized by the African Feminist Meeting on FfD & Post-2015 organized by African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) Nairobi Kenya, from 6 to 8 Mai 2015.
-Participation in the capacity building workshop and expert group meeting on integrated approaches to sustainable development planning and implementation (27-29 May),by UN-DESA, New York , USA.
-Participation in the international event organized by the United Nations about “Post-2015 IGN June session (New York, 22-25 June, 2015) first exchange on the zero draft of the Post-2015 outcome document (20-26 June), UN building, New York, USA.
-Participation in the international conference “The Third International Conference on Financing for Development” (13-16 July), The CSO Forum (11-12 July), the women’s African Forum (10 July) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
-Participation in negotiation process and related events” Climate change “by UNFCC-United Nation Framework Convention in Climate Change, in Bonn, Germany, 31 august-04 September.
-Participation to the 4th congress of African Union “Industrial policy and economic growth in Africa”, held in Accra, Ghana from 16 November to 18 November 2015.
Professional experience
Date from - Date to / Location / Company& reference person (name & contact details) / Position / Description01/09/2014 at Now / Tunis, Tunisia / Public Institution ITCEQ ( related to the Ministry of Investment and international cooperation) / Chief Economist (Economic Department-sustainable development) / -Preparing analysis, studies, research in many field related to economics: sustainable development. Analysis and out-look of the state of sustainable development, comparative analysis and collecting data and empirical analysis.
-Preparing Final report about the state of sustainable development in Tunisia (goals, challenges, constraints, etc.). And collecting data and information related to the pillar (economic, social, environmental and governance) of sustainable development for developing countries and developing included in a global index. Then, testing the relationship between the pillars of sustainable development and applying empirical analysis (cross-section analysis, principal component analysis, etc.).
-Providing policy brief analysis about the challenges of sustainable development in Tunisia.
-Participation in capacity building session in the area of econometrics and statistics.
06/01/2014 at Now / International level / International Think-thank, NGOs, etc / Writer, researcher, analyst and junior expert / -Preparing analysis, policy brief, about the outlook of sustainable development in Africa.
-preparing policy brief in the area of innovative infrastructure, investment and technological policies.
01/09/2013 to 31/12/2013 / Beirut, Lebanon / LAU, Beirut
Bassel fleihan, Public Institute of Training / MEPI leader for democracy / To support and assist and learn from the experience of Lebanon national institution of training in building their capacity in leadership training in building their capacity in leadership and democracy areas. It is an internship for one mouth and half in Lebanese institute of training Bassel Fleihan by providing:
-preparation of preliminary questionnaire for analyzing the training needs assessment of the Lebanese municipalities
-writing a brief proposal about the dynamic mapping of the Lebanese training institutions in the public sector.
-preparation of a policy paper on the theme” gender differences in financial literacy and women’s economic empowerment”.
-Revue the studies (quantitative and qualitative data analysis) about the financial literacy and capabilities in Lebanon.
01/10/2012 to 01/05/2013 / Tunis / Tunisian consultancy firm / Junior Consultant / Development studies, project data collection and questionnaire design and data analysis in the field of the result of PMN and study creation project.
01/09/2004 to 01/09/2010 / Tunisia / Public High Institution of technological Studies / University Assistant (University teacher) / - To teach students, be responsible of economics (introduction to economics, micro-economics and macro-economic) magisterial courses;
-Teach statistical and data analysis course.
-Teach human resources management, management of production, etc.
-To help student to prepare business plan for their project and to coach them aboutthe legal environment for investment, to supervise their final projects.
01/01/2004to 31/07/2004 / Tunis / Public University: University El Manar / University assistant / To teach students data analysis, statistics and econometrics.
01-07-1998 to 31-09-1998 / Tunis / National Center of expert Promotion-CEPEX, Tunisia / Internship / -Providing and collecting data related to the export activities in Tunisia by product and sector.
-Analyzing information related to the state of competitiveness in Tunisia.
01-07-1997 to 09-31-1997 / Tunis / STB- National Bank. / -Participating in providing services to customer in back office of agency.
-Controlling the main activities of local transactions.
Other relevant information (Selected publications):
Publications:
Jihène Malek (2005): "Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean and its capacity for autonomy in a context of globalization ", p 391-403, published by The Press of Laval University.
Jihène Malek (2011): “Presentation of the communication entitled: "Growth, Employment and Distribution in a context of globalization" Working Paper in the Tunisian Association 2011”.
Jihène Malek (2012): “Presentation of the communication entitled: “Business environment in developing countries and the role of infrastructure” Working Paper in the Tunisian Association 2012”.
Jihène Malek (2013): The publication of the article entitled: The efficiency of the policy of doing business, case of developing countries. CIRES (Ivory center of Economic Research and social sciences).
Jihène Malek (2013): Contribution tothe Publication of policy brief: “Financial and economic literacy and gender equality: for the empowerment of women”. In ASSADISSA in Lebanese institution of training.
Jihène Malek (2014-2015): Publication of working paper online in BSI economics (think-thank) about “industrial policy and national system of innovation in developing countries “
Publication of working paper online in BSI economics (think-thank) about:” the role of technological infrastructure in economic growth”.
Publication of online working paper with BSI economics (French think-thank) about:” the sustainable industrial policy and climate change”.
Publication of online working paper with BSI economics (French Think-thank) about: “
Jihène Malek (2014):Contribution to the Publication of the monthly newsletter of Africa 21 about sustainable development of May2014 to October 2014: sustainable infrastructure, industrialization and innovation; Analysis about an outlook on sustainable industrial policy of July 2014; Analysis about an outlook on the progress of OMD (gender equality and empowerment of women); Analysis about the progress of OMD in Senegal of august 2014; Analysis of Global dialogue on wages and working time in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear to the ILO, September 2014; the role of finance in the development of African countries, empowerment of women and gender equality as thematic discussion in the events of African union (january2015).
Jihène Malek (2014): Articles edited and published on the review and online in European commission events the future oriented technology program entitled “sciences, technology and innovation and the role of foresight innovation in Africa” 27-28 November 2014.
Jihène Malek (2014): Publication of the chapter “science, technology and industrial policies in MENA countries”, Chapter included in the Handbook of Research on Comparative Economic Perspectives on Europe and the MENA Region (2015) , Hershey, PA: IGI Global.