NAME: TELL SUFYAN A.

 

 

BIODATA

 

Address:                       P.O Box 644 Juebeiha – Amman 11941 Jordan

                                     Res. Tel.          962-6-5234433

                                     Fax No.          962-6-5236433

                                     Mobile No     962 79 5539088

                                     E.mail :           sufyantell@hotmail.com

 

Date of Birth:                Feb 4th, 1936

 Sex:                              Male

 Nationality:                  Jordanian

 Marital Statues:             Married, 5 Children

 

UNIVERSITY DEGREES 

-         Doctors der Technishen Wissenchaften (Doctor of Technical Sciences)

1-      Technische Hocheschule in Wien, Austria 1971

-         Diplom -Ingenieur, Architektur

Technische Hocheschule-Aachen, West Germany, 1967

 

SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE   

 

-         Urban and Regional Planning.

-         Environment and Development.

-         Training in Environmental Management Strategies and Sustainable

Development.

-         Administration.

-         Control of Environmental Pollution.

-         Environmental Education.

-         Environment Assessment in West Asia and North Africa.

-         Environmental Information and Data

-         Preparation of National Environmental Strategies

-         State of Environment

-         Public Information

 

Particular Development Competencies:

-         Preparing Development Plans.

-         Environment and Development Training.

-         Environmental Management Strategy and Sustainable Development

-         National Environmental Strategy (NES).

-         State of Environment.  – Climate Change

 

 

Credentials/Education/Training, Relevant to the Expertise:

2002                              Participant in the World Sammit on Sustainable Development. Johannesburg

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2002                                Maneging Editor, Zayed International Prize for The Environment.

 

2001                                Participant and speaker for the Workshop on “Environmental Crisis                                                        and Disaster Management” organized by the Environment Public Authority (EPA) and General Secretariat of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), Kuwait.

 

2001                                Participant in a Workshop on “Rehabilitation of Closed Municipal                                                    Solid Waste Landfills” organized by the Environment Public Authority (EPA), Kuwait.

 

1993                                Member of the Awards Evaluation Committee for the Hisham Hijjawi Association for Technical Sciences. Jordan

 

1993                Supervisor and Participant in the Conference (Environmental Polices in the Arab Region), Yarmouk University. Jordan

 

1991 – 1998    Chief Editor of “Resalet Al-Bee’a” Periodical Issued by the Jordan Environment Society (JES).

 

1989 – 1990    Founding, Board Member, and Secretary of he Board of the Jordanian Environment Society (JES), Chaired by Jordan’s Ex-prime Minister H.E Mr. Ahmad Obeidat.

 

1988 –1989     Member of the Higher Council for Science Technology – Environment Sector.

 

1984                Member of the Water Research and Study Center- University of Jordan.

 

1992                                Participated in Trainers Workshop on Environmental Management Training – UNDP/Yale University/Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Study.

 

1992-1994             Principle Trainer in UNDP Workshops on Environmental Management Strategies and Sustainable Development Held in Egypt (November 1992), Sudan (December 1992), Syria (January 1993), Jordan (January 1993), Libya (July1993) UAE (December 1993), Iraq (April 1994), Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (November 1994), and Yemen (June 1995).

 

1989                            Participant and Speaker at the “Environment and Development Seminar” Held in Amman under the Patronage of HRH Crown Prince Al-Hassan bin Talal, Jordan’s Ex-Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Ahmad Obeidat and Maurice strong.

 

1985                           Participated in the Delegation by the Jordan Government to the Sultanate of Oman in a Consultative Mission to Draft a Regional Plan.

 

1984                                Speaker of the Inter Arab Workshop on Environmental Pollution and its Problem in the Arab Countries.   Amman, Jordan.  Sponsored by the Arab league.

 

-         Conducted Several Advisory assignments in Environment and Development Issues on Behalf of International and UN Agencies such as: UNDP, WHO, UNEP, ESCWA, UNFPA, ALESCO, the Environment and Natural Resources Group and the Bureau for Arab States and Europe (New York), IUCN, GTZ, JICA.

 

-         Delegated by the Arab Organization for Administrative Sciences as an Expert Instructor for:

One.              Omani Municipal Officials. (May 1981).

Two.             Budget Relations and Development Plans, Rabat Morocco (1980).

Three.         Regional Directors, North Yemen (May – 1979)

 

AWARDS

-         Plaque of the Zayed Intel. Prize For The Environment.

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-         Insignia of Commander of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star, Awarded          

      by HM King Carl Gustaf, 1989.

               

-         Plaque of the Environmental General Authority, Tripoli, Libya, 2001.

 

-         Plaque of the 5th Conference of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya, 2001.

 

-         Plaques from Environment Public Authority (EPA), Kuwait, February 2001,2002.

 

-         Plaque from the Minister of Regional Municipalities and the Environment, Masqat, Oman, 1993.

 

-         Plaques from the Royal Jordanian Air Command and Staff Collage, and Military Collage.

 

-         Plaques from the Jordanian Engineers Association 1989, 1995 and 2001.

 

-         The Government’s Candidate to Win the Sasakawa Prize of Environment for 1987.

 

-         Cup Prizewinner for Engineering Publications, Jordan Engineers Association, 1983.

 

-         Candidate for the Global 500 Award, Recommended by the Regional Office for West Asia /UNEP, 1990.

 

 

LANGUAGES

-         Mother Tongue               Arabic

 

-         UN languages                 Arabic (Fluent)

English Working Knowledge (Fluent)

 

-         Other Languages German (Fluent)

 

 

FIELD EXPERIENCE   

Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, USA.

 

SUMMARY OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Sep 2002- now           Editor in chief of the book series ( World of Environment)

                                    published by Zayed International Pirze for  the Environment    

 

Nov 2000 –sep 2002   Chief Technical Advisor (UNDP) prepared, supervised, finalized and published the National Environmental Strategy (NES). Preparing the National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP), Kuwait and the Environmental Strategy for the Oil Sector.

 

Nov 2001                    Mission to Libya to,

1.       Review the National Report for World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).

2.     Comment on the Libyan law for protection of Environment and law for safety in biotechnology.

3.     Review the achievement of the Environmental Authority.

                                   

Oct 2000                     Participant and reporter in the 1st International Forum on Environment from Islamic Perspective, Jeddah – Saudi Arabia

 

Sept 2000                    Key Note Speaker in the Second Jordanian Architectural Conference. Titled Architecture and Environment Towards Sustainable Architecture, 26-28 Sep 2000, Amman-Jordan.

 

May 2000                           Participant in the NGO Millennium Forum held in the United Nation general assembly hall in New York.

 

Nov. 97 – Nov. 98      International Program Manager of Sustainable Environmental Management Programme  (YEM/97/100/A/01/99). Contracted with OPS to manage and coordinate the programme between international counterpart agencies (FAO, UNDP/OPS, UNEP, IUCN, ICARDA, WTO) and local Yemeni ministries and institutions such as Environmental Protection Council, Ministry of Agriculture, General Directorate for Forestry and Desertification Control, Agriculture Research & Extension Authority, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The programme includes seven subprograms in environmental management, land resource utilization, desertification control, community participation in land resources management, Eco-tourism, and Biodiversity. The budget of the programme is USD 11, 687,900 for three years period.

 

1996 – on                    Owner of private Consultancy Office “INTERnational Center for Environment and Planning (INTERCEP)”.Amman, Jordan

 

1990–1996                  Advisor to the Minister of Municipal Rural Affairs, and the Environment.

 

1982-1990                  Director of the Dept. of Environment - Amman, Jordan

 

1989-1990                         Director of the National Environment Strategy (NES) Project in Jordan, Directed in cooperation with IUCN with more than (150) Specialists in all Field Working on the Project.

 

1988-1989                         Head of the Jordanian Working Team, which prepared a study on the State of the Environment in Jordan, and Editor of the Study. 25 University Professors and Environment Specialist Participated in this study.  The study was published (in Arabic) in book form under the Supervision of the Ministry of Municipal Rural Affairs and the Environment in 1987.

 

1980-1987                  Director of the Regional Planning Dept. supervised the following Achievement:

One.)       Aqaba Regional Development Plan in Co-operation with the 

            German agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

Two.)      Karak Regional Development Plan in co-operation with the  

            Japan Agency for International Co-operation (JICA).

 

1978-1980                         Chairman of Technical Committee for the Irbid Region   Planning in Cooperation with JICA.

 

1980                            Member of the 5 Year Plan Committee (1981-85)

 

1975-1978                  Secretary to the Amman Region Council.

 

1973-1978                         Planning Engineer Member to several Committees working on the 3 Year Development Plan (1973-75).

 

1967-1973                         Held Several Positions at the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, in which many Responsibility and Tasks were undertaken, in the field of Urban and Regional Planning such as Jordan Valley development plan.

 

UNDP/UN SYSTEM EXPERIENCE

UNDP

 

Nov 2000 –sep 2002   Chief Technical Advisor (UNDP) prepared, supervised, finalized and published the National Environmental Strategy (NES). Preparing the National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP), Kuwait and the Environmental Strategy for the Oil Sector

                                 

2000                Trainer in the Environmental Management Strategy workshop (EMS) for highly qualified engineers and architects, held in cooperation between UNDP and Jordan Engineers Association, September 2000 Amman -Jordan. 

 

1997-1998  International Program Manager of Sustainable Environmental Management Program  (YEM/97/100/A/01/99), Yemen.

 

October 97      Environmental Impact of Agriculture Development, Prepared for UNDP Tripoli, Libya.

 

1993                                Mid-Term UNDP Country Program Review for Jordan 1992- 1996.  Review and Analysis of all Activities related to the Environment.

 

1994                                U.A.E. Survey was done on environmental activities, capacities, environmental issues, and data and information for different environment components.  Determined and prioritized environmental problems and prepared work program for the Federal Environment agency.  Identified further technical possibilities between UNDP and Federal Environmental Agency.

 

1992-1994             Principle Trainer in UNDP Workshops on environmental Management Strategies and sustainable Development Held in Egypt (Nov. 1992), Sudan (Dec. 1992), Syria (Jan. 1993), Jordan (Jan. 1993), Libya (July 1993). UAE (Dec. 1993), Iraq (April 1994), Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (Nov. 1994), and Yemen (June 1995).

 

1990                                Participated in Trainers Workshop on Environmental Management Training– UNDP/Yale University /Faculty of Forestry and Environmental study.

 

1991                                Prepared Report on the State of Environment on Libya for UNDP Tripoli, including legislation, institution and Environmental activities.

 

1990                                Trainer Disasters Management Training Program, UNDP Damascus.

 

1991                                Study on environment Urbanization Industrialization and Population Distribution Jordan for RBAS.

UNEP

1995                                Review of the Draft of Global Environment Outlook (GEO 1), and participated in the GEO Consultation Meeting in Bahrain 3-5 Sept. 1996

 

1996                                Key lecture and participated in the plenary session of leading TV and Cinema Scenarists, Director and producers on environmental issues. UNEP/ROWA, Council of Arab Ministers of Environment and the Arab league in Amman organized the session in 22-23 Sept. 1996.

 

1995                Evaluation of the Regional Advisor Services Project   “ Consultancies, Fellowship and Training” for Regional Office of West Asia (ROWA) for the period 1990-1995.

 

1995                Participant in the International Expert Meeting on the Global Environmental Outlook Project (GEO), CIAT, Cali, Colombia (27 Feb –2 March 1995).

 

1994-1995             Prepared Report (with Dr. Robert C.D. Oliver) on the Development of Integrated Environmental Information and Decision Support System in West Asia, A Feasibility Study.  In addition to the Main Report Country Reports for Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Qatar.

 

1993-1990             Head-Jordanian Delegation to the Governing Council of UNEP-Nairobi-Kenya

 

1989-1991             Reporter General to the 15th Session of the UNEP Governing Council and the 2nd Special Session.

1990                                Participated in two Missions for Preparing a Report on Establishing an Environmental Database for the Palestinian and Arab Occupied Territories.

 

1991                                Preliminary Studies for the Depiction of the Attitude Almost 40 Countries Regarding the Major Environmental Issues Prepared for UNCED

 

1986                    Delegation from UNEP to Yemen to prepare a Report on the Functioning of the Environmental Protection Council (with Dr. Amin El-Gamal).

 

UNEP/ ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK - JADAH       

1994                                Trainer at Environmental impact assessment for developing project /Amman.

 

WHO

1998                                Trainer in the Multi-national Workshop on Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects for the Gulf Countries, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 9-13 November 1998.

 

1989                                Trainer in the WHO Regional Workshop (Management of Environmental Health in Emergency Cases, Amman.

 

FAO & ARAB LEAGUE

1992                                Participated in the workshop Held by FAO and Arab League in the Roll of Rangeland Development in Controlling Desertification in Arab Region.  Amman.

 

FAO/ESCWA

1993                                Trainer at The Near East Regional “Training Of Trainers” Workshop on Project Planning and Environmental Considerations, Amman.

 

ESCWA

Participant in the first session of the committee on social development.              Amman, Jordan.

 

1997                    Participant in the first session of the committee on “Water   Resources”, and in the expert group meeting on “Regional Water Studies”

 

1997                                 Participant in the Nineteenth Session of the Economic and Social Economic in Beruit, Lebanon.

 

1990                                Consultant to the Arab Ministers of Environmental Conference on Environmental and Development, Cairo.

 

1987                                Study on the Jordan Experience on the solid Waste Management. Kuwait.

 

ALESCO

1991                                Preparation of Jordan Country Report for the Development of Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection in the Arab Region.

 

1982                                Chairman for the “Meeting of the Director of Environmental Department in the Arab Region”, organized by ALESCO, Tunis.

UNFPA

1992                                Attended and contributed to the UNFPA Meeting on Population and Environment, UN Head Quarter.

 

THE WORLD BANK

1994                                Participated in the High Level Workshop for the preparation of the National Environmental Action Plan of Jordan (NEAP) organized by World Bank and Ministry of Planning.

 

IUCN

October 2000             Participant, and member of the(national Jordanian  committee)in the World Conservation Congress 4 – 11 October 2000

 

April 2000       Participant in the Regional Conservation Forum (West/Central Asia and North Africa (WESCANA) ). Tunis, Tunisia, 8-11 April 2000.

 

1989-1990             Director of the National Environmental Strategy  (NES) Project in Jordan. Director in Cooperation with IUCN with more than  (150) Specialist in all Fields working on the Project.

 

1994-1982      Delegated by the Jordan government to the IUCN General Assembly        

Buenos Aires, 1994 and Ottawa, 1982.

 

 

 

HABITAT 1996

-         Participated in the United Nations Conference on human Settlements, Habitat 11 Istanbul 3-14 June 1996.

 

-         Participated in the Inter-Arab Experts Preparatory Meeting for Habitat 11. Tunis 10-12 April 1996.

 

CONVENTIONS

1988                                Jordan Representative to Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes.

 

1989-1990             Jordan Representative to the first and second meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and the Multilateral Fund for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Helsinki, London, Montreal.

 
PUBLICATIONS

 

30 PUBLICATIONS, major 11 Publications:

 

  1. Daymouna's reactive. Sep 2004   

published by Jordanian professional sendicates and opposition parties.

 

  1. Depleted Uranium and it's effect on Jordanian citizen . Oct 2004  

published by the Jordanian professional sendicates and opposition parties.

 

  1. Med-Dead and Red- Dead canal under the concederations of technical and political factors.  Dec 2004

published by the Jordanian professional sendicates and opposition parties.

 

  1. The  Environmental Stratege of the State of Kuwait

(With the Environment Public Authority). 2002 Publish in Arabic and English.

 

  1. “The Role of the Believers in Ensuring Protection of Earth Resources.  The Christian-Muslim Colloquium on “Religion and The Use of The Earth’s Resources”

Published in English and Arabic by the Pontifical Council (Vatican City) and The Royal Academy for Islamic Civilization. Amman, Jordan.  April 1996, Rome-Italy.

 

  1. “The Environment and the Youth 1995” 

Published by the Ministry of Youth, Amman

 
7.      “State of the Environment in Jordan 1989”

Published by the Ministry of Municipal Rural affairs and The Environment.

 
8.      “Regional Planning and Jordan Experience 1981”

Published by Arab Organization of Administrative Science, Arab League.

 

9.      “Municipal Waste Code, and Sanitary Disposal of Municipal Sewage Code    1988”

Published by Ministry of Public Work.

 

  1. “Global Environmental Priorities 1991”

Published by Jordan Environment Society.

 

  1. “Air Pollution in Greater Amman”

Published by the wold Congress on air Pollution in Developing Countries. San Jose, Costa Rica 21-26 Oct. 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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