Nationality: Dutch
Resident in: Denmark
Education
BA Arabic - English translation/interpreting
Country experience
15 years of experience from work and studies in the Middle East
and Africa; Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Sudan, Saudi
Arabia, Lebanon, Yemen, Israel, and Kenya
Languages
Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (fluent), Arabic
(proficient), French (basic)
Key qualifications
- Main expertise refugee protection/refugee status determination
(refugee law) and torture rehabilitation in the Middle East and
Africa, including desk assessments of situation in the Middle East
region, drafting of and assistance with project documents, such as
proposals, concept notes, report writing as well as identification
and implementation of projects, co-ordination of work shops,
trainings and missions
- 13 years of experience within UNHCR, NGOs and governmental
institutions. Regional experience predominantly in Middle East on
refugee protection/assistance and rehabilitation