Dr. Mohamed Wahba is the vice president honorary of the international commission on irrigation and drainage (ICID)has an integrated and diverse experiences in the fields of Irrigation, Drainage, Integrated water resources management, drought and floods management, conventional and non-conventional water resources, rainwater harvesting, advance micro irrigation technologies, agribusiness technologies, Sustainable Development Goal’s, strategies, climate smart agricultural, climate change mitigation and adaptation, “water, food, energy nexus”, supervision of the implementation of irrigation and drainage projects, field studies, evaluation of the use of advanced agricultural drainage technologies and the use of drainage water for irrigation, as well as savings in irrigation water, advanced drip irrigation technologies, development and management of water resources. In addition to design and implementation of policies and strategies for water and food security, follow-up implementation of large projects, planning and implementation of coastal protection projects, preparing of training strategy of Ministries, designing and implementing various training programs in all fields related to water resources, irrigation and drainage, drought management, training needs assessment, capacity building for all different functions at the ministry level, coordination of international conference, workshop, events, forums jointly with international organizations and donors.
Dr. Wahba has gained extensive experience in the field of strategy development and follow-up of the implementation of projects between 2007 and 2015, where he worked in the technical office of the Deputy Minister and then as General Director of the technical Office of the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation in Egypt, and led various teams of professionals. During this period, it has been proven that his managerial ability and technical leadership in relevant work environments; demonstrated the ability to take initiatives, analyze complex issues quickly and accurately evaluate and make recommendations for decision-making, good governance in decision-making and performance management, and showed the impact on strategic decisions.
Dr. Wahba, was representative the Egyptian government in several international and regional forums, including the International Commission on Irrigation, Drainage and the United Nations, where he was elected as Vice-President of ICID and Chairman of the African regional Working Group of ICID, Chairman of Capacity Development, Training and Education Working Group of ICID, was a representative of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the ESCWA Water Committee for more than 6 years, was the coordinator of cooperation between the Ministry and similar ministries in China and Iraq, he is the Former chairman of ENCID and now he is an international visiting scientist to chines academy of science. During his career, Dr. Wahba has very strong networks and cooperation with many international scientists, experts organizations, biggest companies with state of arts in the fields of agribusiness, solar power energy for irrigation, water resources management, advanced irrigation, drainage technologies, rainwater harvesting, wastewater treatment and reuse and use of non-conventional water resources and climate smart agriculture.
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