Tarek Sadek

Functional Title: Economic Affairs Officer
Institution: ESCWA - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Email Address: sadekt@un.org
Phone Number: +961 70 824 432

Bio
Tarek Sadek is a First Economic Affairs officer (Water Resources and Climate Change) in the Sustainable Development and Productivity Division, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations, Beirut, Lebanon since May 2007.

Mr. Sadek has 25 years of experience in the field of climate change, environmental engineering, water resources management and planning, hydrogeology, water quality and environmental aspects. He has more than 20 official publications in books, international journals and conferences in the field of water resources and environmental management.

He holds a Doctorate in Environmental Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1998. He completed his Masters in Hydrology from the University College Galway (UCG), Galway, Republic of Ireland, in 1992 and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Cairo University in 1988.

From 1999 to 2006, he was the Director of National Water Resources Plan (NWRP) project – Planning Sector, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), Egypt

Environment

Years of experience 15+ Years
Additional fields of expertise: Disaster risk reduction, Meteorological services and climate change negotiations

SDGs Expertise:
GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
GOAL 13: Climate Action


Countries of Expertise:
Arab region
Egypt


  • Capacity building
  • Communication
  • Data analysis
  • Project management
  • Team management
Degree Title University Graduation Date
PH.D. Melbourne University 1998-07-01
Title Completion Date
Associate Professor 2004-03-01