Sonia Bessamra

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BUSINESS and STRATEGIC CONSULTING. at BUSINESS and STRATEGIC CONSULTING.

Education

Westminster School of London
Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)

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International Trade and Development

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Sonia Bessamra’s Summary

Expert in Investment promotion and EU funded projects development, management and coordination.

GENERAL PROFILE :

Project Engineering: development, management, coordination and follow up.

Bidding and Procurement management with EU and IFI's: Assistance in the different steps of bidding procedures (project implementation; partners screening & identification; drafting technical proposals, work-plans and tender documents according EU standards and procedures).

Strategy and marketing consultancy: SWOT analysis, benchmarking, positioning and profiling strategies, sector targeting strategy and business intelligence.

FOCUS AREAS & PROGRAMS:

-Middle East and North Africa region within the EuroMed Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy.

-North-South and South-South cooperation. Twinning strategies between clusters, Trade Chambers or other institutions.

-Transnational and Cross-border Cooperation Programs in the Mediterranean area.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

French, Arabic, Italian (Mother tongue) and English.

Sonia Bessamra’s Experience

BUSINESS and STRATEGIC CONSULTING.

BUSINESS and STRATEGIC CONSULTING.

(International Affairs industry)

1996 — Present (13 years )

-Project engineering and strategic Consulting, including project formulation, business plan.
-Generated new development deals, twinning between clusters.
-Fundraising for start up companies.
-Bid and Procurement management with IFI's.

Summary:
12 years experience in investment and trade promotion within EC funded programs mainly on the MEDA region (investment promotion tools, capacity building, trade promotion, development of marketplaces, territorial marketing, benchmarking strategies, etc.).

Published several investments reports and market research on investment location, attractiveness issues, FDI policies and high potential industries sectors.

Expertise in territorial marketing, public affairs, investment trends, M&A.

Mainly worked with IFIs (WB, UNIDO, UNDP, AfDB, OECD, AFD…); and investment or export promotion agencies (the Italian ICE, the French UBIFRANCE or the Invest in France Agency).

Sonia Bessamra’s Education

Westminster School of London

Proficiency , English , 1992 — 1992
Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)

master , business law , 1987 — 1990

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Sonia Bessamra’s Interests:

investments opportunities, finance, lobbying, marketing, Middle East and North Africa, M&A, IT, cleantech, clusters, business intelligence, market watch, etc.

Sonia Bessamra’s Groups:

Member of the following Think Tanks in Paris :
Institut Amadeus (Promoting the Barcelona Process, Morocco)
Fondation Terra Nova (French Politics)
Member of the Technology networks :
IDF TECHNET network (Ile de France Region, France)
MEDINNOV Network (Marseille, France)