Obaida Fares

Current

• Director at Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship (AFDC)
• Coordinator Assistant at Network of Arab Democrats in the Arab World - NDAW

Past

• Fellow at The National Endowment for Democracy
• Amman Office Director at Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
• Consultant at British Council

• Consultant at UNICEF

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Education

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• Syracuse University

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

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Obaida Fares’s Summary

I worked as a consultant for The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF – (2001-2003) in the field of early childhood and youth, and then I worked as a consultant for the British Council in the field of family protection.

Obaida Fares’s Specialties:

Proposal writing, trainer, Project management

Obaida Fares’s Experience

• Director

  Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship (AFDC)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years)

  Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship (AFDC) is a London-based organisation working to help build an effective Civil Society in the Middle East and to promote good Citizenship.
  ADFC fulfils its mission by carrying out research on political, economic and social aspects of the Middle East, providing development consultation and training for development purposes to civil society organisations from the Middle East on various political, economic and social subjects.
  The foundation supports the work of other NGOs working on helping Middle Eastern civil societies whether in the UK or elsewhere in the world and in particular by the exchange of resources, information and expertise with other Middle Eastern Communities worldwide.
  Support is provided through education, training and employment training for such persons with the purpose of developing skills to enable them to positively contribute to developing their societies.

• Coordinator Assistant

  Network of Arab Democrats in the Arab World - NDAW

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

• Fellow

  The National Endowment for Democracy

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

  March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)

• Amman Office Director

  Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)

• Consultant

  British Council

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Services industry)

  October 2004 — August 2005 (11 months)

• Consultant

  UNICEF

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Obaida Fares’s Education

• -

  bachelor's degree, Economy, 1996 — 2000

• Syracuse University

  Diploma, Public Administration

Additional Information

Obaida Fares’s Websites:

• My Company

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