Salem Shouhan

Water and Wastewater Sector Expertise: Over 28 years of experience in Integrated Water Resources Management, Water and Sanitation (WASH), public health, irrigation, water governance, rural development, green economy policies, utility finance, institutional capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, coordination, policy dialogue, urban water utility management, utility organization and management, asset management, corporatization, human resources development, social and economic development, regional integration and cooperation, and gender equality.

• Hydrogeological Investigations: More than 8 years of experience in hydrogeological field investigations, including aquifer testing and geophysical surveys for groundwater development.
• Geophysical Survey Techniques: Expertise in seismic methods, such as reflection seismology, seismic refraction, and seismic tomography.
• Project Leadership and Management: Proven ability to deliver technical and managerial leadership on projects up to $47M in multi-cultural and complex environments with different donors (USAID, EU, WB, GIZ, AfDB, and others) in Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria, Somaliland, and Puntland.
• Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction: Extensive experience in reducing Non-Revenue Water (NRW) in Arab and African countries, including assisting water supply companies in transitioning to Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and developing operation and maintenance plans to improve water availability, reduce leakage, and enhance fee collections.
• Capacity Building and Training: Experience in WASH sector capacity building and assessment, development of training materials, and training of trainers. Understanding of learning needs and effective training delivery design.
• Organizational Development: Support for organizational development of governance boards for Water User Associations (WUAs) and Independent Farming Units (IFUs) at the community level.
• Gender Mainstreaming: Expertise in gender analysis, rural and urban development, and capacity building of Government staff and targeted groups on gender mainstreaming.
• Technical Review and Appraisal: Capacity building for the water/wastewater sector to support appraisal and review from a technical perspective. Reviewing water efficiency for irrigation and wastewater projects.
• Project Preparation and Finance: Preparation of high-quality bankable projects, sub-projects, and loan documentation.

  Experience in green credit lines, private finance initiatives (PFI), and setting up procedures for providing loans to water users associations.

• Evaluation Expertise: More than 10 years of experience in evaluating large interventions (sector, policy, and country strategies evaluations), data collection, and utilizing mixed-method evaluation methodologies.
• Environmental and Social Safeguards: Experience in Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs), Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), and Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP).
• Project Evaluation: Experience in Mid-Term and end-of-project evaluations with different donors, especially the EU.
• National Planning: Experience in developing National Irrigation Master Plans involving different stakeholders, national staff, and donors.
• Institutional Development: More than 12 years of experience in WASH institutional development, including the development and implementation of capacity-building plans for organizations.
• Aqua Systems for Agriculture: More than 15 years of experience in aqua systems for agriculture production, including capacity development for smallholder farmers and rural women.
• Regional Experience: Experience in the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa transition economies and fragile and post-conflict states.
• Donor Financing Modalities: Substantive specific experience with World Bank, USAID, EU, DFID, UNICEF, GIZ, IFAD, and JICA financing modalities.

• More than 28 years of experience in the water and wastewater sector especially in Integrated Water Resources Management, Water and Sanitation (WASH), public health, water governance and rural development, green economy policies, institutional capacity building, coordination, policy dialogue, Urban water utility management, utility organization and management, asset management, corporatization, utility finance, and human resources development and social and economic development; Specific experience and expertise on gender analysis, gender mainstreaming, rural and urban development and Capacity Building of Government staff and target farmer groups, Water User Associations, irrigation system suppliers, government agriculture extension staff, agriculture finance players and community development activities, Community Participation and Development and Gender activities. And also, substantial experience in international waters, quantitative hydrology, on-job capacity building and climate change. Also planning, developing, distributing and optimum use of water resources or water supply and sewerage infrastructure development.

Master of Science in Water and Environmental Resources Management

B.Sc. Civil Engineering