Amel Karboul Amel Karboul Secretary General Dr. Amel Karboul is Secretary-General of the Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF) and Commissioner at the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunities. Dr. Amel Karboul is a social entrepreneur, businesswoman, author and politician. She is passionate about working with leaders, teams and organizations assisting them in creating breakthroughs in their thinking and transforming themselves. Master’s with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of technology (KIT), Germany; Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Held leadership roles in Mercedes-Benz, DaimlerChrysler; senior consultant roles at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg. Quickly became known as an award winning executive coach, published author and a trusted sparring partner for CEO’s of global organizations as well as family owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Visiting professor at DukeCE; member of the Global Diplomacy Lab; advisory board member of WTFL and GBCEd. She was until Feb 2015 Minister of Tourism in the Tunisian transition government that has been appointed after the successful quartet negotiations and nominated as one of 10 leading young African politicians. She recently published her newest book Coffin Corner; outlining a new leadership culture suited to the complexity and dynamics of the 21st century! Secretary General
Ines Amri Ines Amri Deputy Secretary General Ines Amri is an activist, teacher and expert in founding and establishing socially-minded start-ups. Currently based in Tunis, she originally hails from Gabes in Tunisia’s south, where her work with local activist networks and rights-focussed projects at the time of the 2011 revolution saw her become a respected advocate and force for change. In May 2012 Ines founded and was President of Organisation Volonté et Citoyenneté (Will and Citizenship Organization), a youth-led, post-Revolution NGO formed to promote the importance of civil society, social entrepreneurship and human rights in shaping Tunisia’s future. She was nominated to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in the US, and one of four Tunisian delegates to work for the US Congress, in the office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum as a Legislative Professional Fellow – and was subsequently appointed Visiting Scholar at the Institute of the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia University in New York City. Ines’ broad range of experience led to her being headhunted for her current position as Deputy Secretary General and Director of the Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF), a Think-and-Do Tank focused on supporting Maghreb integration and unlocking economic and social growth. Ines is passionate about embracing her hybrid identity as both a world citizen and a local activist. Deputy Secretary General
Inna Rudolf Inna Rudolf MENA Research Analyst and Europe representative Based in Berlin, Inna Rudolf works as project manager in the Global Dialogue department of the BMW Foundation. She completed her Master’s degree in Political Science and Islamic studies in 2012, specializing in International Conflict Research and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Heidelberg. Her areas of focus were peace building, conflict resolution and international security with special interest in the process of political transformation and transition in the Middle East, where she has spent long periods (Libya,Yemen, Egypt, and Palestine). Particularly, she is concentrating on the role of civil society and politically relevant elites in the Maghreb region. Inna Rudolf has also worked in a voluntary capacity at the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research where she headed the regional group on ‘Conflicts in the Middle East and Maghreb’. Following an internship in theJerusalem office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, she completed a six month traineeship with the Herbert Quandt Foundation in public relations and intercultural project work. In her free time she also enjoys freelance writing on political and cultural issues. MENA Research Analyst and Europe representative
Heythem Ferjani Heythem Ferjani Team Coordinator Heythem Ferjani is MEF'sTeam coordinator, who acts as head of the program department- is an accomplished Project Manager who has worked with Hilfswerk Austria International for a CSR program called "Skills to Succeed" (a 6 Mio € Economic Development Program financed by OMV (Austrian Oil/Gas company) in Tunisia) for over than 4 years whereby he has been performing different tasks including managing the vocational training unit and at a later stage the whole program. Heythem has sound knowledge of program designing, implementation and monitoring. He is experienced in dealing with internal and external stakeholders through a driven communication plan ensuring the sustainability of the projects. Heythem is a ESL teacher since 2006 and had several trainings including Project Management Professional (PMI) and Monitoring & Evaluation of projects (EVAL) Team Coordinator
Paulina Madej Paulina Madej Project Officer Paulina Madej has extensive experience in NGOs in Tunisia at both the national and international level. She previously worked as Liaison Officer for the NGO – Gender Concerns International and was an international observer of the presidential elections in Tunisia in 2014. Paulina Madej was also responsible for evaluation of projects funded by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunisia between 2012 and 2014 and translation services for this institution during the project “Tunisian Journalist in Action”. Paulina Madej has also worked for one of the most famous Tunisianactivists-Ms. Farah Hached in her NGO – The Democratic Lab. She is interested in MENA international relations. She has a Master’s degree in Arabic Language from The Jagiellonian University in Poland. In 2013 she completed a Master’s thesis on the Tunisian revolution. She speaks Polish, English, Arabic and Tunisian Arabic. Project Officer
Amel Hammami Amel Hammami Researcher Amel Hammami is a PhD student in Law and Economics at the University of Sousse and University of Hamburg where she focuses on the Law and Economics of Terrorism in the MENA region. She has worked as research assistant at the Department of International Law and International Relations at the University of Sousse since September 2013. Since September 2016, Amel has also been working as a legal expert at the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunis. Between 2013 and 2015, she has been a tutor at the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Sousse, where she has taught Public International Law, Human Rights, Economic and Administrative Law. Amel graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the University of Sousse in June 2010. She stayed at the University of Sousse to complete her Masters of Public Law degree in Public International Law in July 2013. Her research focus is on political transformation in the post Arab Spring countries, including phenomena of political violence, state failure, radicalization, Law and Economics of Terrorism, international Law and International Relations. Researcher
Mouna Balghouthi Mouna Balghouthi Project Coordinator & Resident Fellow Mouna is a Research Master student of English Language, Literature and Civilization, specializing in American Studies and currently writing her MA thesis on Contemporary U.S. Immigration Policy at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Tunis. Miss Balghouthi is a fervent social activist and a staunch believer in Change. She is a Debate Trainer with the Young Arab Voices and an active member of many NGOs in Tunisia. She organized and participated in many national and international conferences such as Power & Counter-Power, NAIMUN, Change & Innovation in the MENA Teaching/Learning Settings: Resistance or Receptivity. In 2015, Mouna was selected by the U.S. Department of State and Georgetown University to participate in the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Student Leaders Program. Mouna studied Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, Project development and Peace Building at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, USA where she had the opportunity to develop her Leadership, Public Speaking and Organizational skills. As a Tunisian citizen, Mouna is deeply aware of the paramount importance of the role that Education plays in improving the quality of life and leading for the socio-economic development of Tunisia. Furthermore, having worked as a teacher of English as a second language for two years has opened her eyes to many anomalies in the sector of Education. Thus, Mouna aims at fixing the broken educational system in Tunisia in order to provide equal chances for all citizens to become the ambassadors of change for a brighter future for Tunisia. Project Coordinator & Resident Fellow
Samah Krichah Samah Krichah Project Coordinator & Field work researcher Project Coordinator & Field work researcher
