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Awards
Sample Engagements
Dr. Darwish has numerous work
in Governance both for state and corporate. He is among few visionaries in
Egypt and Middle East in terms of futuristic ideas. He initiated Egypt Vison
2030, Egypt Development Map (a pioneer planning tool based on GIS and
statistical population parameters).
Dr. Darwish is also a well-known
nominal figure in Africa in the area of Social Safety
Nets. His methodology of linking national databases proven to be very efficient
both in service provision and targeting. His methodology of linking national databases
proven to be very efficient both in service provision and targeting.
Dr. Darwish is among the few internationally
known for establishing the concept of Invisible Seamless Government where
pushing services dominates the operation rather that the classic pull mode. He
is also among the early visionaries who have anticipated in his famous talk in
Paris in 2002 that old structures will fall if they not become agile enough to
absorb new technology availed tools. He shed the light on the repercussions of
that on governance models and mechanisms especially in the
area of citizen participation.
His skill set includes negotiation, cash flow
and finance analysis, setting policies and strategies and many more.
Current
· Consultant
to ILO and Ministry of Labour to draft the Egyptian Employment Strategy.
2017 - date (Sample)
·
Consultant to The European
Union: Lead the team to write the Policy Note on EU Engagement for Integrated
Water Management.
· Consultant
to Misr Insurance, Misr Asset Management and Khazna for their governance, risk
and information strategy plan and digital transformation.
·
Consultant to UNICEF for building the Business and
Financial Model for using RapidPro in providing services for citizens with
non-smart phones (2021).
·
Consultant to WHO and General Authority for
Health Care for the restructuring of the authority (2021).
· Consultant
with team from Dornier (Germany) for establishment of Freight Company for
Egyptian Rail-Road Authority (2019-2021).
· Developed
the Information Strategy Plan for Aur Capital Investment and supervised
implementation (2020).
·
Consultant to Ahly Capital for due diligence on
their acquisition of Momkn (2020).
· Consultant
to Ministry of Planning (UNDP Contract) to formulate the KPI for the 2030
Egyptian National Objectives and correlate them to the SDGs (2020).
· Consultant
to GIZ on their project for Public Administration Support for the Government of
Egypt (2019).
· Developed
the Information Strategy Plan for Misr Insrance and
supervised implementation (2017-2021).
·
Consultant for Egypt Gold Group on governance
and restructuring (2020-2021).
2011 – 2015 (Sample):
·
Consultant to Microsoft on the preparation of
National Plan for Middle East and Africa (2012-2014).
·
Consultant and Advisor to several companies and
banks among them a leading Egyptian International Petroleum Company / Group
(2011-date), Industry Development Bank (2014-2015), Agriculture Development
Bank (2015), Investor Protection Fund (2014-2015) Misr Insurance Company
(2015), and Misr Insurance Holding Company (2011-2012).
·
Member of the team (Volunteering at Ministry of
Planning) to prepare and draft the National Plan 2012-2022 (2011) and Egypt Vision
2030/2050 (2014).
·
Advisor to UNDP on their policies and
strategies in Egypt for projects implemented on anticorruption, transparency and integrity post of the January 25th
revolution.
·
Consultant to the World Bank for the study on
Governance of State Owned Enterprises (2013),
Restructuring Public Service (2015) and to their work in Saudi Arabia (2018).
·
Advisor to UNIDO on several studies and
initiatives among them Green Economy and Employment in the Middle East (2013)
and Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Middle East (2011).
·
Invited expert by several international
organizations among them:
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Economic Reforms and Social Justice in the Arab
Region, Sponsored by Royal Prince Hassan Ben Talal, Landau Network and Wana
Forum, Como, Italy 2012.
-
High level meeting on EU and Southern
Neighbourhood New Prospects for Mutual Cooperation in a Changing Environment,
Sponsored by the EU Presidency, Warsaw Dec. 2011.
-
Helsinki Process: Improving International
Investment Regime, April 2013.
Current
· Member
of Board of Directors Cheiron Oil, Odin, Alpha Capital, Lotus Agriculture, Summit
Technology Solutions, 138 Pyramids and Evolve Investment Holding.
·
Member of the Board of Advisors for ConsuKorra
Planning and Engineering Solution.
·
Member of the General Assembly for Egypt Air
Holding and Chemical Industry Holding.
·
Member of the Board of Trustees School of
Business and School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at American University
in Cairo, Badr University, New Giza University.
Previous
·
Member of Board of Directors for Bank du Caire,
Egypt Air Holding, Telecom Egypt, Gold Network Trade, Delta Life Insurance, Endure
Capital, Arab Investment Holding, Information Technology Industry Development
Authority (ITIDA), Information Technology and Information Technology Institute,
ITI.
·
Member of the Board of Advisors for Daltex, Sadco
Reyada and IBDL.
·
Member of the Advisory Board for The Council of
Arab Economic Unity.
·
Member of the General Assembly of Misr
Insurance Holding and Akhbar-El-Yom.
·
Member of the Board of Trustees for Nile
University (2014-2018), International School of Information Science ISIS, Bibliotheca
Alexandrina (2004-2014).
·
Establishment of the Suez Canal Economic Zone
(SCZone: 461 sq km and 6 ports). This
included all the regulatory framework and policies and strategies to become
among top 7 most attractive investment destinations in 2035.
·
Attracting 20B$ worth of investment to develop
23M sq m in Sczone.
·
Preparation of the 2 National Project Documents
on e-government (Policies and Strategies) 2001-2007 and 2007-2012.
·
The administration and coordination of the
implementation efforts of the four e-government programs (over 160 projects
with an annual budget of $100M): 1. Basic Infrastructure, 2. Services
Development, 3. State Resource Planning, 4. Integration of National Databases.
Ø These efforts led to the enhancement of
Egyptian rank for electronic and web services is from 160 out of 192 countries
in 2003 to 23 out of 192 according to the 2010 UNPAN report in 2010 and the
program received the best service award both from the UN in New York (2009) and
the African Union in Johannesburg (2008).
Dr. Darwish was also a guest speaker on
numerous international events among them the European Electronic Administration
Conference in Paris (2008).
·
The design of a new Social Safety Net structure
through a newly created family database and the use of smart cards (family
card). A nationwide project for 12M families.
·
The complete study on restructuring of health
insurance and health care services and university hospitals in Egypt.
·
The Design and execution of the Institutional
Development and Human Resources Development Program.
·
Re-establishment of the National Management
Institute (NMI) in 2006 (originally established in 1954 and dissolved in 1981).
It presents an excellence center for IT services, consulting
and capacity building.
·
Establishment of the Center for Governance
Studies as the first regional center that promotes various governance pillars
(transparency, accountability, partnership in decision making, rule of law, …).
·
Chairing the OECD initiative Governance for
Development in the Arab World 2005-2009.
·
Leading the efforts for Egypt to join the
Public Governance Committee, OECD (2008).
·
Chaired the Egyptian Transparency and Integrity
Committee (2008-2011). The committee composed
mostly of non-government public figures and experts. Published 3 auditing
reports that tracked the international and national corruption indices along
with recommendations for government such as budget transparency, ombudsman and
transparency in jobs and government procurement.
·
Sponsoring and Contracting Cairo University for
the largest scientific statistical social study in the Middle East on Egyptian
Values Regarding Corruption; which when published
attracted huge attention and created a high awareness state especially among
youth.
·
Leading major efforts in the
area of Access to Justice and the implementation of the major
development of the judiciary support system in Egypt.
Ø As a result of his work on governance Dr.
Darwish was an invited speaker to numerous international events, the last was
in December 2010 in Paris by OECD on “Making Reform Happen” where he was introduce by Mr. Angel Gurria as the most famous reformer in
the Middle East.
·
World Government Summit, Dubai, 5 times (Last time Mar.
2022)
·
Keynote speaker Meeting of the Minds, Jakarta, Dec 2019.
·
Guest Speaker American
Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)
Washington DC, British Chamber London and
French Chamber Paris (2016).
·
Keynote speaker at World e-ID, Nice, Sept. 2012 and 2013 and
Marseille Sept. 2014.
·
Keynote speaker at the Government Technology Summit, Abu-Dhabi,
Feb. 2013 and Dubai Feb. 2014.
·
Speaker, UNIDO General Conference on the prospects for
solving the forecasted unemployment problems in the Middle East, Vienna Nov.
2011, UNIDO Forum on Strategies and Instruments for Inclusive and Sustainable
Industrial Development, Vienna June 2014 and UNIDO International Green Economy
and Technology Forum, Bahrain Jan. 2015.
·
Keynote speaker, International Innovation Summit, Tunis
Sept. 2014.
· Keynote speaker at OECD conference “Making Reform Happen”, Paris, Dec. 2010.
·
Guest speaker, European Electronic
Administration Conference in Paris (2008).
·
Preparation of the 2
National Project Documents on e-government
(Policies and Strategies) 2001-2007 and 2007-2012.
· The administration and coordination of the implementation efforts of the e-government 4 programs1: Basic Infrastructure, Services Development, State Resource Planning, Integration of National Databases.
· The design of a new Social Safety Net structure through a newly created family database and the use of smart cards (family card).
Ø These efforts led to the enhancement of Egyptian rank for
electronic and web services is from 160 out of 192 countries in 2003 to 23 out
of 192 according to the 2010 UNPAN report in 2010 and the program received the
best service award both from the UN in New York (2009) and the African Union in
Johannesburg (2008).
· Design and execution of the Institutional Development and Human Resources Development Program.
· Re-establishment of the National Management Institute (NMI) in 2006 (originally established in 1954 and dissolved in 1981). It presents an excellence center for IT services, consulting and capacity building.
· Establishment of the Center for Governance Studies as the first regional center that promotes various governance pillars (transparency, accountability, partnership in decision making, rule of law, …).
· Chairing the OECD initiative Governance for Development in the Arab World 2005-2009.
· Leading the efforts for Egypt to join the Public Governance Committee in OECD (2008).
· Chaired the Egyptian Transparency and Integrity Committee (2008-2011). The committee composed mostly of non-government public figures and experts. Published 3 auditing reports that tracked the international and national corruption indices along with recommendations for government such as budget transparency, ombudsman and government procurement efforts.
· Sponsoring and Contracting Cairo University for the largest scientific statistical social study in the Middle East on Egyptian Values Regarding Corruption; which when published attracted huge attention and created a high awareness state especially among youth.
· Leading major efforts in the area of Access to Justice and the implementation of the major development of the judiciary support system in Egypt.
Ø As a result of his work on governance Dr. Darwish was an
invited speaker to numerous international events, the last was in December 2010
in Paris by OECD on “Making Reform Happen” where he was introduce
by Mr. Angel Gurria as the most famous reformer in the Middle East. Dr. Darwish was also a guest speaker on
numerous international events among them the closing session of the European
Electronic Administration Conference in Paris (2008).
1997-2004:
·
Consultant to the European Commission EC in Brussels on the
compatibility and integration of health records for seamless health service
provision in Europe.
·
Consultant to the Bank of Alexandria helping to draft the
new vision, policies and implementation strategies for
the new image of the bank and to design the full LAN/WAN for all branches in
Egypt.
·
Consultant to Bank du Caire to: i.
design and implement the full LAN/WAN for all 130 branches in Egypt along with
voice over IP in addition to video surveillance at some branches, ii.
replace/renovate 157 ATM machines and iii. deployment of a new full core and
retail banking application in all branches and the connection to a major data
center.
·
Consultant to UNESCO for the analysis, design
and implementation of the library information system (hardware, software and
network) of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
·
Consultant to Middle East News Agency (MENA) on the
modernization project for the archiving, network, video conferencing and
Internet services.
·
Consultant to Supreme Council of Antiquities to perform
Process Analysis and workflow pertaining to Information Production, Storage and
Dissemination for the Egyptian Antiquities Information System.
·
Consultant to the Mechanical and Electrical Department at
the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources for the modernization of the
information system and maintenance system of pump stations all over Egypt
(approx. 1600) – funded by World Bank.
·
Consultant to the UN-ESCWA to prepare a study on Information
and Communications Technologies in Egypt's Enterprises.
·
Consultant to Shaker Group on Voice, Video and Data
Networking aspects of their contracted projects (e.g.
KPGM headquarters at Pyramids Height and City Star).
·
Consultant to the National Water Research Center (NWRC) to
design the distributed Geographical Information System and the network to be
shared among all 12 institutes composing NWRC.
·
Consultant to the Tourism Development Authority to write the
RFP, evaluate proposals and technically assist in the start of the Nile Cruise
Information and Safety Center. The project is funded from the World Bank
for $20M and aims at installing a differential GPS system to guide cruises
between Sohag and Aswan.
·
Consultant to PetroJet to design
and help acquire the new company network that links headquarters and all
branches all over Egypt.
·
Consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
to create and implement a food group database that consists of different
elements and allows the analysis of recipes taking into consideration different
factors such as water and vitamin loss ... etc.
·
Consultant to Enppi (Engineering
for the Petroleum and Process Industry) to upgrade the network and build an
electronic document and engineering drawing archiving system.
·
Analyzed and designed an electronic imaging archiving system
for a leading newspaper publisher in Cairo (under study and evaluation) and the
document archiving system for the Egyptian Trade-Mark Office
(Contract awarded).
·
Analyzed, designed and shared the
development (one of three partners holding the IP) of RSVP, a reconfigurable
simulation video performance tool for studying video transmission over wireless
channels and ATM networks. (Visit http://www.mprg.ee.vt.edu/research/rsvp/rsvp.html).
·
Consultant to Telecom Egypt to prepare the RFP, assess and
evaluate different proposals for the full automation of all activities (budget,
finance, billing, inventory, ...). Bidders included, SAP, Baan, Oracle, RUSS and CAP.
·
Consultant to the National Telecommunication Institute,
helping in cell re-planning to solve the Cairo dead zone areas for cellular
phones.
·
Consultant for Mohandes Insurance
Company, helping in testing the new upgraded company computer network.
·
Consultant to Noran, an import and export company to
analyze, design and supervise the implementation of a full financial system.
The company has several warehouses and a small fleet to distribute goods to
different customer locations.
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