Eng. Rami Y.Khalil

Name: Rami Y.Khalil Address: Aleppo University, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture Department, P.O.Box 848 - Aleppo, Syria Telephone: +963 - 21- 4443017 fax: +963 - 21- 2273681 Mobil: +963 - 94 - 443017 E-mail-1 : r.khalil@cgiar.org E-mail-2 : khalil@arabscientist.org

• Qualifications:
  1. University of Aleppo, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture Department, 1991-1996.
  2. Postgraduate Diploma, University of Aleppo, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture Department, 1996-1997.
  3. Computer Diploma in Using Computer in Economical Fields, University of Aleppo, Faculty of Economics, 1999-2000.
• Employment Record:
  1. Advertisements Designer, 1991-1995.
  2. Head of Seed Processing Unit, General Organization for Seed Multiplication (GOSM), Aleppo, Syria, 1997-2000.
  3. Media & Public Awareness, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Regional office for Central, West and North Africa (IPGRI-CWANA),2000 -
• Professional Membership:
  1. Syrian Union of Agronomists, 1996.
  2. Syrian Computer Society, 1998.
  3. The Committee of Syrian Inventors, 1999.
  4. Member in the Scientific Committee of Patents Department, Ministry of Supply, Syria, 1999.
  5. Arab Plant Protection Society, 1999.
  6. Supreme Council of Sciences (Permanent Panel Member), 2001.
• Publications :
  Editor of articles for CWANA Newsletter, presentations, press releases, fact sheets, posters, leaflets, audio-visual presentations and sections of the IPGRI-CWANA Annual Report each year since 2000.
• Languages:
  I- Arabic (first language).
  II- English (working knowledge).
  III- German (slight).
• Prizes:
  A :The First Pioneer in Syria, three times 1980, 1981 & 1982.
  B :Silver Medal, 9th Al-Basil Intentions Fair 2000, Damascus, Syria.
  c :Golden Medal, 10th Al-Basil Intentions Fair 2001, Damascus, Syria.
  D :Golden Medal of The Hungarian Inventors Associate 2000.
• Useful skills:
  1. Keyboard skills.
  2. Multiple hardware experience: Mac, PC and Palm.
  3. Multiple software experience: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Apple Works, PageMaker, Quark XPress, Acrobat, Front Page, Corel Draw 10, Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, Sound recording and editing (digital and analogue).
  4. Photography.
  5. Design.
  6. Fax & Photocopying.
  7. Layout & print production.
  8. Clean Syrian driving license.
• Consultancies & Reports:
  I- Introduction to the invention 1999.
  II- Magnetic & Infrared therapy 2002.
  III-Automation of Seed Stores 2000.
• Books:
  1. Solar Energy, tomorrow's solution: Aleppo 1993.
  2. plus numerous contributions to multi-authored books edited by others.
  3. Somewhere in downtown (prose), 1993.
  4. Love, God and You (poetry), 1993.
  5. Scripts for Agricultural Theatre: " Green Back", " Basket of Life" and "The Lost treasure"
• Broadcasting TV:
  I- Mar Mousa Monastery Eco-Tourism report, Syrian TV, Nov 2000.
  II- Rural Teacher Workshop, Syrian TV, Nov 2000.
• IPGRI Career Overview :
  I was recruited by IPGRI as Public Affairs Officer in 2000. My duties include developing, guiding, and implementing public awareness activities for the institute. I work with IPGRI/ICARDA/National Programs staff to promote the importance of plant genetic resources activities among key target audiences in partner countries. I develop and supervise the preparation of public awareness materials, such as posters, brochures, displays, fact sheets, audio-visual training materials, agricultural theatre. This involves providing guidance on the layout and design of all regional publications under my supervision. I am responsible for guiding and coordinating the public awareness activities of the UNDP-GEF Agrobiodiversity Project (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan & Palestinian Authority) and GEF Date Palm Project in North Africa. I provide public awareness support to the CWANA Office, including but not limited to the area of donor and host country relations. I am currently involved in managing the process to launch an innovation fund (Eco-Tourism). Also I work with some IPGRI Global projects (C06, C14 and C15).
• I consider my most significant programme contributions to IPGRI to be in the following areas:
  1. The development and implementation of IPGRI's Public Awareness Strategy and Programme, which targets policymakers, donors and the media.
  2. The promotion of public awareness as an important development tool.
  3. The production of recurring IPGRI publications, e.g. Geneflow, Annual Reports, calendar, poster series.
  4. The development of CWANA web site.
  5. The encouragement of institute-wide attention to gender issues.
  6. The leadership of a large number of National Programs public awareness activities.
  7. The development of television documentary film series on plant genetic resources.
  8. The successful launch of a process to raise significant funds for genetic resources conservation and the development of a regional genetic resources conservation system.