Country: 
Lebanon
Professions: 
Architect
Director
Expert
Owner
Professor
Project Manager
Field(s) of expertise: 
Design
Economic Inclusion
Environment
Gender Equality
Natural Resources
Architecture
Environment
Areas of Impact: 
Sustainable Cities and Communities

Personal information

Dr. Nouha Ghosseini
Team Leader and Key Expert on Capacity Building and Coaching activities, public dialogue.

Contact information (Private)

+96103634331

Community/Lebanon Impact

Nouha Ghousseini was born on January 2, 1959, in Beirut, Lebanon. She is married and has no children. She obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture from the Lebanese University in 1983, graduating first among all branches of the Lebanese University. In 1984, she received a scholarship from the French government to pursue her doctorate in Paris, where she earned several certificates and diplomas in urban geography, architecture, and urban planning. She acquired French nationality in 1991.

She returned to Lebanon in 1992 to teach at the Lebanese University and collaborated with SOLIDERE Company as an expert in urban planning and landscape design. She began her political career in 1998, serving as a member of the Baakline Municipal Council and later becoming the President of the Federation of Chouf Souayjani Municipalities and Mayor of Baakline.

She has focused on promoting the role of women and youth in leadership and participation in peacebuilding, and advocated for change through civic engagement. She works to promote tolerance, education, and understanding of diversity, and strives to achieve comprehensive outcomes that benefit all segments of society.

She has extensive experience in areas such as decentralization and local governance, strategic development planning, sustainable development, smart cities, good governance, civic participation, urban planning, and architecture and landscape design.

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Education

Education: 
  • 1985 - 1989: PhD, Amenagement du Territoire, Université Paris-Sorbonne.
  • 2014: Diploma, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Adaptation, University of Geneva.

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • 2023 - Present: Project Management Team Lead, Euro-Funding Multilateral Projects, S.L., Lebanon.
  • 1989 - Present: Senior Architec, Landscape Architect, Urban Planning and Design Consultant, Self Employed.
  • 1992 - Present: Professor, the Lebanese University.
  • 1989 - Present: Independent Business Owner, Burea Nouha Ghosseini, Lebanon.
  • 2015 - 2016: External Expert for ASCIMER Project (Smart City), Unversidad Politécnica de Madrid.
  • 2004 - 2016: President, Federation of Municipalities of Chouf Souayjani, Lebanon.
  • 2004 - 2016: Mayor, Municipality of Baakline, Lebanon.
  • 1998 - 2004: Elected Council member, Municipality of Baakline, Chouf, Lebanon.
  • 2002 - 2016: Project Coordinator, Federation of "Chouf Souayjani" Municipalities.
  • 2013 - 2014: Senior Urban Planning Expert, GOPA Worldwide Consultants, Lebanon.
  • 2011 - 2014: Chief Enterprise Architect and Urban Consultant, Bureau Nouha Ghosseini, Euroconsults Company, Muscat, Oman.
  • 2008 - 2010: Director and Urban Planning Team Leader for "Bureau Nouha Ghosseini", International Management Group, Lebanon.
  • 2004 - 2010: External Consultant, Bureau Nouha ghousseini, The General Directorate of Urbanism, Lebanon.
  • 2006 - 2008: Team Leader, Sustainable Development Expert and President of the Federation of Municipalities, Chouf Souayjani, Lebanon.
  • 2004 - 2005: Senior Landscape Architect, External Consultant, "Al-Mouhandessoun" office, Lebanon.
  • 1994 - 1999: Senior Landscape Architect, Solidere, Beirut, Lebanon.