Who Is She

Personal information

Director of the Funding Division
Wafa Charafeddine

Contact information / Private

Contact information / Work

Council for Development and Reconstruction
Funding Division
Postbox: 
116/5351
Tallet al- Serail
Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: 
981380 1 961
Mobile: 
205663 3 961

Education

Education: 
  • Doctorate degree, Physical Planning, 1984 - 1987, Paris-4-Sorbonne, France.
  • Diploma in Higher Studies (DESS), Urban Planning, 1983 - 1985, Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris, France.
  • Master's degree (DEA), Architecture, 1978 - 1983, Institute of Fine Arts, Lebanese University, Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Urban Planning &Urban Design
  • Architecture & Cultural Heritage
  • Financing of Infrastructures
  • Environment
  • Social Sciences (Population & Development Issues)
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • French
  • English

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Director, 2004 - present, Funding Division, Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR).
  • Advisor to CDR President, 2003 - 2004, Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR).
  • Head of Physical Planning Unit (Planning & Programming Division), 1998 - 2003,
  • Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR).
  • Senior Specialist Water Sector (Planning & Programming Division), 1992 - 1998, Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR).
  • Senior Specialist Urban Planning (Planning & Programming Division), 1985 - 1992,
  • Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR).

Honorary office and memberships

  • Member of the Syndicate of Architects & Engineers of Beirut, 1985 - present.

Productions

Publications highlights: 
  • Charafeddine, W. (1991). L’habitat illégal de la banlieue-Sud de Beyrouth [Illegal settlments in the souther suburb of Beirut]. In Reconstruire Beyrouth - Le paris sur le possible [Rebuilding Beirut - Betting on what is possible], (pp. 227-238). France: Maison de L’Orient.
Exhibitions, lectures & performances: 
  • L’illégalité en temps de guerre [Illegality in times of war], presentation during the 7th seminar EASRG-CERES, Tunisia, 1985.
  • Le Schéma Directeur de la R.M.B.:Identifications des blocages [Master Plan of the R.M.B: Blockages identified], presentation during the seminar Gestion Urbaine dans les P.V.D. [Urban management in the P.V.D.]

Awards and Distinctions

Distinctions: 
  • Chevalier de L’Ordre au Merite de la Republique Italienne (OMRI), for contributing to the work relation improvement between the Lebanese and Italian governments, 2006 & 2009.