Wafa Charafeddine
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.