Wafa Charafeddine
Previous Professions
- Director, 2004 - present, Funding Division, Council for Development and Reconstruction.
- Advisor to CDR President, 2003 - 2004, Council for Development and Reconstruction.
- Head of Physical Planning Unit (Planning & Programming Division), 1998 - 2003, Council for Development and Reconstruction.
- Senior Specialist Water Sector (Planning & Programming Division), 1992 - 1998, Council for Development and Reconstruction.
- Senior Specialist Urban Planning (Planning & Programming Division), 1985 - 1992, Council for Development and Reconstruction.
Field(s) of Expertise
Urban Planning &Urban Design
Architecture & Cultural Heritage
Financing of Infrastructures
Environment
Social Sciences (Population & Development Issues)
Publications
- 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.
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.
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.].
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.