Introduction
Dr. Hany Besada is the Senior Research Coordinator of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). He is also a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow with the United Nations University-Institute for Natural Resources in Africa and Research Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University and Senior Fellow with the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. Until very recently, he was Deputy Executive Director at the Diamond Development Initiative (DDI). Prior to that he was Regional Advisor, African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Theme Leader: Governance of Natural Resources at the North-South Institute (NSI) and Research Specialist on the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel Secretariat on the Post 2015 Development Agenda, United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Dr. Besada holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick.
Dr. Besada has published widely in international news media and academic journals. He is the author of more than 80 peer-reviewed scholarly policy papers, over 70 opinion pieces and editor/author of 13 books.
Expert
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Fields of Professional Activity:
• Africa’s Socio-Economic and Security Development.
• South-South Cooperation
• Natural Resource Governance and Management in Africa.
• Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability.
• Post-2015 Development Agenda.
• Sustainable Energy Solutions.
• Economic and Political Risk Management
• Beneficiation, Value Addition, and Local Content in Africa’s Mineral & Hydrocarbon Industries.
• Private Sector Development and Promotion.
• Economic and Political Risk Management.
Technical skills:
• Management of teams and research programs.
• Proven policy work with governments, multilateral institutions, private sector actors and international organizations and community agencies
• Ability to work in conflict and post-conflict environments and in various cultural, religious and ethnically divergent environments.
• Well versed in development programming from an international, regional, national perspective.
• Well published with a large and diverse publication track record.
• Partnership development.
Fields of expertise: Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication