Team

Mahmoud Elyes Hamza obtained his doctorate from the Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G) in 1987. He began his teaching career in 1988 at the Institut national agronomique de Tunisie (INAT).  Between 2007 and 2009, he was Director of the Institut supérieur des études préparatoires en biologie et géologie (ISEP-BG) in La Soukra, before becoming Director of INAT from 2009 to 2017.  During this period, in 2012, he obtained the title of Professor of Higher Agricultural Education, specializing in “Rural Engineering, Water, and Forests”.  From 2017 to 2021, he held the position of president of the Institution de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur agricoles (IRESA). He represented Tunisia as a delegate to the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM).  From 2021 to 2023, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries.  In 2024, he became Director of the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Center, which is part of the Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP/MAP).

Ms. Aida ABDENNADHER
Programme Specialist (GEF FishEBM Med Project)

Ms. Lobna BEN NAKHLA
Programme Officer (Species Conservation)

Ms. Emna DEROUICHE
Project Technical Manager (GEF FishEBM Med Project)

Mr. Wassim GAIDI
Projects Technial Assistant (SEMPA & GEF CP 3.1)

Mr. Dhia GUEZGUEZ
Programme Officer (Data Management & Computing)

Ms. Asma KHERIJI
Programme Officer (Specially Protected Areas)

Mr. Atef LIMAM
Projects Officer (Marine Protected Areas)

Ms. Dorra MAAOUI
Communications Assistant

Mr. Atef OUERGHI
Programme Officer (Ecosystem Conservation)

Mr. Yassine Ramzi SGHAIER
Projects Officer (Ecosystem Approach)

Mr. Anis ZARROUK
Programme Coordinator (Biodiversity)

Ms. Souad BEN AOUICHA
Director Assistant

Ms. Naziha BEN MOUSSA
Administrative Assistant

Ms. Imtinen KEFI
Financial Assistant

Mr. Mohamed JENDOUBI
Driver