Tarek Alkhoury
Tarek Alkhoury brings over 8 years of experience in the fields of environment, urban planning and resource efficiency, five years of them have been in the UN System. In 2014, he joined UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi to support Francophone African countries and Arab States in policies and programmes on housing and slum upgrading. Later on, he was appointed as a Regional Programme Officer for Arab States within the Land and Global Land Tool Network Unit (GLTN). Before joining UN-Habitat, he worked for 3 years as an architect and programme manager providing advisory services on integrating green and resource efficiency practices into the project design phase in Middle East. In addition, Mr. Alkhoury has done several short assignments in France related to Project and Programme Management and Green Cities. His multi-dimensional experience in environment, urban planning, land and sustainable development allowed him to gain solid knowledge on the interrelated relationships between resource flows, infrastructure, socio-economic factors and ecological outcomes.
Tarek is an Architect graduated from Damascus University - Faculty of Architecture. He holds a Master of Environment, Urban and Regional Planning from Reims University and a Specialized Master in Project and Program Management from SKEMA Business School in France. He is fluent in Arabic, French and English.