Aly Zein Elabdeen Kassem

Associate Professor at Centre for Agricultural Planning and Development, Institute of National Planning (INP), Egypt BRCGS’ Approved Training Partner (ATP), Global Standard Food Safety, Issue 9 and Global Standard Storage and Distribution, Issue 4 FSPCA Lead Instructor for Preventive Controls for Human Food After graduation from Ain Shams University, Agriculture Faculty, Food Science Department (1999), I obtained my Master (2005) and my 1st PhD (2013) degrees in the fields of economics of dairy processing and economics of total quality management in dairy processing plants from Zagazig University. In addition, in 2020, I earned my 2nd PhD in the field of “Measuring the Technical Efficiency of SMEs in Tanzania: An Econometric Study.”. Furthermore, I have diversified and interrelated linkages with the food industry, where I worked as a quality controller and chemist at ENJOY for food industries, UHT milk and juices (2003–2008), before working as a dairy technology specialist (2008–2012), then as the manager of the technical support and quality systems department (2012–2016) at the Food Technology and Argo Industries Centre (FAITC), affiliated with the ministry of trade and industry. After that, I joined the Institute of National Planning as a lecturer (2016–2021) and then an associate professor (2021– now), teaching and searching in the fields of planning for agricultural development, TQM, and the economics of food safety. These experiences in the food industry qualified me to work at the German GOPA Worldwide Consultations as the national consultant for the food sector in Egypt, within the giz-Private Sector Innovation (PSI) project. Over and above, I am an Approved Training Partner (ATP) with the Brand Reputation through Compliance Global standard (BRCGS) for the Global Standards Food Safety, issue 9, and Storage and Distribution, issue 4. Moreover, I am a lead instructor for preventive controls for human food for the standardized curriculum that was prepared by the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For that, I have been working as a food safety trainer and consultant at USAID-trade, USDA-TAIB projects, and the Food Export Council (FEC). As well, I worked as a food safety consultant and trainer for other internationally funded projects, i.e., USAID-SEED, USAID-FAS, and USAID-ERAS, helping food enterprises optimize processes, increase their product compatibility with local and international standards, and reduce defected food, which is crucial to strengthening the sustainability of resources.

• CERTIFICATIONS: - BRCGS’ Global Standard Food Safety Issue 9 and Global Standard Storage and Distribution Issue 4
• Approved Training Partner (ATP)
• October 2024- Present
• Aly Zein Elabdeen Kassem, International publications Kassem, AZ, Do Weather Temperature and Median Age Affect Covid- 19
• Transmission
• Medrxiv, April, 2020 (Pre-print)
• Kassem, AZ, Does Temperature Affect Covid-19 Transmission
• Frontier in Public
• Health (Q1, Impact factor 2.483)
• (Published on 22 December, 2020)
• INP publications Kassem, AZ, Localization of Supply Chains in Egypt: Policies and
• Programs Applied to the Supply Chain of Milk and Dairy Products, Policies papers, INP
• Cairo, May, 2020
• Kassem, AZ , The Domestic Supply Chain and Internal Trade in Egypt Under the
• Covid-19 Pandemic, Policies papers, INP, Cairo, May, 2020
• Diab, AM,..............
• Kassem, AZ, Agricultural Development Report: Raising the Agricultural Resources and Productivity, INP, Cairo, 2019
• Ragaei, HA,……, Kassem, AZ, Social accountability and its role in the Regional
• Development”, Institute of National Planning (INP), 2017
• Sherbieny, EA,… ,Kassem, AZ, The Marble Industry in Egypt-Relaity & Prospect: With Application on "Shaq Elthoban Industrial Area, INP, December, 2017
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• Local or International Training courses in Egypt or Abroad
• Field Course Place/Certification body/Date
• Food Safety
• BRCGS’ Global Standard Food Safety Issue Train the Trainers
• Online- October 2024
• BRCGS’ Global Standard Storage and
• Distribution Issue 4, Train the Trainers
• Online- July 2023
• Lead Instructor Training for FSPCA Preventive
• Controls for Human Food
• Cairo, November 2023
• Global Standard Food Safety Issue 9: Lead
• Auditor
• Online: 22 September 2024
• Data Mining and Risk Assessment for food safety regulatory professionals
• GFoRSS with cooperation with NFSA
• March, 2023
• GFSI Intermediate Level Requirements for
• Food Manufacturers
• UNIDO & ETRACE, Dated 16th – 17th, -16 February, 2020
• Quality Management
• System: ISO 9000 "Quality Management System Auditor/ Lead
• Auditor Training Course" under IRCA QMS
• Auditor Certification Scheme
• SGS EGYPT LTD, on the 15 June 2008-June 2008
• Requirements for Establishment of Quality
• Management System: ISO 9001: 2015"
• African Bank for Development with INP,31 May, 2018
• Internal Audit: ISO 9001: 2015"
• African Bank for Development with INP,h
• September, 2018
• Halal Food "Fundamentals of Halal Food &
• Certification System"
• SIRIM BERHARD, MALAYSIA, 9-13
• Dec
• 2015
• Dairy Technology &
• Value Chain "Dairy Cluster Development" (EU-LACTIMID), LEBANON, 5-6 May "Promoting the Mediterranean Dairy
• Products", (EU-LACTIMID)
• Palermo, ITALY, 22-26 November 2015
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• Development "White Brined Cheese Technology Seminar"
• USAID's Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise development (SEED) Project with Misr Food Additives (MIFAD) &
• CHR Hansen- Denmark, Cairo, march, 2019
• Train of Trainers "Teaching and Coaching Techniques"
• Support to the Technical and Vocational
• Education and Training (TVET), 18-22
• October, 2010
• Provided by Professor: Pop
• Arts (Netherland)
• Train of Trainers on Milk production, handling and transportation, dairy products processing, Food Safety, packaging)" "Technical Assistance for the improvement of the quality of milk and dairy products in
• Egypt”, AINIA, Spanish Cooperation
• Agency, SPAIN, 12-26th
• July, 2012
• SMEs Development and clustering "The Qualifying Training for Developing and Managing Small Enterprises"
• Social Fund for Development, from 17th of
• June to the 1st of July, 2001
• SMEs Export and Origin Consortia"
• United Nations of Industrial Development
• UNIDO regional office, Cairo, Egypt, 8th -h
• October, 2012
• Cluster Development"
• United Nations of Industrial Development
• UNIDO regional office, Cairo, Egypt, 25th
• September, 2014
• Interactive SME development workshop for the Arabian Region"
• Arab Industrial development and Mining organization (AIDMO) with UNIDO, Rabat
• MOROCCO, 25-27 July, 2018
• Environmental
• Solutions "Earning the giz-WAFFAR project Getting
• Started Competency" giz with Ministry of Trade and Industry
• Management Skills "Creative Thinking"
• ECHELON with Ministry of Trade and
• Industry, 2011
• Leadership and Management in
• Development" IMA International, THAILAND, 2017
• Introduction to Planning for
• Development"
• Institute of National Planning (INP), from
• May 2nd to May 22nd, 2017
• Preparing Consultations Projects and
• Estimating its Cost"
• African Bank for Development (ADB) with
• INP, 21-25 October, 2018
• Educational Quality
• Assurance Related
• Courses
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
• INNOVETY with Ministry of Trade and
• Industry, 2015
• Preparation of Academic Leaders"
• African Bank for Development with INP,15 October, 2018
• Self-Assessment of Colleges and Higher
• Education Institutes"
• National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE), 20-22 July 2020
• Specifying Course & Program and
• Assessing Intended Learning Outcomes for