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Lamia Donia

Lamia Donia

Cairo,Egypt

Summary

Dynamic professional with expertise in effective leadership and programme management, demonstrating strong research and writing skills. Proven track record in managing partnerships, coordinating multi-sector teams, and leading capacity-building efforts. Passionate about climate engagement and circular economy transformation with strong communication and reporting skills.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work history

Business Support Officer, Partnership Management

World Food Programme, United Nations
Cairo, Egypt
01.2020 - 05.2025
  • Partnership Management: Lead the scoping, selection, screening, and assessment of partner NGOs. Lead cross-functional coordination between Programme Units, Finance. Supply chain and partner NGOs, ensuring alignment with Programme objectives and timelines.
  • Agreement Development: Collaborate with internal units to draft and finalize Field Level Agreements (FLAs) with cooperating partners.
  • Budgeting & Financial Oversight: Develop and review agreement budgets, ensuring alignment with operational and financial guidelines.
  • Stakeholder Coordination: Serve as the focal point for cooperating partners, facilitating communication, reporting, and performance assessments.
  • Field Operations & Monitoring: Supervise and coach ten field coordinators, oversee their work plans and ensure efficient field-level operations.
  • Programme Review & Compliance: Collect and analyze feedback from cooperating partners to identify programmatic gaps and enhance service delivery.
  • Financial Processing: Manage and process payment requests from partners, ensuring compliance with WFP financial regulations.
  • Capacity Building: Provide cooperating partners with training on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools, and self-evaluation methods to enhance implementation quality.
  • Administrative & Technical Support: Design and deliver presentations to support team planning sessions, and partner onboarding.
  • Partner Capacity Building: Designed and delivered annual Capacity strengthening workshops to enhance NGO partners' operational performance with focus on sustainability and accountability.

Short Term Consultant

World Bank
Cairo, Egypt
09.2014 - 08.2015
  • Research & Analysis: Contributed to the flagship report 'The Status of Bank Lending to MSMEs in the Middle East and North Africa.'
  • Economic Research: Co-authored a research paper on 'Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Finance on Rural Inequality: Evidence from Egypt.'

Economic Researcher

Ministry of Investment
Cairo, Egypt
08.2008 - 01.2012
  • Investment Climate Analysis: Researched and analyzed trends in Egypt's investment landscape, contributing to periodic ministry reports.
  • Policy Research: Conducted studies on financial sector development, particularly non-bank financial services.
  • Poverty Reduction Initiatives: Assisted in the '1000 Villages Project', focusing on rural development and poverty alleviation.
  • Policy Briefs & Speech Writing: Drafted memos, policy briefs, and talking points for speeches delivered by the Minister of Investment and the Prime Minister.
  • Conference Participation: Represented the ministry in Euromoney conferences and investment forums.
  • Website & Data Management: Analyzed and updated data for the Ministry of Investment's website.

Teaching Assistant

British University in Egypt
Cairo
09.2008 - 09.2009
  • Conducted tutorials and assisted in Labor Economics and History of Economic Thought courses.
  • Provided academic support, assessed students' work, and supervised exams.
  • Assisted in research assignments and curriculum development.

Education

PhD - Economics

Cairo University
09.2015 -

M.A. - Economics

American University in Cairo
02.2009 - 02.2013

B.Sc. - Economics

Cairo University
09.2004 - 05.2008

Skills

  • Effective Leadership
  • Strong research and writing skills
  • Stakeholder & Partner Engagement
  • Project Coordination & Monitoring
  • Internal & External Communications
  • Capacity Building & Training
  • Programme Management



Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Native
French
Intermediate (B1)

Accomplishments

  • Top Student Award and Certificate of Achievement, AUC, May 2013
  • University Fellowship, AUC, February and September 2009, September 2010
  • Selected to participate in an internship program in The American Senate, Washington D.C., USA, September 2007


Published Work

El-Laithy, H., Rostom, A. And Donia, L. (2017). Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Finance on Rural Inequality: Evidence from Egypt. World Economics, 18(1), 59-105. Paper host page link is: https://www.worldeconomics.com/Journal/Papers/Measuring%20the%20Impact%20of%20Agricultural%20Finance%20on%20Rural%20Inequality%20Evidence%20from%20Egypt.details?ID=660

Special Software

Special Quantitative Data Analysis software: Stata 13, EViews 7, SPSS

Timeline

Business Support Officer, Partnership Management

World Food Programme, United Nations
01.2020 - 05.2025

PhD - Economics

Cairo University
09.2015 -

Short Term Consultant

World Bank
09.2014 - 08.2015

M.A. - Economics

American University in Cairo
02.2009 - 02.2013

Teaching Assistant

British University in Egypt
09.2008 - 09.2009

Economic Researcher

Ministry of Investment
08.2008 - 01.2012

B.Sc. - Economics

Cairo University
09.2004 - 05.2008

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