West African Marine Ecoregion: field staff

 

• Ph. D. in biological oceanography.
• Advisor at Ministry of fisheries and maritime economy in (1987- 1990)
• Research programme coordinator of fisheries management Dakar based Thiaroye Centre for oceanographic.( 1992-2006)
• Lecturer in ecology and oceanography. ( 1992-2006)
• Consultant in fisheries, oceanographic and conservation issues

• Certificate in « Fisheries Resource Management », Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tokyo JAPAN, 2004
• Master’s (M.Sc.) in Maritime Resources Management (Option Fisheries & Environment), Rimouski Quebec University (UQAR) – CANADA,2002
• Certificate in micro economic analysis and financial management of projects, National School ofApplied Economics (ENEA) Dakar-SENEGAL, 1999
• Senior Technician in Halieutics, Higher Institute of Sciences and Halieutics Techniques, (ISSTH)/ECOWAS Nouadhibou-MAURITANIA, 1992
• Deputy coordinator in charge of the "Sustainable fisheries component MINISTRY OF MARITIME ECONOMY AND MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT 2005-2008
• Counterpart of the Japanese expert in charge of the fisheries management component of the "Programme of assessment and management of sea resources in Senegal", MINISTRY OF MARITIME ECONOMY AND MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT,2003-2005

“ As a Senegalese civil servant with over 15 years experience in fisheries management, I was seeking a new challenge at an international level like WWF and to have the opportunity to use my skills in fisheries management and participative approach for marine resources and environment conservation”.

• Msc Project management
•  B.A in Project management.
• Long and rich experience as secretary in an insurance company, a Bookshop, in an architect office.

"I chose to work for WWF both because it was a good opportunity and because I am interested in marine conservation," she says.

 Soukeye Gueye is our programme manager in charge of capacity building for NGOs, civil society, locally elected councils and private sector. Graduated from the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland with a post graduate degree in sociology, she also has received short term training programmes in strategic communication and strategic environmental assessment . Prior tojoining WWF Soukeye Gueye works in the private sector where she was mainly responsible for social and environmental matters in many projects.”I have real passion and interest in environment as you can see in my academic career and also I belong to a community facing coastal erosion , that’s why with joy and enthusiasm I have joined WWF “ she said.

• Engineer Diploma on Agricultural studies.
• MSc econometric-statistic
• Certificate project elaboration
• Certificate in economy tools for the conservation
• Her thesis was on “ the contribution of microfinance to poverty alleviation in rural areas”
• WAMER consultant for the newly developed microfinance programme
• Certificate of climate change
• Certificate adaptation vulnerability trainer
• Certificate of global woman leadership

“Providing fishermen with alternative livelihoods is key to promoting sustainable fisheries in West Africa and I hope the programme I am piloting will help make a difference” she says.

 

 

• Doctor in Veterinarian Studies and Sciences
• Civil servant Fisheries officer – Ministry of Fisheries (Senegal) 1986-2001
• Senegal Focal Point on Coastal Planning Network in West Africa (1999 – 2002)
• Coordinator of PRCM 2001-2005
• Expert on Fisheries and aquaculture

• Since 2009 Hawa Sow is the Africa Policy Coordinator for the Global Climate Initiative, WWF International

• Prior to joining the WWF International Global NI, Hawa was Policy Programme Manager for WWF-Wamer in Dakar, a post she occuped since May 2005.

• Prior to that Hawa was based in  Kenya,  WWF-Eastern Africa Regional Programme Office, Nairobi (2001- 2005); World Scout Bureau-Africa Regional Office (1993 - 2000); URTNA-PEC (1990 - 1993). In between in 2004 Hawa spent some time at WWF-International Head Office in Gland, Switzerland on secondment supporting the Africa Madagascar Programme.

• Hawa holds a MSc in Education for Sustainability, has extensive training and experience in Environmental Law and Diplomacy as well as Negotiations and speaks 6 languages

 Msc Project Management
Certificate Challenges of leadership in teams, M.I.T
Bachelors Degree in project management
Certificate in executive secretariat


Monitoring and evaluation Officer Wamer
Personal Assistant to the regional coordinator Wamer
Secretary at WWF-WAMER (2005 – 2007)
Executive secretary in a private firm (2000 – 2005)

 As WWF WAMER Technical Assistant and Program Coordinator in The Gambia, Ibrahima Mat DIA has 20 years of experience in Natural Resources Management and Planning including 11 years in marine, estuarine coastal wetlands management. His main areas of expertise are MPA management, threatened species conservation, coastal and marine resources sustainable management. Through years of experience with International Conservation NGO (IUCN, WWF), he acquired skills in participatory natural resources and threatened species Management. He was able to identify with communities new protected areas in Senegal, restored ecological processes, participated to enforce Saloum (Senegal) local communities to sustainably manage their fisheries and contributed to reduce poverty in this area through Deutch/IUCN fund project. He conducted M&E programs with WB projects as well as UNDP GEF sponsored programs. With WB/GEF/WWF project, Integrated Coastal and Marine Biodiversity (ICAM), he was able to coordinate the implementation of Marine Turtles and Cetaceans Conservation Action Plans in The Gambia as well as the design of a Biodiversity Monitoring System. He participated to national and/or international planning processes (Senegal Food Security plan, FAO mapping food vulnerability and Insecurity, Wetland advisory committee, State of Louisiana Oil spill Contingency mapping, etc.). He has a MS degree in Environmental planning and Management, in GIS, many diplômes in Agricultural studies (Ingénieur Agronome (equivalent MS), Diplôme d’Agronomie Approfondie, (Ms in Agronomie) and Diplôme d’Agronomie Générale (BSc Agronomie) Animal Pastoralism). He has a strong background in GIS, Remote Sensing, agricultural planning and applied statistics.