FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 CAIRO 003132 SIPDIS FOR ECA/PE/V/M LOCKWOOD/ ZAKI; INFO ECA/PE/V/R/N, AND NEA/PPD E.O. 12958: NA TAGS: OEXC KPAO EG SUBJECT: FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER 17 DECEMBER 8, 2005 EGYPT NOMINATION REF: A. STATE 60374 ¶B. CAIRO 2571 ¶1. PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. ¶2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of the Post-EVDB software. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSION: 3.0.5 POST-EMAIL: exchangescairo@state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Cairo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2875 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA START NOMINATION: ECA-OFFICE: E/VM PROG-AGENCY-NAME: POST-PROJ-ID: 207 ECA-PROJ-NO: : PROJ-NAME: Urban Environmental Issues START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional PROG-TYPE: IV Group Projects FY: 2005 DEPART-POST: 11/15/2005 SESSION-DATE: 11/17/2005 RETURN-POST: 12/09/2005 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 1 START MEMO POST-OBJ: END MEMO POST-OBJ: START MEMO POST-RCMD: END MEMO POST-RCMD: ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1027 PROG-AGENCY-ID: PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP PROG-TYPE-ID: 31 NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2875 FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: STATUS: N ORIGINATOR: P SUBJ-DISC: Urban Planning START BIO: PREFIX: Mr. F-NAME: Ashraf M-NAME: Amin L-NAME: Mohamed Amin SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 622 PRINCIPAL?: Yes GENDER: M DOB: 06/01/1976 MAR-STAT: S BIRTH-CITY: Giza BIRTH-CNTRY: Egypt CITIZ-CNTRY: Egypt RES-CNTRY: Egypt START MEMO POSITION: Head, Al Ahram's Scientific Section END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: Scientific Reporter 1999- present END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: Freelance reporter in all Al-Ahram's IT and scientific publications 2000-2001: Freelance reporter at Le Progress. 1998 - 1999: TV Nile News reporter END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: No. END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 1988- present: All Europe: Tourism and work to attend medical conferences 2003: UK scientific workshop for scientific reporters worldwide. 2004: Canada: Int'l Conference for Scientific Journalism. END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: 1998: BSc. Faculty of Science, Cairo University. 2000: Mass Communication Diploma with Paris VI University, Faculty of Mass Communication, Egypt. UNESCO - Arab Union of Journalists workshop for scientific reporters. END MEMO EDUCATION: START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: Press Syndicate Member of the International Association of Scientific Writers 2004 RotarAct member. Member of the National Association for Diabetic Children Member of the Egyptian Association for Otist (mental) Patients END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: Short Storie "L' Arbe du Chaplet" published in French . END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: Follow Islamic diet END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: FIRST-LANG: Arabic ENGL-READ: 3 ENGL-SPEAK: 3 ENGL-COMP: 3 START OTHER-LANGS: OTHER-LANG: French OTHER-LANG-ID: FR READ: 3 SPEAK: 3 COMP: 3 END OTHER-LANGS: START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: START MEMO VIS-OBJ: END MEMO VIS-OBJ: START MEMO VIS-REC: END MEMO VIS-REC: NOMINATING-OFFICER: John Berry; Information Officer START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: Mr. Ashraf Amin has been well known to the PA-Cairo for long years. He has cooperated to publish Washington File scientific stories, in particular, out of personal interest, especially U.S. scientific, technological, environmental and medical developments and discoveries. He also published several stories about different U.S. Embassy cultural functions, the most recent of which was "Circus Guy" due to its connection with science and environment. Ashraf's reputation as a diligent contributor to leading pro-government "Al Ahram" newspaper led to his recent promotion to be the head of its Scientific Section. Despite his long cooperation with the U.S. Embassy PA Section, he has never been to the U.S. An IV program in the U.S. will be an ideal first-hand opportunity to boost his knowledge of the U.S., especially scientific developments, which would reflect on his work upon return. END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: NOM-OFF: SPEAKER?: No NOTIFY-EMB: Yes MEDIA?: No HOME-STAY: No HOME-HOSP?: Yes E-I-TYPE: INTERPRETER NOMINEE-ID: 511 PERSON-ID: 472 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: EG CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: EG RES-CNTRY-ID: EG FIRST-LANG-ID: AR E-I-TYPE-ID: I NOM-POST-ID: 2875 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 0 NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.1201 SPONS-FUNDS: 0 SPONS-AGENCY1: USGOVT-AGENCY1: US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0 USGOVT-AGENCY2: US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 INTL-ORG1: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 INTL-ORG2: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 COMMISSION: 0 OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-CAT: 5 END BIO: END NOMINATION: END FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: ¶3. Post appreciates ECA's assistance with this nomination. GRAY