National Coordinator of Egypt

Mr Abdallah Wahden
Director of the Egypt National Institute of Transport
Ministry of Transport

An engineer educated to doctorate level in transportation planning and traffic engineering, Abdallah Wahden, who speaks Arabic and English, has been working with EuroMed since 2005. His previous achievements include participation in a Transportation Master Plan and a Private-Public Partnership Programme for Urban Expressway Toll scheme for Cairo.

On September 2007, a new National Coordinator Mr Abu Bakr Hefny, Councellor to the Minister of Transportation for Intl' Cooperation, has been nominated.

Photos Gallery:

Mr. Wahden during the 3rd RTAP Review Workshop, August 2006, Tunis




Mr. Wahden during the National Counterpart Team Meeting 4 (NCT4, 06-07 April 2006, Tunis)

Interviews with Mr Abdallah Wahden:

Involvement and experience of Egypt within the project ?
I think this project will help us in our development... Video [wmv] (3Mb)

Best lessons learned with the project ?
First lesson for me was how to work as teamwork... second lesson learned is technology transfer between the EU and our countries... Third lesson also... training courses and seminars and meetings give me more experience about my work in Egypt... Video [wmv] (3Mb)

Current projects related to transport policy reform or 
to transport infrastructure improvement ?
We have many projects to develop our road network... Video [wmv] (3Mb)