Rafik Hariri philanthropic and developmental contributions are countless. The most remarkable being the multifaceted support to educate more than 36,000 Lebanese university students within Lebanon, and beyond.
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Salwa Siniora Baassiri Biography
A graduate of Economics at the American University of Beirut. She has started her career as a researcher in econometrics, then she ventured in several other domains where she assumed key responsibilities in the domains of economics, education, science, culture and communication, also in the realms of cultural and religious dialogue, Bioethics, youth and women issues. Mrs. Baassiri actively participated in conferences and fora, held at the national, regional and international levels. She produced several research papers, gave lectures, wrote articles in newspapers, reviewed and edited several publications issued by the institutions she was in charge of.
A. Career Profile:
2012 - present
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Director General - Rafik Hariri Foundation
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1998 - 2011
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Secretary General, The Lebanese National Commission for Unesco (LNCU)
Beirut, Lebanon
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1988 - 1998
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Chief, Unit of Program Planning Budget & Finance Méditerranée Investors Group
Beirut, Lebanon
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1983 - 1987
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Assistant to the Director General for Students Affairs and Director of the Administration Division - Hariri Foundation
Beirut, Lebanon
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1972 - 1982
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Senior Researcher in Economics , Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA, renamed later as ESCWA) - United Nations
Beirut, Lebanon
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B. Professional Profile:
a. Member in several National and Regional Committees and Associations that are active in the domains of Education, Ethics, Culture, Management, Youth and Women
2014 - present | Member, Advisory Committee, Faculty of Languages (USJ) | |
2013 - present | Member, Advisory Board, School of Business (LAU) | |
2012 - present | Member, Advisory Board, AMIDEAST | |
2012 - present
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Member, Board of Trustees, Rafik Hariri University (Lebanon)
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2012 - present
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Member, Board of Trustees, Arab Thought Forum (Jordan)
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2012 - present
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Member, Advisory Committee, Faculty of Education (USJ)
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2011 - present |
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2011 - present | Member, Advisory Council, Center for Lebanese Heritage (LAU) | |
2011 - present
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Member, Advisory Council, School of Pharmacy (LAU)
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2009 - present
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Member, Board of trustees, “Teach for Lebanon”, an NGO established in Lebanon, 2008
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2009 - present
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Member, Board of Trustees, Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa), and President of Executive Committee (2011)
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2007 - present
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Member, Board of trustees, the Universal College Aley, Lebanon
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2004 - present
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Member, Board of trustees, American Community School (ACS) -Lebanon-
Vice President as of 2013
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2003 - present
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Chair, the “Arab Ethics Committee for Science and Technology” (established at the Arab League Organization for Education Culture & Sciences - ALECSO), Vice chair 2005-2008
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2001 - present
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Member, the "Lebanese National Consultative Bioethics Committee".
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1995 - present
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Board member, the “Lebanese Management Association”
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1995 - present
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Member, the “Arab Cultural Club”
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Previous:
2011 - 2014 | Member, Advisory Council, Center for Lebanese Heritage (LAU) |
2010 – 2011 | Member, the working group of “Barcelona Meeting” that reflects on the economic, social and ethical reality prevailing in the world |
2010 - 2011
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Member, AUB Council of Community Leaders Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
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2008 - 2011
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Member, Unesco “Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee”
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2008 - 2010
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Member, the Consultative Committee for “Beirut World Book Capital for 2009”
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2005 - 2011
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Head of the Lebanese National Network - Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the dialogue between cultures
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2002 - 2008
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Member, the EFA Lebanese National Committee which is entrusted to oversee the preparation of the Education for All (EFA) plan, at the Ministry of Education.
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2001 - 2012
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Member, the “Lebanese Forum for Dialogue”, an initiative by a group of Lebanese Scholars
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1997 - 2004
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Vice President, the “Lebanese Association for the Public School” (presided by M.P Bahia Hariri)
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1996 - 2004
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Member, the “Lebanese Executive Forum” established in association with the American University of Beirut - External Programs
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1995 - 1996
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Member, the Expert Group Committee assigned to design the Lebanese new Educational Structure (in association with Educational Center for Development and Research)
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1994 - 1998
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Member, the “National Commission for Lebanese Women” presided by the First Lady of Lebanon
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1994 - 1995
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Member, the Lebanese National Committee that was designated to prepare for the “Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995” and to draft the Lebanese National Report on Women
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1993 - 1997
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Board Member, the “Lebanese Think Tank Association”
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1988 - 1989
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Member, the Lebanese/USA “Fulbright Selection Committee”
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1985 - 1986
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Member, the Planning Council that comprised representatives from AUB, Hariri Foundation and CICHE (Consortium International Cooperation - Higher Education) to look into establishing Number of Hariri Colleges in Lebanon
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Active participation in more than two hundred National, Regional and International Conferences and Fora in the capacity of: main organizer, keynote speaker, lecturer, discussant, panelist, official delegate, rapporteur, chairperson. Among the most prominent of which; chairing two commissions of two successive UNESCO general conferences, the 34th session in 2007 and the 35th session in 2009.
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Prepared papers, gave lectures in conferences, fora and seminars held at the national, regional and international levels, on education, culture, interfaith and cultural dialogue, bioethics, economics and women issues, in addition to writing articles in local newspapers.