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Deputy Executive Director, International Olive Council

AbderraoufLaajimi

Prof. Abderraouf Laajimi is currently Deputy Executive Director of the International Olive Council and previously Head of Cabinet and General Director for Financing, Investments and Professional Organizations, Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries (Tunisia).

Prof. Laajimi graduated as an Agricultural Engineer in Tunisia and was awarded a Master of Science in Agro-Food Marketing by CIHEAM-Zaragoza in 1991. In 1995 he completed his PhD in Applied Economics at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). He has an extensive experience in the academic and research fields in Agricultural Economics as has held several positions of responsibility at the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia as Head of Department of Agriculture and Food Economics and Professor of Agricultural Economics. He has collaborated with many international, academic and research institutions in several projects and networks and has published extensively at both national and international levels. In addition, he has international expertise as visiting professor, consultancy, expertise in projects evaluation and organizer of several scientific and professional seminars, conferences, trainings, etc. and has conducted applied research granted by relevant funding agencies. His involvement in the Ministry of Agriculture has afforded him the opportunity to become familiar with the elaboration of regulatory and policy frameworks related to encouraging investments in the agricultural sector.

Prof. LAAJIMI has a solid experience in managing public investments portfolio devoted to enhancing agricultural development and in working and collaborating with international funding agencies and international institutions, such as the World Bank, FAO, IFAD, AfDB, GIZ, IsDB, AFD and others.