{"id":7331,"date":"2023-07-20T16:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=7331"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:40:15","slug":"amal-el-ouassif","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/amal-el-ouassif\/","title":{"rendered":"Amal El Ouassif"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Amal El Ouassif is an International Relations Specialist at the Policy Center for the New South. Prior to this, she worked as a program coordinator at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and served as a consultant in development policies with the office of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Morocco. She is also a former bluebook trainee in the Directorate General of Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission in Brussels. Amal has a Master of Art in EU\u2019s International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, from the College of Europe in Bruges and a Master in Development Studies from UPMF-Grenoble. Her area of interest include Africa- Europe cooperation and migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amal El Ouassif est sp\u00e9cialiste des relations internationales au Policy Center for the New South. Auparavant, elle a travaill\u00e9 comme coordinatrice de programme \u00e0 la Westminster Foundation for Democracy et a \u00e9t\u00e9 consultante en politiques de d\u00e9veloppement aupr\u00e8s du bureau de la Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) au Maroc. Elle a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 stagiaire au sein de la Direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l&#8217;emploi, des affaires sociales et de l&#8217;inclusion de la Commission europ\u00e9enne \u00e0 Bruxelles. Amal est titulaire d&#8217;un Master of Art en relations internationales et \u00e9tudes diplomatiques de l&#8217;UE, du Coll\u00e8ge d&#8217;Europe \u00e0 Bruges, et d&#8217;un Master en \u00e9tudes du d\u00e9veloppement de l&#8217;UPMF-Grenoble. Elle s&#8217;int\u00e9resse notamment \u00e0 la coop\u00e9ration Afrique-Europe et aux migrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amal El Ouassif es especialista en Relaciones Internacionales en el Policy Center for the New South. Anteriormente trabaj\u00f3 como coordinadora de programas en la Westminster Foundation for Democracy y fue consultora en pol\u00edticas de desarrollo en la oficina de la Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) en Marruecos. Tambi\u00e9n fue becaria en la Direcci\u00f3n General de Empleo, Asuntos Sociales e Inclusi\u00f3n de la Comisi\u00f3n Europea en Bruselas. Amal tiene un M\u00e1ster en Relaciones Internacionales y Diplomacia de la UE por el Colegio de Europa de Brujas y un M\u00e1ster en Estudios de Desarrollo por la UPMF-Grenoble. Sus \u00e1reas de inter\u00e9s incluyen la cooperaci\u00f3n \u00c1frica-Europa y la migraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgqSv1mmsbc?si=hceHNUlR-hA8X-A2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2023\/climate-change-and-migration-understanding-factors-developing-opportunities-in-the-sahel-zone-west-africa-and-the-maghreb\/\"><strong>Climate change and migration Understanding factors, developing opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2023\/climate-change-and-migration-understanding-factors-developing-opportunities-in-the-sahel-zone-west-africa-and-the-maghreb\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb.png 476w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb-160x227.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb-240x340.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb-400x566.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb-360x510.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Climate-Change-and-Migration-Understanding-Factors-Developing-Opportunities-in-the-Sahel-Zone-West-Africa-and-the-Maghreb-200x283.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7332,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Amal","cu_people_last_name":" El Ouassif ","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[320,445],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-7331","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-idrc-research-chairs","cu_people_type-lerrn-webinar-global-south-perspectives-speaker"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"IDRC Research Chair, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"https:\/\/www.policycenter.ma\/experts\/el-ouassif","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/7331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/7331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9739,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/7331\/revisions\/9739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=7331"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=7331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}