Disaster Management & Refugees Studies Institute

- Dec. 1998 to Date : Disaster Management & Refugees Studies Institute (International University of Africa )

Dec. 2009 to Date : Associate Prof. Director of Disaster Management & Refugees Studies Institute (International University of Africa)

1. . (Summit Meeting of the Inter- Governmental Authority on Drought and Development “ IGAAD “ , January , 1990).

2. (Ministerial Meeting of the Inter- Governmental Authority on Drought and Development “ IGAAD “ ,15 – 16/ January , 1991).

3. United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP) – Nairobi , Kenya , August 1990.

5. Meeting of The Governing Council of ( UNEP ) - Nairobi , Kenya , 25-31/ May 1991.

6. The Meeting of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) - Acra , Ghana - November 1991

7. UN SUMIT Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , ….June 1992.

8. Workshop on Safety and Protection , Arab Center for Security Studies & Training - Riyadh , Saudi Arabia, August 1992. Organized by The Arab League. Study Tour to India to Stand on the Indian experience on Disaster Management , Rural Development and Food Security , organized by FAO

9. Negotiations of the Sudan Government with the Rebel Movement for the Road of Tranquility for Relief Movement in the Southern Sudan – Nairobi, Dec. 1992 and April 1993.

12. Regional Consultation on Food Security in the Horn of Africa , Nairobi ( Kenya ) , 2-4/ July 2001 – By FAO.

13. UN Regional Workshop on the Use of Space – based Technology in Disaster Management for Africa. Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ,1-5/July 2002.

14. African Union Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Reduction , Addis Ababa , 5-7/ Dec. 2005.

15. World Summit on the Information Society – 16-18 November/2005 (Organized by ITU = International Telecommunication Union ) .

16. World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Masqat – Oman , 1-3/April 2006.

19. Regional Meeting on Agricultural Research Priorities in CWANA (Central and West Asia and North Africa ) – Aleppo , Syria , 8-10/ May 2002.

20. CIMIC Course (Civil – Military Coordination) - Organized by UN – OCHA ( Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ) - Geneva, 2-7/September 2001.

21. African NGOs Forum for Contribution in UN– LDCs in Brussels , Darussalam , Tanzania ,

Dec. 1998 to Date	As a Director of Disaster Management & Refugees Studies Institute ((Status of Faculty Dean ) Dr. Musa is responsible for the administration of the work & the general supervision of the academic programme . The activities also include planning, development and consultancy in the area of Disaster Risk Management. As a manager (Status of Faculty Dean ) Dr. Musa is a permanent member of the Vice Chancellor Council and the Academic Assembly of the University . Dr Awad K Musa , is also the lecturer on Disaster Risk Management and Food Security.
Jan. 1998 – Dec. 1998 :	J As a Free Lancer & an Independent Consultant. Dr Musa got use of his experience and conducted studies and made consultancies in the area of : - - Agric. Economic and Rural Development *(Project Appraisal ).* - Disaster Risk Management . - Environment protection . - Voluntary work . In his cooperation with the Disaster Management & Refugees Institute , he delivered part- time lectures on Disaster Risk Management , Voluntary Work & Food Security .
1995 – Dec. 1997	Dr. Musa was appointed by the Ministry of Finance as a manager for the Kheyari Agric. Services Company and as an additional burden he was entrusted for leading the efforts of the establishment of the Company . As a manager he was responsible for planning , executions of the activities and the general supervision of the work .
1994 –May 95	As a Minister for Housing & Public Utilities , Dr.Musa has to make the policy of the Ministry & supervise its execution and reflect the performance of the Ministry to the Government Council of the State .He is also responsible for the execution of the National Comprehensive Strategy , irrigation , road construction and building , communication , surveys, town planning .
1989 – 1994	Dr.Musa joined the Relief & Rehabilitation Commission as a deputy Commissioner RRC is a body for disaster preparedness , prevention and mitigation . Responsibility involves provision of humanitarian assistance to the needy people who are affected by disaster of war (civil war in the Southern Sudan ) and drought and desertification . The Type of work undertaken included need assessment surveys & evaluation of the results of the surveys , preparation of the appeal . After the donors make their pledges and the assistance is received , this assistance has to be distributed to the needy people and be monitored . All of this work is done jointly with UN agencies , namely UNDP,WFP,UNICEF,FAO,…etc, donors group , NGO's ( national and international ) and the other appropriate government department . It is worth mentioning that almost all of the humanitarian assistance had been mad possible through the operation lifeline the Sudan (OLS) Dr.Musa has participated effectively in the preparation of the Appeal document of OLS, namely OLS2 , OLS3 and the subsequent execution programmes . he also traveled extensively in the Sudan to the different OLS areas ( the South and the West and in the drought – hit areas , Kordofan and Darfur ) , the displaced camps in particular . he also participated in the different meetings (in the Sudan and in Nairobi ) concerning matters related to OLS . he visited the main relief food shipping stations in Kenya (Nairobi,loki) , Uganda . Since the humanitarian assistance included the provision of relief food and rehabilitation inputs Ms. Musa , being an agricultural economist , had to supervise the team of RRC involved in project preparation (and follow up of execution ) of the rehabilitation project which are mainly agricultural inputs projects e.g seeds and tools , fisheries , cattle , vaccination , restocking of the herd , regeneration of the plant cover and provision raw materials for handicraft . It is also worth-mention that RRC is environment protection body . During his work in RRC . Dr. Musa was responsible for the handling of the question of environment, particularly the issue of environment deterioration due to disaster of drought and desertification . he participated in the following meeting and conferences related to environment :- 1- UNEP meeting in Nairobi in 1990, 1991,1992 (The Governing Council meeting). 2- AMCEN ( African Ministerial Council on Environment in Nairobi and Ghana 1991). 3- IGAAD in Djibouti 1990,1991. 4- The Earth Summit conference (UNCED=UN Conference on Environment and Development ) in RIO de Janeiro – Brazil 1992. Dr.Musa also went on study tours on disaster management outside the Sudan . He visited :- - Carnfield Disaster Management Centre (UK) – February 1992. - Disaster Management & Food Security Departments in India – November 1992. During Feb.1993 to March 1994 . Dr. Musa was heading RRC (commissioner). Policy making , supervising the work of RRC and coordinating between the different parties involved in the business of humanitarian assistance were the main duties .
1988 – 1989	Dr.Musa was the manager of the Islamic Investment Company (private sector) . he was responsible for making the policy of the investment and supervise its execution . Investment is in the areas of industry , agriculture and services . He attended many conferences and meetings on Islamic Investment inside the Sudan in the Arab Gulf , Egypt and Turkey.
1983 – 1988	As a head department of Financial Resources in (I.I.C) , Dr. Musa was responsible for making the resources available by inviting the public to deposit money in the company . This took place through campaigns launched four times a year . Each campaign necessitated intensive advisement and effective invitation of the public , which sometimes made Dr. Musa to travel outside the Sudan (namely to the Gulf) to introduce the company to the Sudanese expatriates . The resources have to be invested in carefully studied and perfectly planned projects to ensure profitable investment.
1981 – 1983	Head of department of Agric . Economics in Rahad agric . project , with overall responsibility for economic planning , project evaluation , economic analysis of the performance of the different crops (cotton, peanuts , sorghum ) , the department has look into the rationality and viability of the agric . operations (manual and mechanized). Types of works undertaken also included the monitoring of the financial situation of the Rahad project . In this context Dr.Musa after returning from UK with two master degrees has the honour of designating the exact role of the department of agric. economics in an Agric. project , like the Rahad .
1977 – 1981	Dr. Musa undertook the job of senior field Inspector . The nature of the work is administrative and also agricultural extension . The inspector has to make sure that the tenants farmers are following instructions and executing the field operations in the right manner and in the right time . During this period Dr. Musa went on scholarship to do his post graduate studies in the field of Agric . economics. He managed to obtain two master degrees , in Economics in (Leeds University) and in Agric . Economics in (Reading University).
1973 – 1977	Dr. Musa was a prospecting agricultural officer and a development officer as well . the work involved the follow up of the preparatory stages of execution of the Rahad project e.g. excavations, field planning , canalization , removal of wild vegetation's … etc . Dr. Musa also participated effectively in the social works which included social surveys (demographical studies of the potential tenants for the projects ) , the selection of the tenants making the plan for their resettlement in the new different project locations and the execution of the plan . Dr. Musa also followed up the use of the loans provided by the financers of the Rahad projects who were :- - The world bank - USAID - The Saudi fund - The Kuwaiti fund - Arab fund - The Sudan government In fact Rahad Project is a typical Integrated Rural Development Project where all aspects of life for development are made possible (economic, social , services like education , health , security, communication … etc . ) .

a- A scientific paper in Arabic ( The African Cooperation on Food Security , Journal of Center of Research & African Studies , International University of Africa , Khartoum , 2007 )

b- A number of scientific papers under publication on different issues of Disaster (Disaster Risk Management) .

c- A book (in Arabic) titled “ The Operation lifeline – Sudan “ - a Salvation Horse or Trojan Horse .

d- A book under publication (in Arabic) title “ Food Security – the Concept & the Attainment “ .

- Experience : Ex- Chairman , Department of Geography University of Khartoum.

- Research interest: Population Studies, Desertification, Drought, Transport, and Economic Development.

- Role of Indigenous Organizations in Rural Sustainable Development in Sudan “ The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development Workshop Ribat City- Moroco, 1998

- M.sc. Research: Finance for the small producers in the traditional Agricultural Sector University of Khartoum.

- Climatic Changes and their direct or indirect economic and environmental impacts related to Global population movements- with special reference to Sudan.

- The Internal Displacement in Developing Countries Refugees, Displaced and forced emigrated studies Centre- University of Yarmouk- Jordon, issue-20 , January 2000

- Earthquakes risks management in Sudan – Vision for Future. The National council for civil Defence- Khartoum- Sudan – 2010

- Environmental Pollution Risks- with an emphasis on the opportunities towards clean and safety Development. The Epistemological Enlightenment Centre Khartoum-Sudan, August 2010

- General Supervision of all the training programmes and courses in the Institute.

- Participation in the discussion committees and the supervision of the students researches and studies.

2008 July- to date : International University of Africa, Disaster Management & Refugees Studies Institute .