Biographies

Nevine Tewfik holds a BA and MA degrees in Political Science from the American University in Cairo where she worked for several years as Instructor of Political Science. 

Nevine has also been working for the past 30 years in the field of International Relations, Research, Policies, Studies and strategic thinking. She is currently The General Manager of the General Department of International Organizations, conferences and external relations, as well as senior IR Expert at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, focusing on conceptualization, positioning and research.

Prior to that she held several positions including Head of Research, Studies and Policies, Deputy Director and Head of The European Cooperation Department. Her current work cuts across the different portfolios of the International relations division on the bilateral and multilateral levels, where she is member of the Management Team. One of the founders of the IR Division at MCIT, Nevine has represented the ministry in numerous international platforms and organizations since then. 

Nevine is vice chair of SG5 on “The Environment, climate change and circular economy”, vice chair of WP2, vice chair of the African and Arab Regional groups and co- rapporteur of question 7 on Circular economy including e-waste. Nevine was actively involved in the Green ICT program at MCIT and the Sustainable Recycling Industries project implemented in Egypt in cooperation with the Swiss government. Nevine has also been recently appointed as co chair of Working Group 8 on sustainability, accessibility and inclusion of the ITU Focus Group on Metaverse and member of the extended management team of the focus group. 

Nevine has recently earned a Certificate in Strategic Management and Innovation from the Copenhagen Business school within the Next Technology Leaders Initiative and The UNCTAD 45^th regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda for countries in the middle east and north Africa. She has been recognized by the ITU for her outstanding contribution to ITU- T standards work in terms of Impact during WTSA-20. Nevine is active in counselling among other things.