1. Mohammad Al-Shami
BIO
Mohammad Al-Shami; Yemeni youth activists and freelance trainer, used to work with
international organizations like Saferworld and USAID program. He also founded youth
organization/movements like Resonate Yemen, Life Makers Foundation, Yalla Shabab and Youth
Media. Since 2010, he has focused on empowering youth to play an active role in Yemen reform
policies. He established the largest youth advocacy group that tackles public policy issues and
organize many activities like workshops, debates, advocacy campaigns and meetings with
national/international policymakers from Sana'a to Berlin and Brussels. over the last four years,
he trained over 200 young activists from across the country, organized more than 10 advocacy
campaigns, conduct more than 6 debates where some of them been broadcasts alive in
national/international TV channels and produce two documentaries regarding the youth
projects he worked on
EXPERIENCE
Leader of Democracy fellow (USA) 23/3/2015 – present
• Studied an intensive seminars and workshops in leadership, public speaking and debate,
communication and negotiation and conflict resolution at Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs – Syracuse University in Syracuse – New York.
• Internship with Wilson Center -International Center for Scholars-. My research was about
the role of the civil society during conflict and ended up with a public talk and now in the
process of writing a Viewpoints publication regarding the same topic.
Project Coordinator – Saferworld (Sana’a-Yemen) 10/6/2012- 20/3/2015
• Managing “Amplifying Youth voices program” a project to Empower young women and
men to effectively advocate decision-makers and international actors for inclusive
transitional and political processes in Yemen
• Coordinating “Communities making peace” a project to Improve the conditions for
reconstruction and development in Taiz by increasing public safety and security through
more active, informed and inclusive community response and more effective and
accountable state institutions, and by ensuring that national and international
development actors incorporate conflict-and gender-sensitive approaches into their
policy and practice
Institutional strengthening program assistant- RGP (Sana’a-Yemen) 2/7/2011- 15/6/2012
• Create a unit work plan and provide overall Institutional Strengthening support related
to the implementation of the Responsive Governance Program (RGP)
• Provide necessary training and/or orientation on technical matters & procedures to
broader RGP staff and more than 12 NGOs partners.
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Mobile: 001-3157442788 E-mail: malshami1983@gmail.com
00967-711287494
2. Mohd. Ali Al-Shami
• Was more responsible to work with Gender and Youth projects in Yemen
SITE ENGINEER – Black Gold (Sana’a-Yemen) 1/1/2007- 31/4/2011
• Hardware/Software maintenance for Networks, servers and industrial computers.
• Database (SQL server) installation and maintenance.
• PLC programming and maintenance.
Project Manager - Life makers foundation (Sana’a-Yemen) 3/2004 – 12/2006
• Assisted in developing the strategic and executive plans for the foundation
• Developed and managed the foundation projects
• Coordinated the workflow between the foundation teams
• Prepared training plan for the foundation members
Teaching on a free-lance base:
• Facilitator in both Arabic/English Languages 2012 – Present
• Advocacy trainer 2010 – Present
• Project’s designing and implementation consultant 1/2010 - Present
• English language teacher 9/2006 and 6/2009
• Writing Projects skills 9/2005–11/2008
• Presentation, communication and negotiating skills trainer 8/2006– 3/2008
GENERAL SKILLS
• Managerial and organizing skills • Using Social Media
• Drawing strategic/executive plans • Preparing project’s proposals
• Short Film producing • Public speaking
LANGUAGES
Arabic (mother tongue), English (Fluent), French (Fair)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Project Manager – Resonate! Yemen 1/2010 – present
- Coordinating workshops and debates regarding the Government’s10-point plan
across Yemen
- Corrdinating “Political Influence of Youth: Reality and Aspirations” workshops in both
Sana’a and Aden.
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3. Mohd. Ali Al-Shami
- Managing a national workshop “Be Heard” in coordination with Fredrich Eibert,
Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, Chatham House, Safer World, NDI, and the UN to
strengthen participatory democracy and train youth on planning and launching
advocacy campaigns
Volunteer with various NGOs 7/2004 – Present
• Executive manager – Life Makers Foundation-Aden
• Working with Orphans, refugees, women and neglected people in Sana’a and Aden.
• Preparing, marketing and organizing international hosting and festivals
• Develop and execute training plans
• Execute charity projects (food and clothes to the poor)
• Assisted in planning and training in a project for raising the awareness about women's
rights in governmental elections (voting and candidacy)
• Organized and participated in the International Life Makers conference – Yemen
- Working in the national youth conference trying to bring 300 Youth representing over
9000 youth in the change squares so they can explore their vision and demand to
participate in the national dialogue.
International events and Training courses
- Trained on EC regulations by BOND in London February 2015.
- Trained a Train of Trainers (TOT) course with Saferworld in February 2015.
- Participated on Youth Time Forum and the World Forum in Rhodes September 2014.
- Co-Facilitate the “Freedom of Speech” sessions on BMENA conference as part on
the UK consortium in December 2013.
- Participated in BMENA declare conference in Egypt 2014.
- Participated on the security sector reform by Carnige in Lebanon 2013. And the 2nd
one in Amman 2014.
- Organize a policy tour for 4 Yemeni youth activists to meet with policymakers in
Berlin and Brussels, October 2013.
- Participated in the 2nd
world forum conference in Baku 2013.
- Participated the United Nations Alliances of Civilizations 4th forum in Qatar 2011.
- Participated United Nation Alliances of Civilization Fellowship in USA, Germany,
Belgium and France on May 2012
- Young Leader Visitor Program in Sweden on September 2012.
- Presenting Yemeni youth entrepreneurship project in the international economy
conference in Tunisia 2013.
- Speaker in Fikr19 about youth revolution in Dubai 2010.
Some Achaivements
- Produced the 1st
short film “Yemen’s Youth in Transition”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nw6eFvtjqE
- Produced the 2nd
short film “Youth Voices in Yemen”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYr00j-C_qc
- Wrote 3 case studies for 3 Advocacy campaigns that we did in 2012, 2013
http://www.saferworld.org.uk/news-and-views/case-study/36
http://www.saferworld.org.uk/news-and-views/case-study/39
http://www.saferworld.org.uk/news-and-views/case-study/47-strength-through-
voices--building-a-youth-network-in-taiz.
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