Palestine

Our staff: 

Mr. Bashar Jumaa
Country Representative  

Mr. Jumaa has a master’s degree (MSc) in Architecture “Town Planning and Development”, as well as a second masters (MA) in Urban and Regional Planning. He started to work as the VNG International Representative in Palestine along with Resident Program Manager of IDEAL Project since November 2019. Mr. Jumaa has a long career with the Palestinian government, he brings both extensive technical and managerial experience. He has over twenty-five years of experience in strategy development, physical/spatial and corporate planning. Not to mention extensive experience in the facilitation of change, project management, and in leading multidisciplinary teams with various political and social backgrounds. He brings also experience of living, working and conducting business abroad.  

Mrs. Amal Odeh
Operations Manager 

Mrs. Amal Odeh has an Executive MBA and Bachelor degree in Accounting. She previously worked with EY the International audit firm, for more than 8 years. Amal Joined VNG International in Palestine in January 2019 as a Finance & HR Manager and is now working as Operation Manager.  
 
 

Ms. Yara Nasser,
M&E and Business Development Officer  

Ms. Yara Nasser has a bachelor degree in Business Administration and an executive MBA (masters of business administration). Yara has eight years of experience working with NGOs and consultancy firms as a business consultant and projects officer. Yara Joined VNG International in Palestine in May 2019, as a Resident Program Officer for IDEAL Program and is now working as M&E program officer on the SDLG project. 
 
 

Mr. Saleh Khalailah
Field Manager SDLG

Mr. Saleh Khalailah has more than 16 years of work experience with at least 12 years of them in project management with International organizations, like VNGi, GIZ, UNRWA, Fujitsu Services and JCI. He has joined VNG International in Palestine in December 2018 as a project coordinator, then promoted in December 2019 to a program manager of the EU ARD initiative project that ended on Jan 31, 2021 and he is currently working as a project officer for the decentralization of property tax project, grant management expert for IDEAL program and now as field manager for the SDLG project. 
 

Mr. Khaled Zaid
Office Driver  

Mr. Khaled Zaid joined VNG International in February 2018 as a driver for the EU ARD project and currently works with VNG as a driver for all implementing projects in Palestine Office.   

Mr. Zaid Marmash
Engineering Support Office – SLDG

A Civil Engineer with 5 years of solid experience in urban planning, worked with Local, National & International Institutions, like VNGi within the Area “C” Resilience Development Initiative (ARD) Project in 2019, the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG)—Directorate of Organizing and Urban Panning, North Planning Unit (GIZ-MoLG), Directorate of local Government (MoLG) – Ramallah & Al-Bireh, Local Authorities and Joint Services Councils for Planning & Development. Recently, he joined VNG International in Palestine as an Engineering Support Officer on SDLG program — the Cluster Planning Project of West Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate Communities. 

Ms. Haya Alqasem
Project Officer, Decentralization of Property Tax  

Ms. Haya Al Qasem is an Urban Planning Engineer, who graduated from An-Najah National University with about 3 years of working experience in urban planning and GIS systems. Haya joined VNGi in Jan 2022 and currently works as a project officer for the Project of Decentralization of property tax in Palestine. 

Our contact details: 

Address: Holland St., VIP 2 Bldg., Al Bireh, Palestine 

Telephone: Phone: +972 562 100 725 

E-mail Adres: Bashar.Jumaa@vng.nl