Country experience: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Somalia, Morocco, Yemen, Afghanistan, Tajikistan.
Ehabiddin Al-Jayyousi holds a degree in Civil/Water and Environmental Engineering with focus on infrastructure and environmental health engineering in emergency, post-emergency, and development contexts. He is also a professional trainer of trainers and material designer in his area of expertise.
Ehabiddin specializes in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) with emphasis on the design and contextualization of training materials, and he is a certified trainer of trainers by the Global WASH Cluster in different WASH topics, including WASH in Operational Coordination and Leadership. During the past few years, he has supported various organizations in building the capacity of various international governmental and non-governmental entities in several counties in improving water and sanitation public policy and interventions, and identifying and mitigating public health issues related to lack of environmentally sound water and sanitation services, especially those leading to climate-related issues.
He also possesses high skills and expertise in WASH as a main factor for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially SDG 6 on water, and its’ cross-cutting issues with the other sectors, including WASH in Health-Care Facilities and solid and healthcare waste management (HCWM) under the Sanitation component. One of his most recent works included supporting the assessment and implementation of Management (HCWM) for more than 1500 primary and secondary Health-Care-Facilities all over Tajikistan, in addition to the review and endorsement of updated National WASH standards for Schools and Health-Care Facilities in the country, based on the parameters of the WASH Facility Improvement Tool (FIT).
While Ehabiddin may spend his working days delivering services to International Governments and Organizations in different countries, the fact that WASH provides an unlimited space for innovation and collaboration on achieving targets of other SDGs, such as SDG3 on health and SDG 4 on Education, is a key driver of his passion to do what he does every day.