Profile Summary
Salma Nooh is a development economist with extensive experience in sustainable entrepreneurship, circular economy, and sustainability policy. At the Centre for Environment & Development for the Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE), she managed regional and national initiatives on sustainable consumption and production, circular economy, green and blue entrepreneurship, and clean energy transition, working in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), MedWaves, the World Resources Forum, and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Her professional experience also includes roles with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Berlin, where she contributed to the delivery of capacity development support to strengthen migration data systems, and with UNIDO, where she supported technical reporting on the pottery cluster and youth employment in Egypt. She is a published author with international publications on migration, humanitarian programming, and data governance.
Salma holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics and International Studies from Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Business Administration from The American University in Cairo.