Carsten Walbiner
Director of the DAAD Regional Office Cairo (Egypt)
Carsten Walbiner holds a PhD in Oriental Studies from Leipzig
University. Through long years of working at DAAD headquarters and
other institutions in Germany, Lebanon, and Palestine, he has gained
great experience in the field of academic cooperation between
European and Arab partners. During the last five years, he directed, on
behalf of the DAAD the HOPES(-LEB) project, an EU-funded initiative
aimed/aims at improving the situation of refugees of post-secondary
age from Syria and young people in the host communities affected by
the high influx of Syrian refugees, by addressing their higher
education needs.
Carsten Walbiner holds a PhD in Oriental Studies from Leipzig
University. Through long years of working at DAAD headquarters and
other institutions in Germany, Lebanon, and Palestine, he has gained
great experience in the field of academic cooperation between
European and Arab partners. During the last five years, he directed, on
behalf of the DAAD the HOPES(-LEB) project, an EU-funded initiative
aimed/aims at improving the situation of refugees of post-secondary
age from Syria and young people in the host communities affected by
the high influx of Syrian refugees, by addressing their higher
education needs.