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FARAH PATY
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Lebanon
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HEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS , MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
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Governments
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Beirut 2014
Short Biography
Ms. Patty Farah, Head of Department of Information Technology Systems, Service of Planning and Programming, Ministry of Environment, Beirut
Ms. Patty Farah received her Maitrise in Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University (in 2001). She have been granted a fellowship from the MENA Scholarship Programme, funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in 2010) to participate in Spatial change and spatial interaction modeling course.
Since graduation, Ms. Farah had the opportunity to work as an "IT Administrator and Programmer" at the private sector, through which she acquired experience in utilizing GIS for modeling and monitoring, as well she participated in the developing of a pioneer application (server/desktop) related to fleet management systems using GIS/GPS and GPRS technology.
Ms. Farah joined the Ministry of Environment in 2006 as a “GIS Specialist” where she worked on several portfolios such as Quarries, Protected Areas, Forest Fires, Industries, and Farms by preparing the cartography and needed spatial analysis. Since 2013, Ms. Farah has headed the “Department of Information Technology Systems” at the Ministry.
Furthermore, Ms. Farah is a part-time instructor at the Lebanese University since 2009 and at Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts since 2014 lecturing on GIS issues.
Ms. Patty Farah received her Maitrise in Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University (in 2001). She have been granted a fellowship from the MENA Scholarship Programme, funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in 2010) to participate in Spatial change and spatial interaction modeling course.
Since graduation, Ms. Farah had the opportunity to work as an "IT Administrator and Programmer" at the private sector, through which she acquired experience in utilizing GIS for modeling and monitoring, as well she participated in the developing of a pioneer application (server/desktop) related to fleet management systems using GIS/GPS and GPRS technology.
Ms. Farah joined the Ministry of Environment in 2006 as a “GIS Specialist” where she worked on several portfolios such as Quarries, Protected Areas, Forest Fires, Industries, and Farms by preparing the cartography and needed spatial analysis. Since 2013, Ms. Farah has headed the “Department of Information Technology Systems” at the Ministry.
Furthermore, Ms. Farah is a part-time instructor at the Lebanese University since 2009 and at Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts since 2014 lecturing on GIS issues.