MEDRC announces new director and deputy
Netherlands ambassador Ronald Mollinger was officially announced as
the new director of the Middle East Desalination Research Center
(MEDRC) in Oman on 21 January.
Making the announcement, the MEDRC chairman, HE Sayyid Badr bin Hamad
Albusaidi, secretary general of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
said, "Knowing his experience and willpower, I believe that Ambassador
Mollinger is the right person to give an extra push to the activities
of MEDRC in the direction of the water needs of the core parties."
A graduate of Universiteit Leiden, Mollinger has served the
Netherlands government as ambassador in Hungary, Afghanistan, Iran,
Lebanon and the UAE. He stressed the role of MEDRC in the Middle East
peace process and said that the center would emphasise the development
of initiatives that supported cooperation between the core parties in
that process and that were politically relevant.
"The projects should address real and immediate needs for
fresh water using desalination technology and, at the same time, have
political relevance," said the new director. "High on my agenda will
also be the expansion of the reach of MEDRC by attracting new member
countries and bringing them on board."
Also announced at the same time was the promotion of Shannon
McCarthy to deputy MEDRC director. She spoke of the very important need
for corporate support of MEDRC programs and benefit to industry from
MEDRC Research and Capacity Building programs.
In particular, she mentioned the development of the MEDRC
In-House Research Center in Oman, which is being built to offer a
regional testing and training site for state of the art desalination
and water purification technologies and is open for collaborative
projects with industry.
Contact information |
Email: info@medrc.org.om |
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News type | Nomination |
File link |
http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?id=4712&channel=0&title=MEDRC+announces+new+director+and+deputy |
Source of information | MEDRC |
Keyword(s) | desalination |
Subject(s) | ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
Relation | http://www.semide.net/topics/Desalination |
Geographical coverage | International, Oman |
News date | 26/01/2009 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |