Name  : KHEDIJA HAMOUDA GHARIANI
Nationality : Tunisian
E-mail address : sgo(at)aicto.org

T : + 216 71 284 187
F : + 216 71 846 865
Position : Secretary General of AICTO, as of 1st January 2008

Professional background

• Secretary of State to the Minister of  Communication  Technologies for computer Science, Internet and Free Open Source Software, November 2004- to 31 December 2007.
• General Manager of the National Agency for Frequencies (ANF), 2002 – 2004.
• General Manager of  “Tunisie Telecom”, 2001 – 2002.
• CEO of  the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI), 1999 –2001.
• General Manager of the Telecom Research and Studies’ Center (CERT), Tunis, 1997 – 1999.
• Department Head of "Studies & Research" , CERT, 1996-1997.
• Department Head of Telecom studies , ESPTT, Tunis, 1991-1996.
• Senior Engineer, Telecom General Direction, 1988-1990.

 

Education

• Engineer Sup' Telecom, Ecole Nationale Supérieure, Paris, - 1984
• Thorough Studies’ degree in Applied Mathematics, Université Pierre & Marie Curie – Paris VI - 1982
• Master’s degree  in Mathematics Faculty of Science of Tunis – 1979
Academic and scientific activities
• Participated in the “Marathon” project which gave birth to the GSM standard (France) – France Télécom, France- 1983
• Thesis training at EDF, France – 1985-1986
• Training session on Telecom Network Management followed by a practical training, Sweedtel Training Center – Sweden - 1992
• Member of the research group on “Information Theory”- (Tunis) - 1992
• Member of  ITU Arab Working Group for the Private Sector – “Youth & Gender” – 2003

 

Professional contribution :

In matter of  training :
Setting up of  :
• Training programmes for engineers and telecom  higher technicians,
• Research groups on information coding
• Continued training and awareness programmes in the field of telecom.
International Cooperation :
• Member of the organizing committee of the WSIS (Geneva 2003
 – Tunis 2005),
• Representing the Tunisian administration in several ITU events, such as  radio conferences and world symposia on communication development,
• Member of the ITU َArab working group on the private sector responsible of “Youth and Gender” – 2003,
• Drawing up cooperation agreements with of higher Education Engineer schools and research centers belonging to “France Télécom” and “Deutsche Telekom”.

 

Associative Activities :

Active Member of different associations dealing with :
• The  Sup’ Telecom engineers’ Association
•  “Women & ICT” Association
• Persons with specific needs

 

Languages :

Arabic – French – English