Bashar Ibrahim

I am an educator, specialised in social justice, gender equity education, and philological studies. Also, I am a legal officer, specialized in refugee law, and human rights. I have excellent international experience working in different projects and programmes. I have excellent experience in community management, project implementation, and operational response to groups of concern, as well as in community-based education and empowerment policies. In addition, I have very good experience in monitoring, assessment, and evaluation.

For two decades, I have conducted a large number of research studies, papers, and articles on different subjects. From March 2020 to June 2023, for example, I worked at Canada Safe Haven Immigration as a case manager, where I gained an excellent experience in information management, research, and analysis. I have excellent experience in critical analysis and analytical skills. Moreover, I have excellent experience demonstrating the ability to serve as an internal resource and consultant.

I have excellent experience in programme coordination, project assistance, community management, and operational response to groups of concern. At I’m Human Organisation, for 2 years, I was the main supervisor for the implementation of programmes and projects for refugees and migrants. Specifically, I worked on the inclusion and integration of refugees in Serbia through language classes, accommodation, and access to programmes and resources, in coordination with partners in Sweden, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Also, I have excellent experience in the inclusion and integration projects of marginalised populations through advocacy, empowerment, and awareness-raising. Precisely, I was a member of the Minority Inclusion Committee, part of the Inter-religious Committee for Inclusion in Serbia, which targeted the Roma minority. The programme was implemented by seeking scholarships and funds for the Roma students.

For four years (December 1999 to September 2003), I worked at European Tobacco as a market researcher, doing lots of travelling to research different markets and investment opportunities. I built excellent experience drafting hundreds of business reports and studies. In Serbia, I was in charge of writing daily, weekly, and monthly reports to the mother company in Greece. The reports were on sales, stocks, and marketing activities (statistics), as well as the different brands availability. Besides, I prepared and wrote reports on the country’s business policies, plans, laws, and regulations, in addition to the social and political situations in the country. Moreover, I was in charge of communication and coordination with the mother company and the partners and agents in the Balkan countries.

In addition to studying education, I studied linguistics, intercultural relations, and political communication. Honestly, I am really talented at communicating and coordinating with different people, stakeholders, and partners. A couple of Syrian refugees wrote books in which I am the humanitarian hero due to my excellent interpersonal and communicative skills.

Mar. 2020 – Jun. 2023              Canada Safe Haven Immigration Consulting Inc.

                                                       Senior Immigration Officer

Duties: conducting research on the countries of origin and asylum; analyzing the social, political, security situations and conditions in the countries of origin and keeping a breast of any significant change there; analyzing the information collected by consulting reputable sources and references, such as: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the US State Department’s Human Rights Reports, UNHCR documents, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Packages, the UK Home Affairs Human Rights Reports, and the UNHCR’s RefWorld website.

Public relations—attending meetings, conducting interviews and consultations with applicants to extract information, adjudicate individual claims, and determine guidelines, standards, and indicators of the Canadian and the UNHCR refugee status determination principles, best practices, and minimum procedures.

Aug. 2016 – Jul. 2018               I'm Human Oganisation (iHo)

                                                      Protection Officer and Programme Coordinator

European Refugee Crisis Response Team, Serbia

Duties: refugees and migrants protection and programme coordination, as well as communication with stakeholders and partners in Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Germany, and Italy for the sake of implementing the Council of Europe's projects and programmes

Apr. 2016 – Jul. 2016               United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

                                                     Consultant

Serbian Refugee Crisis Response: Preševo, Kelebia, and Horgoš Camps for Refugees

Duties: monitoring, assessment, evaluation and coordination with stakeholders and implementing partners in transit and admission camps for refugees and migrants, in addition to interpretation and cultural mediation

Feb. 2016 – Apr. 2016              Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

                                                     Consultant

Serbian Refugee Crisis Response: Šid and Adaševci Camps for Refugees

Duties: monitoring, assessment, evaluation and coordination with stakeholders and implementing partners in transit and admission camps for refugees and migrants, in addition to interpretation and cultural mediation

Sep. 2015 – Jan. 2016               Save the Children UK

                                                       Consultant

Croatian Refugee Crisis Response: Opatovac, Vukovar, and Slavonski Brod Camps for Refugees

Duties: monitoring, assessment, evaluation and coordination with stakeholders and implementing partners in transit and admission camps for refugees and migrants; attending the coordination meetings; and interpretation and cultural mediation

Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2015              Gajrat Humanitarian Organisation

                                                       Humanitarian Aid Worker and Public Relations Officer

Serbian Refugee Crisis Response, Belgrade refugee crisis

Duties: providing support and relief materials to asylum-seekers on the move and public relations through educating the communities on the plight of the asylum-seekers in countries of origin and the need to find a sanctuary in safe countries; collecting donations and providing temporary accommodations in the Islamic Community in Belgrade, in addition to hot meals and clothes; communicating with the local residents to provide support—moral and material—and raising-awareness through media and social media platforms on the rights of the individuals to find safety and dignity.

Dec. 1999 – Sep. 2003              European Tobacco Int. in the Balkan

                                                     Communications and Coordination Officer

Duties: communication and coordination between the mother company in Greece and the partners and agents in Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Romania

Feb. 1997 – Feb. 1998              Department of English Language, College of Education,                                                                       University of Mosul, Iraq

                                                      Research Assistant 

Duties: research assistance, training and coordination

Dec. 2019        MA in refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies

                          School of Advanced Studies, university of London, United Kingdom

Nov. 2019        MEd in Social Justice Education

                          Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in                                     Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada

Jun. 2004        MA (Magister) in Philology (Pragmatics – Political Communication)

                          Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia