{"id":185,"date":"2024-08-19T16:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2024-08-19T16:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:21:18","slug":"c-r-e-t-as-key-contact-experts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/?page_id=185","title":{"rendered":"C.R.E.T.A&#8217;s Key contact experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We, at C.R.E.T.A group, are international group of experts who share the vision of societal development through continuous knowledge transfer and high-quality products ,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-186 \" src=\"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/56644985_2164507633585577_1038057006616805376_n-e1723998945979-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><br \/>\nHerv\u00e9 Sabourin, PhD, Director for \u201cFigure d\u00e9veloppement\u201d &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>R\u00e9seau Figure &#8211; France,<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>Ex- Vice -President at Poitiers University, responsible for international affairs,<br \/>\nEx- Regional Director at AUF \u2013 Middle East Expert in International,<br \/>\nProject Management ( Erasmus +, Horizon-Europe),<br \/>\nInternational Consultant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-187 \" src=\"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/K.-Plakas-2022-e1723999176414-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Konstantinos Plakas, Chemical Engineer, PhD &#8211; Centre for Research &amp; Technology Hellas (CERTH) &#8211; Greece<\/span>,<\/strong><br \/>\nInvolved for the past 16 years in the development and participation of many R&amp;D projects funded by the European Commission,<br \/>\nchemical industries and other national funding agencies.<br \/>\nExpertise is related to drinking water, industrial water treatment, desalination and valorization of agro-industrial effluents for recycling\/reuse of water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-188 \" src=\"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/34362Image-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"163\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Antoine El Samrani, PhD, Vice \u2013 President for Research \u2013 <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Antonine University \u2013 Lebanon<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>22 Years\u2019 experience in Environmental studies (project formulation, implementation, evaluation for sustainability); Environmental consultant and evaluator for the management of Great Beirut sanitary landfill site \u2013 Ministry of Environment,<br \/>\nResearcher in PRIMA Marra \u2013 Mediterra (EU funded project) for implementation activities in safeguarding of rural communities through nature-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-191 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ss-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Selim Mekdessi, PhD, Economics and business administration \u2013 Lebanese University &#8211; Lebanon<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Main expertise on sustainability and firms\u2019 global performance, Sustainable development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship.<br \/>\nCoordinator of the Employability Sub-Network at the Union of Mediterranean Universities UNIMED (Italy),<br \/>\nFocal point of several Erasmus+ projects at the Lebanese University,<br \/>\nExpert at the Agency for the Evaluation of the Quality of Higher Education (AEQES),<br \/>\nEvaluator in the FIBAA accreditation program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-193\" src=\"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vv-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">V\u00e9ronique Kazpard, PhD, Geochemist, Coordinator for EU cooperation at the International Affairs office at Lebanese University &#8211; Empowering CRETA Group in Sustainable Development Projects &#8211; Lebanon<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>23 years\u2019 experience in academic affairs, environmental projects ideation and development,<br \/>\nfostering partnership with European institutions and establishments,<br \/>\nManager and expert for EU projects implementation,<br \/>\nEstablishment of double degree agreements in international partnership,<br \/>\nImplementation of delocalized international field trainings in geosciences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/cretagrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hanna-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Hanna Gaspard, Agriculture Engineer \u2013 ProAquafarm &#8211; Lebanon<\/span><\/strong>12 years of experience in Agrifood business &#8211; designing and conducting EU and international projects \u2013 follow up from the implementation to final and continuous evaluation for outputs sustainability.<br \/>\nExpertise related to hydroponics, aquaponics, open field and under greenhouse cultivation, dairy and fresh cut units<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, at C.R.E.T.A group, are international group of experts who share the vision of societal development through continuous knowledge transfer and high-quality products , Herv\u00e9 Sabourin, PhD, Director for \u201cFigure d\u00e9veloppement\u201d &#8211; 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