Dr. Fares A. Braizat
Dr. Fares A. Braizat is currently the Chairman of the Amman-based NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions (Research Firm) and Cluster (Financial and Business Advisory firm), where he directs public policy-related projects. He was appointed by His Majesty as a member of the Royal Committee to Modernize the Political System (Summer 2021) where he served on the Election Law Subcommittee.
Prior to his current roles, Dr. Braizat served as the Minister of Youth 2019-2020 where he combined academic research with public policy to introduce new programs such as the National Youth Entrepreneurs Forum which, inter alia, focused on Tourism, Education and Health in the time of Covid-19. He has been overseeing a number of ongoing youth and women-centric development projects in the tourism sector since 2016 including Al Hidan Tourism Company, Al Hidan Adventures Center, Panorama Dead Sea Complex, and Machareus (Mukawir) Cultural Heritage Village. In 2021, he cofounded “Khair” which is an environment-friendly Agro-Tech company with sustainable agro-tourism mandate, and he currently serves as its chairman.
Currently he is developing several new concepts and projects for development-based tourism such as experiential agro-tourism, nature and adventure tourism, and development of tourism sites. He has also served as the chairman of the Social Policies Committee at the Economic and Social Council in 2016.
Prior to founding NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions in 2016, he served as Senior Adviser / Director of Strategic Studies and Evaluation at the Office of His Majesty, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan between Jan 2012 – Feb 2016. At the Royal Court, his public policy work included working on the Arab Spring and governance issues, evaluation of royal initiatives and public policies, creating a heatmap of Jordan and overseeing the development and implementation of a response plan to it. This response plan included 6 tourism projects which are currently operated by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in Burgu, Dibeen, Thiban, Dana/Tafilah, Azraq, and Mujib.
He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (2003) and an MA in Political Sociology (1998) from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the UK; a diploma in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Raul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University in Sweden 1997, and a BA in History and Archaeology form Mutah University in Jordan 1994.
He currently serves on the International Scientific Advisory Board of the World Values Survey and the Principal Investigator for Jordan and leading the project in Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt. Also, he led Transparency International surveys in Jordan and other countries in the region. Since 2016, he has been overseeing the Investor Confidence Survey and led many research projects for the UNHCR, UNWOMEN-UNDP, International Republican Institute, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, USAID, Fredrick Ebert Foundation, and UKAID to name a few (please consult NAMA projects record).
Prior to his current roles, Dr. Braizat served as the Minister of Youth 2019-2020 where he combined academic research with public policy to introduce new programs such as the National Youth Entrepreneurs Forum which, inter alia, focused on Tourism, Education and Health in the time of Covid-19. He has been overseeing a number of ongoing youth and women-centric development projects in the tourism sector since 2016 including Al Hidan Tourism Company, Al Hidan Adventures Center, Panorama Dead Sea Complex, and Machareus (Mukawir) Cultural Heritage Village. In 2021, he cofounded “Khair” which is an environment-friendly Agro-Tech company with sustainable agro-tourism mandate, and he currently serves as its chairman.
Currently he is developing several new concepts and projects for development-based tourism such as experiential agro-tourism, nature and adventure tourism, and development of tourism sites. He has also served as the chairman of the Social Policies Committee at the Economic and Social Council in 2016.
Prior to founding NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions in 2016, he served as Senior Adviser / Director of Strategic Studies and Evaluation at the Office of His Majesty, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan between Jan 2012 – Feb 2016. At the Royal Court, his public policy work included working on the Arab Spring and governance issues, evaluation of royal initiatives and public policies, creating a heatmap of Jordan and overseeing the development and implementation of a response plan to it. This response plan included 6 tourism projects which are currently operated by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in Burgu, Dibeen, Thiban, Dana/Tafilah, Azraq, and Mujib.
He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (2003) and an MA in Political Sociology (1998) from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the UK; a diploma in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Raul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University in Sweden 1997, and a BA in History and Archaeology form Mutah University in Jordan 1994.
He currently serves on the International Scientific Advisory Board of the World Values Survey and the Principal Investigator for Jordan and leading the project in Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt. Also, he led Transparency International surveys in Jordan and other countries in the region. Since 2016, he has been overseeing the Investor Confidence Survey and led many research projects for the UNHCR, UNWOMEN-UNDP, International Republican Institute, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, USAID, Fredrick Ebert Foundation, and UKAID to name a few (please consult NAMA projects record).