Dr. Abdelbaset Rabaiah was born in 1973 in Meithalun in the northern part of the West Bank, Palestine. He has received his primary, elementary and secondary education in Meithalun’s local schools. He later pursued his undergraduate studies at An Najah National University in Nablus/West Bank. He then joined the Arab American University (AAU) in Jenin/West Bank to work as a research assistant.
In 2003, Dr. Rabaiah was awarded a BTC scholarship to pursue his graduate studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He graduated with great distinction and received a Master degree in Business Information Management in 2004. He then headed back home to work on a case study in the Palestinian Territories in 2005/2006. There, he joined the e-Government Project team. That team was responsible for laying out the strategy of e-Government and ICT at the Ministry of Information and Telecommunication Technology – Ramallah. He gained a hands-on experience of how things are managed at the strategic level. Dr. Rabaiah has produced the Arabic version of the Palestinian ICT Strategy. At that time, he was doing research under the supervision of Prof. Farouq Musa of AAU.
In 2008, Dr. Rabaiah has joined the ePractice community (e-Government, e-Healh, and eInclusion) which was created by the European Commission (www.ePractice.eu). He later established the Community of Researchers of E-Government within ePractice.eu. Dr. Rabaiah has participated in workshops organised by ePractice and the Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC).
Finally, Dr. Rabaiah has published a number of papers in proceedings of some conferences and Journals dedicated to e-government. He has also co-authored a book in which he drew the connection between e-government and e-commerce in the Less Developed Countries.
Full-time Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Information Systems of the Arab American University of Jenin, AAUJ.
2001-2003
Employed as a full-time Teaching and Research Assistant at the Arab American University in Jenin--AAUJ as well as a part-time IT Dean's Assistant for Administrative Affairs (http://www.aauj.edu/)
Workload includes:
Devising lab courses together with the supervising professor
Coordinating, pursuing and supervising projects given to student as a part of the academic process
Eagerly assisting students/professors in their scientific research
Supporting professors through preparations of presentations and computerized materials necessary for the success of their classes
Designing brochures, logos, and developing educational CDs...etc
Developing a didactic website to boost true and interactive e-Learning of students of the Faculty of IT
1999-2001
Dornier SystemConsult, GmbH A company of the DaimlerChrysler Group. Middle East Regional Office - East Jerusalem
Key Responsibilities:
IT Training:
MS-Office AutoCAD
Operating Systems (Windows 9x/NT)
GIS (ArcView)
Visual Basic 6.0
Ms-Project 98
Internet and E-mail
Preparing Presentations for seminars and conferences held by the firm
Database development and administration
Generating the computerized data
Preparation of all computerized data including AutoCAD drawings, Traffic signs phase design, preparation of different type of reports, Database design and operation, MS-Project Charts and others
Preparation of final project presentation held in Jericho and attended by representatives of Ministry of Public Works (MOPW), Ministry of transportation (MOT), Ministry of Local Government (MOLG), and PECDAR
Communicating with and contacting World Bank, PECDAR, MOT, MOPW and MOLG and information exchange with them
Preparation of standards and specifications for road woks and tendering documents forms for contractors
