Mr. Mohammed Charef, Chairperson of the CNDH’s Regional Commission of Souss-Massa
Mr. Mohammed Charef, Chairperson of the CNDH’s Regional Commission of Souss-Massa, is a specialist in geography and construction, and an expert in migration, population mobility and urban development.
After graduating from the Regional Institute of Planning of Aix-en-Provence (IAR), he held a PhD in Geography of Planing from the University of Poitiers (1986) and a PhD in Science from the Free University of Brussels (2000).
Mr. Charef is Professor of Geography at Université Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Director of the Regional Observatory of Migrations Spaces and Societies (ORMES).
Mr. Charef is an associate member of the MIGRINTER-CNRS Poitiers team, France, and is a member of several networks and associations in the field of geography. He is also head of the Master "Migration and Sustainable Development".
He is Member of many councils and scientific bodies, including the Scientific Council on "History of migration", at the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l’immigration, Paris.
Mr Charef has several publications on population and development, including: "La circulation migratoire marocaine un pont entre deux rives”,”Grands traits et impacts des transports sur la mondialisation de l'émigration marocaine”, “Un aspect méconnu des vieux émigrés-immigrés: la transnationalisation”, “Les migrations au féminin”, “Les flux migratoires et la protection des réfugiés au Maroc: défis et perspectives”, “Migrants acteurs de développement local, perspectives et limite”, “Le migrant marocain acteur d'intégration économico- socio-spatiale du Maroc au delà des frontières”, etc.
He is a Visiting Professor at several foreign universities, including: Université Aix-en-Provence, Université de Metz in France, Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Université de Poitiers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels), University of Texas at San Antonio, etc. He is also a consultant and expert on migration issues for the United Nations Population Fund, the Council of Europe, the United Nations Population Division, the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME), etc.