Imad Sabi Chair of the Board

Imad Sabi works in Oxfam IBIS, as a member of the Education Out Loud team, a GPE-funded global program to strengthen civil society activism and advocacy on education. Previously he worked for the Open Society Foundations' Education Program; Oxfam Novib's Global Programs Department in the Netherlands, and for the Dutch development agency Kerkinactie as a Senior Program Officer for Emergencies in Africa and the Middle East. He also worked in Central Asia for a number of years as a consultant, and for Palestinian NGOs. He has been active over many years in the right to education movement, serving on the Board of the Global Campaign for Education, and representing the private foundations and civil society constituencies on the Board and Board committees of the Global Partnership for Education. Imad is also a member of the Boards of the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and the Bank Information Center (BIC). Previously he was a member of the International Council of the World Social Forum and a founding member of the Board of Engaged Donors for Global Equity (EDGE).