Mr. Shiferaw is Water Resource Utilization and Permit Desk Head at Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Water and Energy.
He had been working as Water Resource Administration Directorate Director for the last 8 years and implementing Water governance in Ethiopia. He has been involved and lead water allocation in Awash Basin, in establishment of water use permit systems and lead the study of Water use tariff in Awash Basin and preparation of Water Charge Regulation of Ethiopia.
Mr. Shiferaw has MSc. in Geo-Information from Bahir Dar University and he has BSc in Natural Resources Management from Hawassa University.