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		      <title>MENA-OECD Investment Programme</title>
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		      <description><![CDATA[For the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), private investment, both domestic and foreign, is needed to provide new engines of growth and dynamism. The biggest challenge for MENA countries lies in strengthening the process of change, maintaining, supporting and tracking the progress of policy implementation as well as providing capacity-building assistance. [more...]برنامج الاستثمار لدول الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا 
Permanent url: www.oecd.org/mena/investment ]]></description>
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		      <pubDate>Wed Nov 25 11:12:24 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[MENA, OECD countries pledge new efforts to streamline public services, boost investment]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Government ministers from Arab and OECD countries ended two days of talks with a Declaration pledging continued cooperation to streamline public services and improve business conditions in the Middle East North African (MENA) region in a drive to attract investment and boost development.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[2009 MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, the 2009 Ministerial Conference of the MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development took place on 23 November 2009, in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference was preceded by a Business and Governance Day on 22 November 2009.  Site en français: Conférence Ministérielle MENA-OCDE 2009 ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Nov 25 11:17:51 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Organised as part of the 2009 MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference, the 2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit continued the commitment of members of both the private and public sector to work together to strengthen public-private dialogue, generate new business opportunities, and foster exchange and learning for entrepreneurship. 
Site en français : Forum des entreprises et Sommet des Femmes Entrepreneurs du Programme d’investissement MENA-OCDE ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Nov 25 11:24:16 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Fostering women's entrepreneurship and employment in the MENA region]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The MENA-OECD Women's Business Network has been established as part of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme's activities on promoting women's entrepreneurship and employment.  
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							         <pubDate>Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[MENA 100 awards top three regional business plans]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The MENA Centre for Investment and the MENA-OECD Investment Programme brought together the 16 finalists of the MENA 100 Business Plan Competition in Bahrain.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Nov 17 18:23:03 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Responsible Business Forum addresses corporate governance and responsibility in the MENA region]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[In preparation for its meeting during the 22 November MENA-OECD Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit, the MENA-OECD Responsible Business Forum will meet in Amman, Jordan,  back-to-back with the Corporate Governance and Responsibility (CGR) Forum.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Oct 29 13:40:42 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Fostering entrepreneurship and enhancing access to finance in the MENA region]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Organised by the Working Group on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development, policy experts and officials from MENA and OECD countries gathered on 26 October 2009 in Paris to address initiatives and tools to support SME development in the MENA region.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Nov 02 18:53:41 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Preparatory meeting of the MENA-OECD Business Council]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[To lay the foundation for its launch at the MENA-OECD Business Forum on 22 November 2009, the MENA-OECD Business Council held a preparatory meeting at the OECd Paris headquarters on 1 October 2009.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Nov 02 18:20:49 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Enabling and sustaining private foreign investment in Iraq]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[With the specific aim of supporting the National Investment Commission in Iraq, the training workshop on Enabling and Sustaining Private Foreign Investment in Iraq took place at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris on 6-8 July 2009.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Aug 10 10:28:25 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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