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Supporting development of a vibrant private sector has become an essential component of OECD’s efforts to boost the growth and stability of non-OECD economies. The OECD aims to encourage a sound business climate for investment, enhance productivity and competitiveness, support entrepreneurship and economic dynamism and ultimately raise living standards and alleviate poverty. www.oecd.org/daf/psd
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from 22-Nov-2009 to 23-Nov-2009
Hosted by Morocco and opened by Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, the 2009 Ministerial Conference of the MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development is scheduled to take place on 23 November 2009, in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference will be preceded by a Business and Governance Day on 22 November 2009.
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on 22-Nov-2009
The 2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme continues 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.
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18-Nov-2009
Building on the 2007 Declaration on Fostering Women's Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region, MENA Investment is developing a draft action plan to foster women's entrepreneurship that will support the participation of the female population in economic diversification and development.
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on 11-Nov-2009
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.
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on 04-Nov-2009
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.
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on 26-Oct-2009
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.
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on 08-Oct-2009
In a roundtable meeting between private sector representatives, policy makers and experts, signatories of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA 2006) examined measures to reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade.
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on 04-Nov-2009
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.
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on 01-Oct-2009
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.
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on 17-Sep-2009
The OECD Investment Compact organised the 3rd Human Capital Working Group for the Western Balkans in Zagreb on 17 September 2009 with a focus on improving skills for the ICT sector.
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on 06-Jul-2009
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.
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on 03-Jul-2009
The OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine met in Bodrum, Turkey, on 3 July 2009 to initiate dialogue on investment climate policy and promotion.
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on 19-Jun-2009
The Investment Compact for South East Europe working group on investment promotion met in Brussels on 19 June 2009 to focuse on development of the automotive components sector in the framework of the project Defining and Strengthening Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness.
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from 16-Jun-2009 to 19-Jun-2009
The South East Europe (SEE) Working Group on Tax Policy Analysis held its second meeting on 29 June 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, bringing together high-level officials and policy experts from South East Europe and the OECD to build on the process of addressing tax reform priorities along the lines of the Investment Reform index (IRI).
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18-Jun-2009
The Western Balkans continue making significant progress in the implementation of policies supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the 2009 SME Policy Index Report released in Brussels on 17 June 2009.
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on 01-Apr-2009
The OECD and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine met on 1 April 2009 to launch a regional initiative to increase competitiveness and attract investment.
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03-Dec-2008
The report on the Implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Enterprise: 2008 Enterprise Policy Assesment offers a fresh look at policies that promote entrepreneurship and enterprise development in the Mediterranean partner countries.
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06-Nov-2008
OECD and Central Asian countries are to work together on a regional initiative to boost the business climate, drawing on OECD countries’ experience in policy reforms aimed at spurring investment and competitiveness.
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from 29-Oct-2008 to 30-Oct-2008
The launch of the Working Group on Taxation of the South East Europe Investment Committee on 29-30 October 2008 in Vienna recognises the sovereignty of tax policy in the consideration of policy reform prioritisation in South East Europe. The working group specifically focuses on the tax component of the Investment Reform Index to provide a basis for identifying areas where the OECD may provide technical assistance.
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