Our work with non-member economies

The Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development is a regional effort, initiated and led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

MENA promotes broad reforms to enhance the investment climate, modernise governance structures and operations, strengthen regional and international partnerships, and promote sustainable economic growth throughout the MENA region.

The Initiative will strengthen countries’ capacity to design and implement policy reforms. It will facilitate policy dialogue and sharing of experience on public governance and investment policies among policy makers from MENA countries and their OECD counterparts.

The Initiative is aimed at:
• Modernising public governance structures and processes, and
• Improving the investment climate and policies.

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Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA) is a joint initiative of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), principally financed by the EU.

In 1992 the OECD and the Phare Programme of the European Commission launched Sigma to support five central and eastern European countries in their public administration reform efforts. Sigma has since extended its support to other partners, in parallel with the expansion of EU involvement in the region through the enlargement process and the Stabilisation and Association Process.

In 2009 Sigma is working with the three EU candidates - Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey - as well as with potential EU candidates in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99).

In June 2008, under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), Sigma support extended to Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia, and Ukraine, as well as Russia.

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