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2003-08 Events

February

• Budapest: Seminar on Administrative Simplification in MENA and OECD Countries, 14-15 February 2012
• Tunis: Conference on Integrity and Corruption Prevention Framework: Good Practices and Lessons Learned, 13-14 February 2012

January

• Ramallah: Public Consultation on the Draft Code of Conduct of the Palestinian Authority, 11 January 2012

December

• Granada: High Level Conference: Women in Government: Engendering Public Policies in the MENA Region, 1-2 December 2011

November

• Seoul: 7th Meeting of the Working Group II on Open and Innovative Government, 28-29 November 2011
• Paris: Special Session of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee and the Working Group IV on Regulatory Reform, PPP and Public Service Delivery, 2 November 2011

September

• Beirut: 4th annual meeting of MENA Senior Budget Officials, 21-22 September 2011

July

• Ramallah: Workshop on Regulatory Policy, E-Government and Code of Conduct, 20-21 July 2011
• Paris: International Workshop on "Valuing Diversity and Dialogue: A New Alliance between Citizens and Governments", 7 July 2011

June

• Rabat: Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on “Putting Anti-Corruption Commitments into Practice: Transparency, Participation and Rule of Law”, 9-10 June 2011

May

• Tunis: 7th Regional Meeting of the Working Group IV on Regulatory Reform, 31 May 2011
• Tunis: Task Force on Legal and Constitutional Reform, Strengthening the constitutional reform process, Tunis, 30 May 2011
• Tunis: Training Course "Public Consultation in Rule-Making: A Practical Guide", 30 May 2011
• Paris: MENA-OECD Initiative: High Level Consultation, 16 May 2011

April

• Paris: Setting the Rules for the Tunisian Democratic Transition, 18 April 2011
• Ramallah: Workshop on Policy Tools for Regulatory Quality, Better Service Delivery and Enhanced Integrity: Supporting Implementation, 7 April 2011

March

• Ankara: Workshop on Effective Regulatory Institutions for a State Based on the Rule-of-Law, for high-level officials of the Government of Iraq, 2-3 March 2011

January

• Cairo: Launching of the Arabic version of the OECD Report: “Progress in Public Management in the Middle East and North Africa”, 17 January 2011 
• Cairo: Regional High Level Meeting: Enhancing Civil Society Participation in Policy Making, 17 January 2011 

December

• Rabat: First meeting of the Focus Group 'Green Growth and Territorial Development', 17 December 2010

November

• Paris: Towards Gender-Sensitive Regulatory Frameworks: Fighting Legal Discrimination against women in MENA countries, 29 November 2010

October

• Dubai: Third meeting of OECD-MENA Senior Budget Officials Network, 31 October-1 November 2010
• Paris: Special Session of the Regulatory Policy Committee and the MENA-OECD Governance Programme Working Group IV: Strategic Regulatory Planning: Delivering Quality Regulation, 27 October 2010
• Paris: Workshop on the Regulatory Review in Iraq: Enhancing State-Building Capacities Based on the Rule of Law, 26 October 2010

September

• Beirut:  Capacity Building Conference for Public Administration in Lebanon, Making Life Easier for Citizens: Administrative Simplification Strategies and Good Practices in MENA and OECD countries, 28-29 September 2010

July

• Ramallah: Workshop on E-Government Tools in Practice: How to Develop a Sound Implementation Road Map, 5-7 July 2010
• Ramallah: Workshop on Regulatory Policy Tools and Institutions in Practice, 5-7 July 2010
• Cairo: 11th Annual Conference of ARADO on the Implementation of National Strategies in Fighting Against Corruption, jointly organised with the Working Group I on Civil Service and Integrity. 3-5 July 2010

June

• Rome: International Seminar on E-procurement, Efficiency and Integrity: Challenges and Good Practices, organised by the MENA Working Groups I on Integrity and Civil Service and Working Group II on E-government and Administrative Simplification, 17-18 June 2010
• Tunis: 6th Regional Meeting of the Working Group IV on Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform: Regulatory Policy Tools for a Stronger, Fairer and Cleaner Economy, 3-4 June 2010
• Tunis: Capacity Building Seminar at the RCEQR: “Using the Regional Charter for Regulatory Quality Effectively: A Seminar for Practitioners in Arab Countries”, 1-2 June 2010

May

• Paris: MENA-OECD Conference on Gender Equality in Government and Business, 4 May 2010
• Paris: Meeting of the Steering Group of the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development, 3 May 2010

April

• Dubai: 6th Regional Meeting of the Working Group on E-Government and Administrative Simplification, 27- 28 April 2010
• Manama: Participation in the International Conference on Public Sector eTraining in the GCC "Together for Change: Building Best Practices in Public Sector eTraining", 13-15 April 2010

March

• Rabat: MENA Regional Workshop on Public Policy Evaluation in OECD Countries back to back with the first regional meeting of the Board of the Regional Centre for Public Policy Evaluation, 23-24 March 2010
• Rome: Steering Committee Meeting of the Distance Learning for an Innovative Public Sector Initiative, 19 March 2010
• Paris: Contribution of the MENA-OECD Initiative to the Conference on “Gender Equality and Progress in Society”, organised by UNESCO and the OECD Development Centre, 12 March 2010
• The Hague: Study Visit for the Regional Center of Expertise on Regulatory Quality (RCERQ) to the European Academy for Law and Legislation (EALL), 1-5 March 2010

January

• Ramallah: A first exploratory mission for the MENA-OECD Initiative to Support the Palestinian Authority (MIP), 25-29 January 2010

November

• Marrakech: MENA Ministerial Meeting: Beyond the crisis: Citizens and Business at the Centre of Policy Responses, 23 November 2009
• Marrakech: 2009 Governance Forum: Meeting Governance Challenges for a stronger, cleaner and fairer economy, 22 November 2009
• Doha: High level delegation to the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity and Conference of State Parties, 6-7 November 2009
• Doha: 2nd Meeting of the MENA Senior Budget Officials Network on  “Budget offices’ adjustments to an international crisis”, 4-5 November 2009
• Paris: 5th Special Session of the OECD Working Party on Regulatory Management and Reform and Training Session on Tools to Measure Administrative Burdens, 3-4 November 2009

October

• Istanbul: Regional Conference on Public Sector Integrity, 26-27 October 2009
• Cairo: MENA Steering Group Meeting, 11 October 2009
• Paris: Workshop on Addressing Gender in Public Management, 2 October 2009
• Paris: Participation of Arab countries in the Meeting of the Public Employment Working Party on Strategies for building a representative public workforce, 1 October 2009

July

• Tunis: Conference on the governance of water: Sharing experiences between OECD and Arab countries, 8-9 July 2009

June

• Manama: 5th Regional Working Group Meeting on E-government and Administrative Simplification, 25 June 2009
• Manama: High Level Regional Seminar on Improving E-Services Take Up: Challenges, Solutions and Good Practices on E-government, 24 June 2009
• Rabat: 5th Regional Working Group Meeting on Civil Service and Integrity, back-to-back with the Technical Seminar,17 June 2009
• Rabat: Technical seminar on measuring and planning workforce. 16 June 2009
• Las Palmas: Participation of Arab countries in the Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Cities, 11-12 June 2009

May

• Tunis: Capacity-building seminar on “Institutions Promoting Expertise on Regulatory Management”   (WG on Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform), 20 May 2009
• Tunis: 5th Regional Working Group Meeting on Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform, 20 May 2009
• Cairo: Addressing gender in public management, 18 May 2009
• Paris: First Special MENA Session on Integrity back to back with the OECD Forum on Public Governance: Building a cleaner world: tools and good practices for fostering a culture of integrity, 5 May 2009

April

• Ottawa: Study visit of Canada's regulatory system, 28-30 April 2009

March 

• Cairo: Capacity Building Seminar on the Review of the Existing Legislation,11-12 March 2009
• Cairo: High level meeting on Moving forward with the Governance Reform Agenda, 5 March 2009.