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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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High Level Capacity Building Seminar on “Administrative Simplification: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation” in Cairo, Egypt on 18-19 June 2008
07-Sep-2008
The High Level Capacity Building Seminar on “Administrative Simplification: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation” took place in Cairo, Egypt on 18 and 19 June 2008. The event was hosted by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development of Egypt, organised jointly with the OECD, in the framework of the Working Groups on E-Government and Administrative Simplification
and on Public Service Delivery Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative.
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11-Jul-2008
On 3 July 2008, Egypt’s Minister of State for Administrative Development,
His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Darwish met with the OECD Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría and the OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Aart De Geus.
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20-Mar-2008
Casablanca, 17 mars 2008
Allocution de M. Rainer Geiger, Directeur du Programme MENA-OCDE sur l’Investissement
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20-Mar-2008
The Hague, the Netherlands, on 6-7 March 2008:
For the first time Arab delegates from selected Arab countries which have produced an Action Plan on E-government in the framework of the GfD Initiative gathered together with their colleagues from OECD member, observer and accession countries to discuss opportunities and challenges for the development of the e-government of the future at an high level e-government conference organized by the OECD and the Ministry of Interiors and Kingdom Relations.
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14-Dec-2007
Organised within the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab countries Initiative and hosted by the Egyptian Ministry of State for Administrative Development in Cairo, Egypt, this high-level regional seminar addressed the use of e-government as a tool to simplify administrative procedures and to cut red tape. Participants also discussed the creation of one-stop-shops and the simplification of licensing procedures.
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25-Apr-2007
These reports were prepared on the occasion of National Investment Reform agenda workshops for Morocco, Jordan, Egypt and United Arab Emirates, which reviewed the progress in implementation of investment policy reform on topics selected as a priority by each government. They contain the summary of the workshop proceedings as well as short policy papers prepared by the MENA-OECD Investment Programme on the themes addressed during the workshops.
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19-Feb-2007
On 17 January 2007, His Excellency Fathallah Sijilmassi, Ambassador of Morocco to France paid a high level visit to the Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Angel Gurría. His Excellency Fathallah Sijilmassi and Mr. Gurría discussed the relationship between the OECD and Morocco and common projects in the areas of investment, good governance, employment and migration. Morocco has been actively cooperating with the OECD since 2004 within the framework of the Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development.
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19-Feb-2007
On 30 January 2007, His Excellency, Mr. Salem Al-Khazaleh, Jordanian Minister for Industry and Trade, met OECD Secretary-General, Mr. Angel Gurría. His Excellency, Mr. Al-Khazaleh and Mr. Gurría discussed the relationship between the OECD and Jordan and common projects in the areas of trade, industry and good governance.
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Events
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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 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 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 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 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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from 24-Jun-2009 to 25-Jun-2009
The MENA-OECD Investment Programme participated in the Carthage Investment Forum, which was organised by FIPA Tunisia and held in Hammamet, Tunisia on 24 and 25 June 2009.
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on 19-May-2009
On 19 May 2009 the Working Group on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme brought together officials, policy experts and members of the private sector to address policies that promote the development and growth of SMEs.
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