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Jordanian Minister and high-level delegation visit the OECD Secretary General

07-Feb-2007

On 30th January 2007, a high level Jordanian visit to Paris was conducted by His Excellency Mr. Salim Al Khazaaleh, Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr. Maen Nsour, CEO of the Jordan Investment Board, Dr. Mohammad Abu Hammour, Chairman of the Executive Privatisation Commission, and Mr. Saleh Al Kilani, Commissioner of Investment for the Aqaba Special Economic Zone.


Events

Fourth Regional Working Group Meeting on Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform

on 29-Apr-2008

The Fourth Regional Meeting of the GfD Working Group on Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform was held in Amman, Jordan, on 29 April 2008. This meeting was an opportunity to review past activities of Working Group and focussed on concrete targets for future activities on regional priority themes.

Capacity-Building Workshop on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)

on 28-Apr-2008

In the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative, this workshop in Amman, Jordan, brought together experts, policy makers and implementers. It was designed to help develop a common understanding for policy makers on how to construct successful PPPs by reviewing some OECD and MENA case studies and good practices.

Fourth Regional Working Group Meeting on Civil Service and Integrity

on 04-Apr-2008

The objective of the fourth annual meeting of the Working Group on Civil Service and Integrity in Rabat, Morocco was to narrow down the working group's programme of work and to define concrete activities and practical orientations to be implemented during the second phase of the GfD Initiative (2008-10).

Session on MENA-OECD Investment Partnerships at OECD Forum 2008

from 03-Jun-2008 to 04-Jun-2008

The OECD Forum 2008, to be held in Paris on 03-04 June 2008, will include a session on partnerships for investments between the MENA region and OECD countries.

Regional Conference and Workshop on Sharing Good Practices for Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement

from 03-Apr-2008 to 04-Apr-2008

This two-day event was organised in Rabat, Morocco, by the General Treasury of the Kingdom of Morocco in collaboration with the OECD within the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative.

Workshop on “Administrative Burden Reduction: Experiences, Practices and Use of ICT tools”

on 05-Mar-2008

This workshop  was organized by the OECD and the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Netherlands for Arab countries participating in the OECD eLeaders event in the Hague, the Netherlands.

Egyptian Minister of State for Administrative Development met the Secretary-General and adressed the OECD Council

from 12-Mar-2008 to 13-Mar-2008

Egypt’s Minister of State for Administrative Development, His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Darwish adressed the OECD Council on the state of Eygpt's economic and public sector reforms.

High-level Meeting of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme

on 27-Mar-2008

High-level representatives from MENA and OECD countries met in Paris on 27 March 2008 in parallel with the VII OECD Global Forum on International Investment to consider strategic directions for the MENA-OECD Investment Programme

Regional Capacity Building Seminar "Comparative Approaches in the Field of Civil Service Modernisation in OECD Countries"

from 14-Feb-2008 to 15-Feb-2008

In the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative, a high-level capacity-building seminar on Human Resource Management (HRM) took place in Tunis, Tunisia.

Workshop on Iraqi National Investment Reform

from 22-Jan-2008 to 24-Jan-2008

The meeting, held from the 22nd to the 24th of January 2008 in Amman, was the second in a series of activities undertaken by the MENA-OECD Investment Programme within the framework of its work plan for the Republic of Iraq. The OECD’s engagement with Iraq is the result of a request for assistance by the Iraqi Government in the framework of the International Compact for Iraq. Through the resulting work plan the OECD aims to offer to the Iraqi Government practical and co-operative assistance in the areas of investment and anti-corruption policy.



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