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Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative
News & Events
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20-Oct-2008
This one day seminar provided the opportunity for delegates from Arab and OECD countries to exchange experiences, ideas and good practices on regulatory quality and management, one of the core public policy topics for OECD and MENA countries.
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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
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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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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from 24-Nov-2008 to 25-Nov-2008
On November 24-25, the MENA SBO was officially launched at a high level meeting in Cairo (Egypt). The meeting was chaired by Mr. Hany Dimian, Deputy Minister of Finance in Egypt. Nearly 50 delegates from thirteen MENA and seven OECD countries as well as representatives from the European Union, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) participated in the meeting.
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on 21-Nov-2008
A pioneering joint learning activity took place on 21 November 2008. It was organised within the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative and hosted by FEDICT, Belgium. This activity followed the Expert Seminar on the Business Case for Digital Identity Management organised by the OECD in Paris on 19-20 November 2008.
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from 20-May-2008 to 21-May-2008
A Public Private Partnerships symposium took place on 20 and 21 May 2008 in Rabat, Morocco within the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative.
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on 20-May-2008
The 4th Regional Meeting of the Working Group on the Governance of Public Finance held in the framework of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative, took place in Rabat, Morocco on 20 May 2008. The meeting was hosted by Mr. Abdellatif Bennani, Budget Director in the Moroccan Ministry of Economics and Finances.
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from 18-Jun-2008 to 19-Jun-2008
The High Level Capacity Building Seminar on “Administrative Simplification: Overcoming Barriers To Implementation” was jointly organised by the Working Group on e-Government and Administrative Simplification and the Working Group on Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform in Cairo, Egypt on 18-19 June 2008.
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on 29-May-2008
The fourth regional meeting of the Working Group II on e-Government and Administrative Simplification took place in Tunis, Tunisia on 29 May 2008 at the invitation of the Prime Ministry of Tunisia and the Government of Dubai, and in collaboration with the OECD.
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from 08-Jul-2008 to 10-Jul-2008
The high-level meeting on economic and governance policy reforms in the Republic of Iraq on 8-10 July 2008 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris focused on designing and implementing policies to improve the investment climate, anti-corruption and aid management, as well as supporting economic policy reforms and private sector development.
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on 04-Jul-2008
The Initiative's Steering Group came together on 4 July 2008 in Paris to discuss the Working Group's detailed programme of work and to agree on the activities to be carried out by the thematic Working Groups by 2010.
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from 26-May-2008 to 27-May-2008
Bahrain is on the way to modernizing the management of its civil service. In this context, a delegation from the Civil Service Bureau in Bahrain attended a Peer Learning Study at OECD Paris headquarters on 26 and 27 of May 2008.
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from 29-Apr-2008 to 30-Apr-2008
A Regional Capacity Building Seminar on “Drafting Legislation and Oversight Bodies for Regulatory Quality” was held on 29 and 30 April 2008 in Amman, Jordan. This seminar addressed the issue of law drafting capacities, which is a challenging topic in Arab countries.
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