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News & Events
MENA-OECD Investment Programme
News & Events
Events
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on 06-Sep-2007
A capacity training workshop attended by over 30 officials from the Jordanian Privatisation Commission (EPC) (http://www.epc.gov.jo) and other public sector agencies such as the Ministries of Economy and Finance working on privatisation and public-private partnership (PPP) projects was organised by the MENA-OECD Investment Programme at the request of the Commission.
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from 04-Sep-2007 to 05-Sep-2007
The Working Group 1 of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme helps MENA countries to develop open and transparent investment policies through multi-stakeholder dialogue, experience-sharing and capacity-building in the region, with the support of OECD countries and other partners.
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from 04-Jul-2007 to 05-Jul-2007
The MENA-OECD Investment Programme has co-organised an informal roundtable with the Arab Financial Forum on July 5th 2007 on the topic of Institutional Arrangements for Financial Sector Supervision in the Middle East and North Africa region. Participating were representatives of the London financial sector community and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of the UK.
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from 19-Jun-2007 to 20-Jun-2007
Hosted by the Egyptian Ministry of Finance, senior tax and investment officials from across the MENA region gathered in Cairo, on 19-20 June, for the third meeting of Working Group 3 (Tax Policy for Investment) of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme.
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from 25-Jun-2007 to 26-Jun-2007
The MENA-OECD Investment Programme invited officials from Investment Promotion Agencies and related Ministries constituting its Working Group 2 to participate in a regional meeting on Designing Effective Strategies for Investment Promotion and Reforms Communication .
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from 22-May-2007 to 23-May-2007
Mr. Rainer Geiger, Head of MENA-OECD Investment Programme, and Mr.Grant Kirkpatrick, Senior Economist in Corporate Affairs Division from the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs participated as speakers in the High-Level Roundtable Discussion for Bank Executive on Corporate Governance For Banks in Saudi Arabia, organised by the Institute of Banking, of Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.
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on 21-May-2007
The MENA-OECD Investment Program, in cooperation with the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance, the World Bank and INSOL International organised a regional meeting on developing sound insolvency and creditor right systems in the MENA. The purpose of the meeting was to expand the scope of the MENA-OECD Working Group on Corporate Governance, take stock of existing insolvency legislation, highlight existing gaps, address key issues of reform and establish a network of insolvency experts for the MENA region.
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on 19-Apr-2007
The National Investment Reform Agenda Workshop (NIRA) for Lebanon, jointly organised by the Ministry of Finance of Lebanon and the MENA-OECD Investment Programme, took place on 19 April, 2007 at the Grand Serail in Beirut. This was the sixth in a series of NIRA workshops organised by the MENA-OECD Investment Programme to support the investment reform priorities of participating MENA countries.
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from 21-Mar-2007 to 22-Mar-2007
Access to finance for enterprises, particularly at the early stages of development, is a key issue for the economic development of the Middle East and North Africa region. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, access to finance remains one of the most prominent economic challenges for most enterprises and particularly for SMEs, which account for as much as 99% of companies. Responding to this urgency, the Enterprise Financing Network, a private sector initiative of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme, was launched in May 2006.
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from 28-Mar-2007 to 29-Mar-2007
The MENA-OECD Investment Programme’s Steering Group met in Paris to take decisions on the assessment of the current phase of the Programme and develop recommendations for the next Programme phase following the October 2007 Ministerial meeting (MENA II, 2008-2010).
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