Investment

MENA, OECD countries pledge new efforts to streamline public services, boost investment

24-Nov-2009

Government ministers from Arab and OECD countries ended two days of talks with a Declaration pledging continued cooperation to streamline public services and improve business conditions in the Middle East North African (MENA) region in a drive to attract investment and boost development.

2009 MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference

from 22-Nov-2009 to 23-Nov-2009

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, the 2009 Ministerial Conference of the MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development took place on 23 November 2009, in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference was preceded by a Business and Governance Day on 22 November 2009.  Site en français: Conférence Ministérielle MENA-OCDE 2009

2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme

on 22-Nov-2009

Organised as part of the 2009 MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference, the 2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit continued the commitment of members of both the private and public sector to work together to strengthen public-private dialogue, generate new business opportunities, and foster exchange and learning for entrepreneurship.

Site en français : Forum des entreprises et Sommet des Femmes Entrepreneurs du Programme d’investissement MENA-OCDE

Fostering women's entrepreneurship and employment in the MENA region

18-Nov-2009

The MENA-OECD Women's Business Network has been established as part of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme's activities on promoting women's entrepreneurship and employment. 

MENA 100 awards top three regional business plans

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.

Responsible Business Forum addresses corporate governance and responsibility in the MENA region

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.

Fostering entrepreneurship and enhancing access to finance in the MENA region

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.

Preparatory meeting of the MENA-OECD Business Council

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.

Enabling and sustaining private foreign investment in Iraq

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.