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The Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development is a regional effort, initiated and led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It promotes broad reforms to enhance the investment climate, modernise governance structures and operations, strengthen regional and international partnerships, and promote sustainable economic growth throughout the MENA region. [more...]
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19-May-2009
The Working Group 2 on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development held its 2nd meeting on 19 May 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, to address building capacity for entrepreneurship and SME development.
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11-Mar-2009
This capacity building seminar was organised in order to discuss how to create and expand capacities in Egypt, facilitate policy dialogue and exchange good practices among OECD and MENA countries.
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from 23-Mar-2009 to 24-Mar-2009
The MENA-OECD Investment Programme’s Steering Group -- an assembly of high-level officials, policy experts and analysts -- met to confirm its commitment to active participation in investment-oriented reform as part of the MENA region’s response to the financial crisis.
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05-Mar-2009
A key challenge for any policy maker is building support for change and ensuring the enduring success of reforms. This high-level meeting united experts from Arab and OECD countries in order for particpants ...
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from 28-Jan-2009 to 29-Jan-2009
Senior tax policy officials from the MENA region and OECD countries met on 28-29 January 2009 in Paris at OECD headquarters to dialogue on the implementation of tax policies supportive of economic development, including exchanges of views on alternative approaches, and experience with specific policy measures.
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from 20-Jan-2009 to 21-Jan-2009
A High-level Meeting for the TFER in the Republic of Iraq was jointly organised by the MENA-OECD Initiative and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 20-21 January 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France.
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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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from 18-Nov-2008 to 19-Nov-2008
The first meeting of the MENA-OECD Working Group on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development was held back-to-back with the 4th meeting of the MENA-OECD Enterprise Financing Network. Participants discussed horizontal policies relating to SMEs, including policies for high-growth enterprises, access to finance and skills development, in addition to debating the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on the region.
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on 10-Nov-2008
Organised in Doha, Qatar, on 9-10 November 2008 as part of the Hawkamah Annual Conference, participants focused on finalising and endorsing the MENA Policy Brief on Corporate Governance of Banks and preparing a Policy Brief on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
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on 26-Oct-2008
The first meeting of the Regional Task Force on Responsible Business Conduct, to be held in Cairo on the 26October 2008 by the MENA-OECD Investment Programme and the Egyptian Institute of Directors, the National CSR and Global Compact Center, intends to launch a Task Force in the MENA region to conduct activities on Responsible Business Conduct as an initiative of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme.
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22-Oct-2008
This study examines Morocco's progress in modernising public procurement, with a focus on fighting corruption and enhancing integrity. This pilot Joint Learning Study introduces a new and innovative activity to share knowledge on key policy issues between OECD countries and countries in the Middle East and North Africa region to support the implementation of preventative mechanisms of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
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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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on 06-Oct-2008
The high level meeting of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme which took place on 6th October in Paris demonstrated the real engagement towards a stronger cooperation among the MENA and OECD member countries in the framework of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme.
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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 was jointly organised by the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Iraq on 8-10 July 2008 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris.
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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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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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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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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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