Private Sector Initiatives

The Enterprise Financing Network

The MENA-OECD Enterprise Financing Network (EFN) aims to foster finance for entrepreneurship in the region by providing a platform to connect entrepreneurs, financiers, research bodies and government regulators. A unique feature of the EFN is its regional approach -- inclusive of private and public sectors -- which seeks practical solutions to the financing gap through dialogue with financial institutions and public sector bodies.

With a view to actively engage both private and public sectors in the regional dialogue on responsible business conduct, the MENA-OECD Responsible Business Forum places special emphasis on the assessment and exchange of responsible business practices in the MENA region, focusing on business integrity and anti-corruption, labour standards and skills development, and health and environment.

The MENA-OECD Business Council

The MENA-OECD Business Council encourages an active and joint voice of MENA and OECD business communities in ongoing business climate reform projects through close collaboration with high-level business representatives on key topics such as access to finance, responsible business conduct, infrastructure and renewable energy, women's entrepreneurship, and country competitiveness.

The MENA-OECD Women's Business Network

Through close co-operation with key national, regional and international players, the MENA-OECD Women's Business Network seeks to enable dialogue and interaction, take stock of existing women's business networks and initiatives in the region, expand research on women's entrepreneurship, and launch projects that both build upon and enhance MENA and OECD expertise on gender-related obstacles to entrepreneurship.