This OECD report is published by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, and overall supervision of Tatyana Teplova, Head of Division for Policy Coherence for the SDGs, and Senior Justice Counsellor, Martin Forst, Head of Division for Governance Reviews and Partnerships, and Miriam Allam, Head of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme.
The report was overseen by Chloé Lelievre and Amr Soliman, Policy Analysts, OECD. The report was coordinated and drafted by Nicole Drew, Policy Analyst, OECD with significant contributions from Amr Soliman and Caroline Mina, Policy Analysts, Marwa Salah, OECD Child Justice Egypt National Consultant, as well as Adam Knelman Ostry, International Public Policy and Governance Expert. Valuable comments and co-ordination support were also provided by Nizar Touhami-Chahdi and Chloé Naret. Francesca Romani provided graphic design support. Editorial support and management of the publication process was carried out by Melissa Sander and Ciara Muller, Communication Specialists, with administrative assistance from Luis Dias de Carvalho.
The OECD is deeply grateful to the GoE for its continued engagement and support in this unique project and to all the Egyptian institutions involved for their remarkable co-operation. In particular, the OECD would like to emphasise its gratitude to:
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Public Prosecution Office – both Family division and Child Protection Bureau for Child Protection and Persons with Disabilities
National Council for Childhood and Motherhood
Dar Eleftaa El Masria
In particular, the OECD would like to emphasise its gratitude to the following officials. From the Ministry of Justice: Justice Hossam Sadek, Assistant Minister for International Cooperation and Judge Magued Antably, Member of the Goodwill Committee; from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ambassador Ismaiel Khairat, Assistant Minister for Counsellor Affairs First and First Secretariat Fady Ahmed Gamal ElDin; from the Public Prosecution Office, Counsellor Nefret Shehab, General Family Prosecution and Counsellor Hesham Gafaar, Child and Persons with Disabilities Protection Bureau; and Dr. Aly Omar Al-Farouk, Dar El-Eftaa Elmasreya.
The OECD also wishes to acknowledge the importance of the considered feedback provided by the Cairo-based embassies of Canada, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The OECD also thanks Claire Farid, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Family and Youth Justice Section, Policy Sector Department of Justice, Canada for acting as an OECD peer; donating her time to share experiences through several policy dialogues and workshops.
This Strategic Review was made possible by the generous support of the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC). The OECD is deeply grateful to H.E. Yvonne Baumann, Swiss Ambassador to Egypt, Valerie Liechti, Head of International Cooperation at the Swiss Embassy in Egypt, Michal Harari, Deputy Head of Development and Cooperation, and Mina Gendy, National Programme Officer, Embassy of Switzerland, Office for International Cooperation for their continued cooperation.