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25 May 2012

OECD ministers bolster support to MENA transition

The ministerial meeting of OECD ended yesterday with a declaration summarizing orientations for the Organisation's work in support of Better Policies for Better Lives. One of the chapters of their declaration related to MENA.
Ministers welcomed the OECD’s support to MENA governments in their reform efforts, as well as to donors to refocus their assistance programmes to meet the region’s key policy priorities... Ministers also underlined the importance of adopting a long-term perspective as well as a demand-driven, differentiated and country-specific approach, together with a reinforced regional approach. They welcomed the strong role played by the OECD in the Deauville partnership platform. (...) Ministers further encouraged the OECD to offer structural assessments, monitoring tools and thematic support to offer guidance and ways for improving governance and integrity, investment, social justice, economic performance and job creation, entrepreneurship, gender equality, education and territorial development. They also welcomed efforts by MENA countries to adopt OECD instruments (...). They also recognised Member countries’ contributions to support the OECD MENA programmes.
In parallel, Tunisia and Morocco signed up to a series of international instruments in areas ranging from business integrity to international investment and green growth. Adherence to these instruments is an expression of a long-standing co-operation between countries in North Africa and the OECD.

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