3 May 2010 Paris, France

Steering Group Meeting of the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development

Highlights in pictures

OPENING SESSION of the MENA-OECD Steering Group Meeting with the participation of (from left to right) Ms. Carolyn

Ervin, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD; H.E. Ms. Christina Narbona Ruiz, Ambassador,

Permanent Representative of Spain to the OECD; H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge

of Economic and General Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco; H.E. Mr. Mohammed Saâd El Alami, Minister Delegate to the Prime

Minister in Charge of Public Sector Modernisation, Kingdom of Morocco; H.E. Mr. Chris Hoornaert, Ambassador, Delegation

of Belgium to the OECD, and Co-Chair of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme; and Mr. Rolf Alter, Director,

Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD.

In the background: Mr. Abdallah Inrhaoun, Head, Division for Innovation and Modernisation, Ministry of Public Sector

Modernisation, Kingdom of Morocco; Mr. Ahmed Laamoumri, Director, Ministry of Public Sector Modernisation, Kingdom of

Morocco; Mr. Abdelahad Fassi Ferhi, Director of Studies and Co-operation, Office of the Prime Minister, Higher Institute for

Administrative Studies, Kingdom of Morocco; Mr. Christian Vergez, Head, Reform of the Public Sector Division, Directorate

for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD; and Ms. Aniko Hrubi, Policy Analyst Integrity, Reform of the

Public Sector Division, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD.

H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge of Economic and General Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco; H.E. Mr. Mohammed Saâd El Alami, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge of Public Sector Modernisation, Kingdom of Morocco; H.E. Mr. Chris Hoornaert, Ambassador, Delegation of

Belgium to the OECD, and Co-Chair of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme; Mr. Rolf Alter, Director, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD; and Mr. Martin Forst, Head of

Division, Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development.

H.E. Ms. Christina Narbona Ruiz, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Spain to the OECD; H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge of Economic and General Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco; H.E. Mr.

Mohammed Saâd El Alami, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge of Public Sector Modernisation, Kingdom of Morocco; H.E. Mr. Chris Hoornaert, Ambassador, Delegation of Belgium to the OECD, and Co-Chair of the MENA-OECD

Governance Programme; Mr. Rolf Alter, Director, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD; and Mr. Martin Forst, Head of Division, Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, Directorate for Public Governance and

Territorial Development.

H.E. Mr. Chris Hoornaert, Ambassador, Delegation of Belgium to the OECD, and Co-Chair of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme; Mr. Rolf Alter, Director, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial

Development, OECD; and Mr. Martin Forst, Head of Division, Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development.

Mr. Luiz De Mello, Economic Counsellor to the chief Economist, Office of Head of Department, Economics Department, OECD; Mr. Anthony O'Sullivan, Head of Division,Private Sector Development Division,

Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD; and Ms. Carolyn Ervin, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD.

Mr. Alexander Böhmer, Head of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme, Private Sector Development Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD; and Mr. Luiz De Mello, Economic Counsellor to the chief Economist, Office of Head of

Department, Economics Department, OECD.

H.E. Mr. Naser Al Belooshi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to France.

Dr. Ashraf Abdelwahab, Deputy to the Minister, Ministry of State for Administrative Development, Republic of Egypt; Dr. El Sayed Torky, Advisor to the Minister of Investment, Egyptian Corporate Responsibility Center,

Ministry of Investment, Republic of Egypt; Mr. Mohammed Omran, Vice Chairman, Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD), The Egyptian Exchange; and H.E. Mr. Jong Je Jeong, Minister-Counsellor, Permanent

Delegation of Korea to the OECD.

In the background: Ms. Ouafae El Moukhliss, Counsellor to the Minister for Environment and Territorial Development, State Secretary for Territorial Development, Ministry of Housing, Urbanism and Territorial

Development, Kingdom of Morocco.

Mr. Issam El Fara, Director, Office of the Secretary General of the Syrian Cabinet and Prof. Maher Mujtahed, Secretary General,

Syrian Cabinet.

In the background: Mr. Brahim Qermane, Counsellor to the Prime Minister, Kingdom of

Morocco; Ms. Amina Benjelloun, Counsellor to the Prime Minister, Director of Economic Promotion,

Ministry of Economic and General Affairs, Kingdom of

Morocco; and Mr. H'mida Khlifi, Director, National Observatory

for Competition, Tunisia.

High-level government and private sector

representatives gather during the Steering Group

Meeting of the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development

Mr. Naser Abdel Latif A. Alsaaideh discussing with Mr. Bassem Qardan.

Ms. Nicola Ehlermann-Cache discussing with Mr. Brahim Qermane and Ms. Amina Benjelloun.

H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka discussing with Mr. Anthony O‘Sullivan.

Mr. Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the OECD addresses participants after the MENA-OECD Steering Group meeting.

Participants of the MENA-OECD Steering Group meeting, notably H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka, Dr. Ashraf Abdelwahab, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Saâd El Alami and

H.E. Mr. Vincenzo Schioppa.

Participants of the MENA-OECD Steering Group meeting, notably H.E. Mr. Vincenzo Schioppa, Ms. Serena Romano, Ms .Amani Essawi, Mr. Abdallah

Inrhaoun, H.E. Mr. Chris Hoornaert and Ms. Carolyn Ervin.

Participants of the MENA-OECD Steering Group meeting, notably Dr. Ashraf Abdelwahab, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Saâd El Alami, H.E. Mr. Vincenzo Schioppa,

Ms. Serena Romano, Ms. Amani Essawi and Mr. Abdallah Inrhaoun.

Participants of the MENA-OECD Steering Group meeting, notably Ms. Amani Essawi, Mr. Abdallah Inrhaoun, H.E. Mr. Chris Hoornaert and Ms. Carolyn Ervin.