MENA-OECD Investment Programme
      •   The MENA-OECD Investment Programme 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 
          and sustainable economic growth throughout the MENA 
          region. 
      •   It facilitates policy dialogue and sharing of experience on 
          investment policies among policy makers from MENA 
          countries and their OECD counterparts. 
            “Mobilise private investment – foreign, regional and domestic – as 
           driving force for economic growth and employment throughout the 
           MENA region.”
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       MENA-OECD Enterprise Financing Network
     •  The MENA-OECD Enterprise Financing Network 
        aims to improve the regulatory conditions for financing 
        entrepreneurship using the MENA-OECD Investment 
        Programme as a forum for exchange of good practice 
        between MENA and OECD business and government 
        representatives
     •  The Network aims to foster entrepreneurship in the 
        region by:
          –  Creating a platform to connect entrepreneurs, financiers and 
            government regulators
          –  Providing avenues for private sector participants to effectively 
            input into key investment policy reforms relevant to financing 
            of entrepreneurship
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            MENA-OECD Enterprise Financing 
                                    Network
      •  The Network is wide: 18 MENA countries and OECD 
         member countries are supporting the MENA-OECD 
         Investment Programme
      •  The Network is deep: it provides a business and policy 
         network for actors including:
          – Private Equity
          – Venture Capital
          – Business Angels 
          – Associations
          – Business Incubators
          – Entrepreneurs 
          – Government regulators (MENA and OECD countries)
          – Investment Promotion Agencies (MENA).
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                     Actions going forward
      •  Continue enlarging the Enterprise Financing 
         Network
      •  Develop recommendations and action plans to 
         address innovative technology and regulatory issues 
      •  Launch a report to determine the enterprise 
         financing gap in the MENA region 
      •  Develop a blueprint for enterprise funds 
                                         why?
                  To support efforts of MENA entrepreneurs to effectively participate 
                              in development of their economies
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      Ministerial Declaration, Jordan 14 
                  February 2006
    Sustaining efforts towards modernisation of financial systems to meet the challenge of 
       employment creation and technological advance by
    1. “broadening the range of financial services and products that are available and 
       aligning supervisory practices with global standards”;
    And by:
    2. “developing effective frameworks and policies for entrepreneurship, including 
       the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship”.
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