Initiative on Good Governance for Development (GfD) in the Arab Countries: Activity Details

Beirut Meeting - Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening Accountability and Transparency and Fighting Corruption in the Arab Region
Beirut - Lebanon, 23/10/2003 - 24/10/2003.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR) - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The Beirut meeting was the first in a series of preparatory meetings organized by the UNDP-POGAR and the OECD in preparation of the launching of the "Initiative on Good Governance for Development in the Arab Countries". The meeting was organized in co-operation with the Office of the Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform.

Publications:

Agenda of the Expert Group Meeting [English] [Arabic]

List of Participants [English] [Arabic]

Speech of the UNDP Representative [Arabic]
Dr. Adel Abdellatif, the Regional Coordinator of the UNDP-Programme on Governance in the Arab Region, POGAR at the Expert Group Meeting on Good Public Governance for Development in the MENA, that was held in Beirut, Lebanon, October 23-23, 2003.

Recommendations [English] [Arabic]

Aspects of Administrative Corruption in the Daily Life of an Arab Citizen [Arabic]
Zaki Hannoush, Aleppo University.

Fighting Administrative and Financial Corruption in Jordan [Arabic]
By Mosleh Al-Kayed.

Legal System for Administrative and Financial Auditing and Accountability of Public Funds in Kuwaiti Law [Arabic]
By Riad Al-Hajeri.

OECD Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service. [English] [French]

Public Governance and Territorial Development [English]
By Martin Forst.

Public Governance and Territorial Development - Background Document [English]
By Janos Bertok.

Tunisian Experience in Fighting Corruption in the Public Sector [Arabic]
By Mohammed Al-Triki.