Regional conference for European Neighbourhood Policy countries

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The review of the European Neighbourhood Policy in November 2015 outlines that an accountable public administration, both at central and local level, is key to democratic governance, as well as inclusive economic and social development. With The Principles of Public Administration: A Framework for ENP Countries, OECD/SIGMA, in close co-operation with the European Commission, has defined in detail each of the six core areas of public administration reform (the strategic framework for public administration reform; policy development and co-ordination; public service and human resource management; accountability; service delivery; and public financial management).

These Principles aim to support the national authorities, the Commission services and other donors to develop a shared understanding of what PAR entails and what the countries could aim at with their administrative reforms, whether through comprehensive public administration reform (PAR) programmes or only in one of the core areas of PAR.

This conference, which took place in Jordan on 10 May 2016, brought together representatives from central management institutions with responsibility in public administration reforms from Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Ukraine, as well as Belarus and the Palestinian Authority* as observers. Representatives of the EU and the OECD also took part in the event. The conference allowed the participants to discuss key elements of PAR and to compare national and regional experiences of strengthening the public administration, with the aim of supporting social and economic development.

Photographs, clockwise from top left: Minister Imad Najib Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Co-operation of Jordan, Michael Koehler, Director for the Neighbourhood South, European Commission, and Luiz de Mello, Deputy Director, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD.

Agenda I French I Arabic

List of participants

Speech by Michael Köhler, Director for Neighbourhood South, DG NEAR, European Commission

Speech by Luiz de Mello, Deputy Director, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD

Presentation by Karen Hill, Head of the SIGMA Programme

Presentation by Bianca Brétéché and Keit Kasemets

Speech by Minister Imad Najib Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan: YouTube I Facebook

Public sector working to cope with arising economic challenges (article in the Jordan Times, 10 May 2016)