AGENDA THIRD REGIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP IV ON PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND REGULATORY REFORM.

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1 GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ARAB COUNTRIES INITIATIVE WORKING GROUP IV: PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND REGULATORY REFORM AGENDA THIRD REGIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP IV ON PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND REGULATORY REFORM 16 February 2007 Htel El Mechtel Tunis, Tunisia

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3 THIRD REGIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP IV WORKING GROUP IV: PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND REGULATORY REFORM THURSDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2007 FOCUS GROUP ON REGULATORY REFORM Special Drafting Grup fr the Reginal Charter fr Regulatry Quality This sessin will allw designated drafting experts t discuss the drafting f the Reginal Charter fr Regulatry Quality. FRIDAY, 16 FEBRUARY Registratin Opening Sessin f the Third Reginal Meeting f the Wrking Grup IV Mderatr: Mr. Jsef Knvitz, Head f the Regulatry Plicy Divisin, Public Gvernance and Territrial Develpment Directrate, OECD. Opening remarks Mr. Kheireddine Ben Sltane, Legal and legislative Advisr t the Gvernment, Tunisia. Ms. Firenza Barazzni, Directr Regulatry Simplificatin Unit, Presidency f the Cuncil f Ministers, Italy. C-Chair f Wrking Grup IV Sessin 1: Review f Recent Activities n Public Service Delivery, Public Private Partnership and Regulatry Refrm Chair: Mr. Mhammed Abu Zayed, Acting Department Head/Instructr, Birzeit University, Palestine. Tur de table - This sessin will be an pprtunity fr the members f GfD Wrking Grup IV t reprt n its recent activities and t identify best practices fr the future. It will allw participants t 1. reprt n past activities and share key lessns-learned with ther members f the Wrking Grup Secnd Special Sessin f the OECD Wrking Party n Regulatry Management and Refrm in the Framewrk f the GfD Initiative (Fcus Grup n Regulatry Refrm). 25 April 2006, Paris, France. Peer-t-Peer Study Visit f Senir Tunisian Officials t Switzerland n Best Practices in Multilingual Legal Drafting and the Training f Jurilinguists. 5-7 Nvember 2006, Bern and Geneva, Switzerland. Reginal Capacity-Building Seminar fr Regulatry Quality: Gd Practices in Multilingual Legal Drafting & the Training f Jurilinguists, (Fcus Grup n Regulatry 1

4 THIRD REGIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP IV Refrm). 27 Nvember 2006, Tunis, Tunisia. Reginal capacity-building meeting n Public Private Partnerships fr Infrastructure Financing (Jint Task Frce Gvernance and Investment Pillar) 8 Nvember 2006, Istanbul, Turkey. 2. discuss hw the frmat and timing f future reginal capacity building activities can be imprved in rder t prvide ptimal supprt fr refrm implementatin at the cuntry level Speakers Cffee Break Mr. Jsef Knvitz, Head f the Regulatry Plicy Divisin, Public Gvernance and Territrial Develpment Directrate, OECD. Mr. Nadhir Ben Ammu, Prfessr, Faculty f Law and Plitical Sciences, Tunis El Manar University and Crdinatr f the Masters curse n Jurilinguists, Tunisia. Mr. Rashid Abdulrahman Ishaq, Directr f Recruitment, Civil Service Bureau, Bahrain Sessin 2: Future Prgramme f Wrk fr the Wrking Grup IV Regulatry Impact Analysis: Guidelines, Regulatry Tlkit and Pilt Studies Chair: Mr. Kheireddine Ben Sltane, Legal and Legislative Advisr t the Gvernment, Tunisia. This sessin is designed t discuss n a very practical level hw the intrductin and implementatin f a RIA can be carried ut fr a specific law prject. The fllwing initiatives f Wrking Grup IV, designed t encurage RIA implementatin in the regin, will be discussed: Speakers 1) A Plicy Brief n Tls t Initiate RIA develped t guide this intrductin and implementatin prcess will be presented. 2) Participants can envisage pssible pilt prjects fr RIA in their wn cuntry, and discuss the peratinal details f such a prject. 3) Partnership prjects between Arab and OECD, such as peer-t-peer c-peratin r study visits, culd be envisaged t facilitate the implementatin f the RIA pilt prjects at the natinal level. Questins Mr. Chukri Sader, Magistrate, Department f Legislatin and Cnsultatin, Ministry f Justice, Lebann. Mr. Thmas Ferris, Ecnmist, Ireland. Mr. Aarne Røvik, Senir Advisr, Ministry f Finance, Nrway. Mr Aleš Pecka, Advisr, Office f the Gvernment, Czech Republic. Mr. Jsé Gerard Traslshers Hernández, Minister fr Ecnmic Affairs, Trade and Industry, Permanent Delegatin f Mexic t the OECD, Ministry f Ecnmy, Mexic. Ms. Delia Rdrig, Plicy analyst, Regulatry Plicy Divisin, Public Gvernance and Territrial Develpment Directrate, OECD. What is the imprtance f having a reliable guideline t undertake RIA? Hw can it cntribute t change the administrative culture? In principle there is n general and universal actin plan t implement RIA, each case shuld be adapted t different natinal characteristics. The tlkit may help in this prcess. Which institutin shuld be respnsible fr defining the radmap? Hw des the implementatin f RIA change the rles f different institutins invlved in regulatry 2

5 plicy? THIRD REGIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP IV What are the lessns learned frm pilt prjects in OECD cuntries? Hw culd they cntribute t the Arab cuntries experiences? Based n the experiences f previus prjects and the prspects fr the new initiatives t cme, what are the benefits f implementing a RIA pilt prject? Hw lng shuld be the implementatin perid and the fllwing phases? What are the different stages? Official Lunch Special Drafting Grup fr the Reginal Charter fr Regulatry Quality This sessin will allw designated drafting experts t discuss the drafting f the Reginal Charter fr Regulatry Quality Sessin 3: Future Prgramme f Wrk fr the Wrking Grup IV Regulatry Framewrks fr Public Service Delivery and PPPs Chair: Mr. Mhammad Jaffer Kassim, Cnsultant & Legal Adviser, Ministry f Justice, Yemen. This sessin will allw participants t discuss and shape future activities in the field f Regulatry Framewrks fr Public Service Delivery and PPPs, which has been highlighted as key issue fr participating Arab cuntries during the Initiative. Issues that have been highlighted by Arab cuntries as a pririty and as future pssibilities fr implementatin include: Speakers 1) Sectral analysis f public service delivery. 2) Institutinal design f sectral regulatrs. 3) Set f guidelines fr implementatin f PPPs develped fr the MENA regin, based n OECD cuntry experiences and gd practices. Mr. Rahif Hajj-Ali, Senir Plicy Analyst, Institutinal Develpment Unit, Ministry f Administrative Refrm, Lebann. Mr. Mhammed Abu Zayed, Acting Department Head/Instructr, Birzeit University, Palestine. Mr. Ali Qassem Saif, Re-engineering crdinatr / Directr f the Training Centre, Ministry f Civil Service, Yemen. Ms. Tharwat Nureddin-Abzakh, Privatisatin Manager, Executive Privatisatin Cmmissin, Jrdan. Mr. Krkmaz Ilkrur, Directr, Ilkrur Advisry Services Ltd, Turkey, BIAC. Questins Public services are essential nt nly fr scial and ecnmic develpment, but als t attract investment and supprt ecnmic activity. The right mix f regulatins and ecnmic instruments is a challenge, whether supervised by a regulatry agency r a line ministry. The design f the regulatry framewrk thus is essential and shuld precede structural refrm in these sectrs. What is the institutinal and regulatry plicy design fr public service delivery such as water and telecmmunicatins? What is the institutinal design f the regulatry agency, in a ministry, in an agency? D regulatrs participate in any dmestic r internatinal netwrks f regulatrs? As public-private-partnerships have been cntinuusly intrduced in the last years, are there specific sectrs that appear t be mst suitable fr PPP develpment in the Middle East and Nrth African regin? Hw d future plans f Arab gvernments reflect such 3

6 Cffee Break THIRD REGIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP IV pssible suitability f certain sectrs? Hw d they plan t adapt regulatry framewrks t the new circumstances? Which are the lessns s far frm the experience f Arab cuntries with establishing PPPs? Which have been the precnditins fr success and what are the majr bstacles fr establishing PPPs? Hw are these bstacles being dealt with? Hw d they cpe with the different needs f regins and f scial-ecnmic grups, including vulnerable grups? Clsing Sessin: Future Prgramme f Wrk fr the Wrking Grup IV Mderatr: Jsef Knvitz, Head f the Regulatry Plicy Divisin, Public Gvernance and Territrial Develpment Directrate, OECD. This sessin will be an pprtunity fr members f the GfD Wrking Grup IV t discuss future wrk based n the review f recent activities, cvering: a) reginal capacity-building activities n reginal pririty themes; b) peer-t-peer c-peratin & partnership prjects amng Arab and OECD cuntries at the cuntry level; c) indicatrs and mnitring tls fr PPPs, Public Service Delivery and Regulatry Refrm Wrap-Up f the Third Reginal Meeting f the Wrking Grup IV (Draft Reginal Charter fr Regulatry Quality, Regulatry Framewrks fr Public Service Delivery and PPPs, and Regulatry Impact Analysis). Next Steps fr Wrking Grup IV and the GfD Initiative. Speaker Ms. Firenza Barazzni, Directr Regulatry Simplificatin Unit, Presidency f the Cuncil f Ministers, Italy. C-Chair f Wrking Grup IV. Mr. Martin Frst, Senir Administratr, General Crdinatr f the GfD Initiative, Public Gvernance and Territrial Develpment Directrate, OECD Official Dinner hsted by the Centre fr Legal and Judiciary Studies, Ministry f Justice and Human Rights, Tunisia. 4