Cooperation in the Mediterranean 
COOPÉRER EN MÉDITERRANÉE :
Regards croisés des administrations économiques et financières
Shared perspectives of the economic and finance administrations
May 19th 2010: Publication of conference proceedings (French). Download
Programme
8:15am -9:00am 
Welcome (Coffee)
9:00am -9:30am
- Welcoming address – Mrs Agnès Arcier, ADETEF Chairwoman France
- Opening address – Mrs Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment
9:30am -10:15am
Introductory session: Supporting public economic and financial governance reforms
Institutional cooperation is driven by the political will of the southern and eastern Mediterranean and EU governments to align the way the economic administrations are run and regulated. Does cooperation support the reforms undertaken by these countries? Does it work for shared development?
Participants:
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Mr Benoit COEURE, Assistant Director General, Treasury and Economic Policy General Directorate, ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment, France.
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Mr Ridha FERCHIOU, former Minister, Chairman and Director General of the Institut Tunis-Dauphine, Tunisia
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Mr Richard Heber WEBER, Assistant Director General, EuropeAid Co-operation Office, European Commission
Mr Philippe MEUNIER, Assistant Director-General, General Directorate for Globalization, Development and Partnerships, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France
Round table 1: How effective is international technical cooperation?
International technical expertise funded by French, local or multinational financing works towards the achievement of partner countries’ reform goals. Do the cooperation tools used effectively contribute to the reform efforts made in the partner countries? What are the effectiveness indicators?
10:30am-11:15am
Part 1: Public finance modernisation
Participants:
- Mr Noureddine BENSOUDA, Director General, General Directorate for Taxation, ministry of Economy and Finance, Morocco
- Mr Alain BIFANI, Director General, General Directorate for Finance, ministry of Finance, Lebanon
- Mr Philippe RAMBAL, Assistant Director General, Public Finance General Directorate, ministry for the Budget, Public Accounts, the Civil Service and State Reform, France
11:30am- 12:45am
Part 2: Economic development 
Participants:
- Mr Anouar BEN JRAD, Twinning Project Manager, Office national de l’Artisanat (National Handicraft Office) Tunisia
- Mr Riad DAOUDI, Consultant Lawyer, Head of the Commission tasked with drafting the law on public-private partnerships (PPPs), reporting to the Office of the Prime Minister, Syria
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Mrs Catherine GRAS, Assistant Director General, General Directorate for Competitiveness, Industry and Services, ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment)
- Mr Khelifa TOUNAKTI, Director General, General Directorate for Competition and Economic Survey, Ministry for Trade and Handicraft, Tunisia
12:45am-2:15pm
Lunch
2:15pm-3:30pm
Round table 2: What bridges can be built between bilateral cooperation and regional cooperation?
Many development projects are only fully effective in a regional setting. Regional technical assistance projects are facilitators for South-South dialogue and exchanges. What balance can be found between the pros and cons of bilateral and regional cooperation?
Participants: 
- Mr Sheriff BATTISHA, Vice-Chairman, the Egyptian Post, Egypt
- Mr Charles HANTOUCHE, Resident Consultant to TEYap, Turkish Electricity Distribution Corporation, France
- Mr Philippe LOREC, Assistant Director General, General Directorate for Energy and Climate, ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea, France
- Mr Thierry PACCOUD, Coordinator for MEDSTAT II (lot2), InSyDe, Luxembourg
- Mr Mohammed TAAMOUTI, Director, Statistics Director, High Commission for Planning, Morocco
Round Table 3: Training administration managers: what are the implications for economic and financial governance?
Training is a strategic tool for the stability and sustainability of knowledge and skills in the economic and financial administrations. Do the cooperation actions undertaken effectively transfer knowledge and are they conducive to ownership of the skills and methods?
Participants
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Mme Mona AL MASRI, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance, Palestinian Authority
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M. Mohamed Abdou BOUDERBALA,Customs Director General, Ministry of Finance, Algeria
- M. Philippe LEVEQUE, Head Office of the Modernisation Service, General Secretariat, ministries for Budget, Economy and Finance, France
- Mme Lamia EL MOUBAYED BISAT, Director, Institute of Finance, Lebanon
- M. Safwat EL NAHASS, President, Central Agency for Organisation and Administration, Egypt
Concluding session: What is the outlook for the development of the cooperation tools?
- M. Antonio FERNANDEZ POYATO, Director of the FIAPP, Spanish Presidency of the European Union
- M. Jan Robert SUESSER, Director of ADETEF,
France
ADETEF and the directorates thank their guests for coming, making this day a success, and contributing to the richness of the debates.
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