Presentation Session 1: Nicola Ehlermann Cache, OECD ISMED Annual Conference, Defining a Way Forward for Infrastructure Investment in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) 4 December 2014 - Paris, France

1. ISMED Annual Conference
Defining a Way Forward for Infrastructure Investment in the Middle East
and North Africa
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Nicola Ehlermann-Cache, Head of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme
Paris, 4 December 2014

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Investment climate Business environment
MENA challenges
OECD activities
• High unemployment
(world highest youth
unemployment rate)
• Limited growth
• Regional dialogue on
investment policies
and promotion
• Country assessments
• Fostering regional
integration
(cooperation with the
Arab League)
• Regional dialogue on
SME and
entrepreneurship
• SME Policy Index
ISMED Programme
• Increase legal investment security and mitigate risks in
infrastructure projects
Attracting infrastructure investment for job
creation and sustainable development
Creating framework conditions for doing
business
Women in
the economy
Business
integrity
ISMED integrated in the 4 pillars of the MENA-
OECD Investment Programme

3. • PPP investment climate: a subset of the overall investment climate
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ISMED rationale:
 Infrastructure plays a vital role & governments procure
infrastructure is changing
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• MENA infrastructure needs
through 2020: 6.9% of annual
regional GDP (World Bank,
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• Methods of procuring
infrastructure have evolved:
Public-Private Partnerships
are now a key component of
infrastructure procurement.
Infrastructure projects in the MENA
region, by type of projects (1990-2012)

4. ISMED:
Working together for development in the
MENA region
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The ISMED approach:
• Working with governments at the horizontal, project and sector level to provide policy guidance
and improve frameworks.
• Engaging in Public-Private Dialogues to bring all stakeholders together to discuss the obstacles
to PPP development and practical solutions.
• Working with IFIs to identify obstacles and barriers to investment, and solutions.

5. • ISMED experience suggests a role for the OECD in helping MENA governments
understand the challenges of PPPs.
• The OECD can help lay the ground work for IFI involvement
 Following ISMED’s work in Egypt’s river transport sector, AfDB and EBRD have now become
engaged with the River Transport Authority to determine the feasibility of a project to build river
ports.
• The OECD as a convening power for IFIs consultations
 Spring 2014: bilateral discussions with experts from EBRD, EIB, IFC, EC, MIGA and exchange of
information and studies.
 Exchange best practices in key sectors
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The Way Forward
ISMED: a complementary and coordinated
approach with IFIs

6. Ms Nicola Ehlermann-Cache
Head of MENA-OECD Investment Programme
Global Relations Secretariat, OECD
Nicola.Ehlermann-Cache@oecd.org
www.oecd.org/investment/psd/ismed.htm
With the financial assistance of the European Commission
Key Contacts