This report is published by the OECD Public Governance Directorate under the guidance of Marcos Bonturi, Director of Public Governance and the strategic direction of Martin Forst, Head of Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division.
Under the direct supervision of Miriam Allam, Head of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme, this report was authored by Gamze Igrioglu from the OECD Secretariat. The Report benefited from valuable comments from Nikolai Malyshev, Head of Regulatory Policy Division.
Particular thanks are expressed to Justice Hanni Hanna, Judge Magued Sobhi, Edward Donelan, Jean-Jacques Hible, Carina Sugden and William Robinson for their comments. Many thanks are also expressed to Filippo Cavassini, Eric Combes, Sherif Fawzi, Jean-Christophe Geiser, Sébastien Jeannard, Maggie Kamel, Mohamed Refai, Wolfgang Rusch, Wim Voermans and Helen Xanthaki for their contributions. Daisy Knox-Murphy provided logistical support, and Andrea Uhrhammer, Ciara Muller, Amelia Godber and Roxana Glavanov provided editing and publishing support.
The OECD would like to thank the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, especially the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, for their active engagement, coordination and assistance in completing this report. The OECD would like to express particular thanks to H.E. Justice Mohamed Hosam Ahmed Ali Abdel-Reheem, Minister of Justice and H.E. Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation for their commitment to the partnership. The OECD would like to thank the African Development Bank for their cooperation.
The report is a contribution of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme within the scope of “Strengthening the Rule of Law: Effective and transparent delivery of justice and rule-making in Egypt” project, supported financially by the MENA Transition Fund Project of the G7 Deauville Partnership.