The OECD Secretariat would like to express its gratitude to all of its partners who helped make the publication of this report possible.
First of all, the OECD would like to thank the directors of the public administrations and institutions that guarantee access to information in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia, who took the time to answer questions and who actively participated in the working meetings. It would like to extend its thanks in particular to:
The Office of the Minister of Government Reform in Lebanon
The Chair and members of the National Authority for Access to Information, the E-Government Unit, and the Office of Administrative Reforms and Prospects in Tunisia
The Ministry of the Reform of the Administration and Public Service in Morocco
The Office of Public and Media Relations at the Council for Information in Jordan
The OECD would also like to thank the representatives of civil society who participated in the information sharing meetings and who provided their perspectives and proposals, especially Article 19-Tunisia and Open Knowledge Foundation-Germany.
Lastly, the OECD expresses its gratitude to the public officials of the OECD member countries who acted as peers during the seminars, especially Ms. Christelle Guichard, Ms. Concepción Campos, and Mr. Julian Prior.
This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance, directed by Marcos Bontouri. It forms part of the Open Government Project conducted by the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, which is directed by Martin Forst. It was developed under the strategic direction of Alessandro Bellantoni, and written by Amira Tlili and Richard Martinez. It has also benefited from the contributions of Katharina Zuegel, Lamia Benhoummane and Guillaume Biganzoli. Roxana Glavanov provided editorial support and prepared the manuscript for publication. Claudio Cambon translated the manuscript into English.
This study was conducted as part of the mandate to promote open government reforms in the MENA region, received by the OECD by the G7 Deauville Partnership with Arab countries in transition.
The OECD would like to thank the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States for its financial support.