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7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government [English]: The 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government offers plenary sessions, workshops and meetings, designed to contribute directly to the Millennium Development Goals by strengthening state capacity and improving the quality of governance.

A New Partnership for the Greater Middle East: Combating Terrorism, Building Alliance [English]: Senator Richard G. Lugar proposes the creation of a grant-making Greater Middle East Twenty First Century Trust. The Brookings Institution, Monday, March 29, 2004.

Alexandria Statement: Issues of Reform in the Arab World - March 2004 [English] [Arabic]: Final Statement of "Arab Reform Issues: Visions and Implementation," conference March 12-14, 2004, The Conference was held at the Bibliotheca of Alexandria. in collaboration with the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, the Arab Business Council, the Arab Women's Organization, the Economic Research Forum, and the Arab Organization for Human Rights.

American Bar Association [English]: The ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.

American suggestion to create the Greater Middle East Development Fund [Arabic]: By Mohammad Khaled, El-Hayat, 31 March, 2004, based on Senator Lugar suggestion of Greater Middle East Twenty First Century Trust.

Arab Reform Forum [English] [Arabic] [French]: Established on the recommendation of the "Arab Reform Conference: from Rhetoric to Reality", held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina 12-14 March 2004. The conference was organized under the auspices of the Egyptian President with the participation of several Arab civil society organizations and the co-sponsorship of the Arab Academy for Science & Technology, the Arab Business Council, the Arab Women Organization, the Economic Research Forum and the Arab Organization for Human Rights. The "Alexandria Document", issued by the conference, crystallized a genuine Arab vision of reform and its priorities.

Arab Reform Initiative [English] [Arabic]: The Arab Reform Initiative is a network of independent Arab research and policy institutes, with partners from the United States and Europe. Its goal is to mobilize the Arab research capacity to advance knowledge and develop a program for democratic reform in the Arab World that is realistic and home grown. The Initiative also aims to produce policy recommendations that can help promote reform in the region.

Arab Renewal [Arabic]:

Centre for Judicial Studies Australia [English]: The Center for Judicial Studies Australia (CJS) is an internationally respected independent specialist in legal / judicial development and reform.

Charter to Reform the Arab Stand: the Saudi Initiative [English]: Presented by Crown Prince Abdullah, to the Arab summit held in March 2003. The document was published in Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on 13 January, 2003.

Commission of Judicial Reform [Arabic]: A Ministry of Justice commission responsible for the consolidation and modernization of the Lebanese laws.

Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute [English]: The Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI) provides support and linkage among existing Commonwealth judicial education bodies and encourages the sharing of information.

Constitution Making [English]: This site is intended to provide people engaged in constitutional drafting access to essential materials, insights, and expertise. It features a series of reports on topics that are central to national constitutions. The reports provide information on trends and patterns in the choice of different constitutional provisions, as well as representative excerpts that illustrate an array of choices for the issue.

Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement OECD Joint Learning Study on Morocco [English] [French]: The aim of this Initiative is to modernize public governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through a programme divided into seven key areas: integrity and prevention of corruption in the public sector; human resource management; e-government and administrative simplification; regulatory quality; relations between national, regional and local authorities; management of public finance; public service delivery and public private partnerships.

Equity and Reconciliation Committee [English] [Arabic] [French]: King Mohammed VI created Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission (ERC). It represents Morocco’s commitment to political reform.

European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice [English] [French]: European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) aims to improve the efficiency and functioning of justice in the member states, and the development of the implementation of the instruments adopted by the council of Europe.

European Policies for Middle East Reform: A 10-Point Action Plan [English]: Dr. Richard Youngs, the Civility Program Coordinator, the European programme of research, events and publications aimed at informing Western strategies for political reform in the Greater Middle East.

G8 Plan of Support for Reform [English] [Arabic]: Adopted on June 11, 2004 at the G8 summit in Sea Island, USA.

Global Forum on Reinventing Government Toward Participatory and Transparent Governance [English]:

Governance News [English] [Arabic]:

Governance News [Arabic]: Yearly report 2004: Judicial and legal reform.

Governance News [Arabic]: Annual Report 2004 - Part Two: Judicial and legal reform.

Hawkamah, the Institute for Corporate Governance [English]: A think tank that aims to promote corporate sector reform and good governance, to assist the countries of the region in developing and implementing sustainable Corporate Governance strategies adapted to national requirements and objectives. Hawkamah aims to become a central source of technical assistance, advisory services, monitoring, analysis, research, consultation and reform in corporate governance.

Hisham Mubarak Law Center [English] [Arabic]: An Egyptian Law Center active in areas of judicial contestation, legal campaigns and legal research inside Egypt.

Lawyers Without Borders [English] [French]: ASF is a non-governmental organization acting in the field of law and justice. It works to promote, to strengthen, and to protect civil, political, social and cultural human rights of individuals and people.

Ministry of Administrative Development [Arabic]:

Ministry of State for Administrative Development [English] [Arabic]:

Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform [English] [Arabic] [French]:

Penal Reform International [English]: Penal Reform International is an international non-governmental organization working on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide.

Promoting the Rule of Law - Middle East & North Africa [English]: This is the American Bar Association Rule of Law Programs in the Middle East that administers regional and bilateral programs focusing on judicial development, women and the law, legal education, and the legal profession. The programs' initiatives aim to strengthen the standing of individual countries and the region as a whole vis-à-vis international standards on judicial independence and support the legal rights of women and their participation in the legal profession across the region while augmenting legal professional development and legal education.

Qatari Initiative for Political Reforms in the Arab World [Arabic]:

Sana'a Declaration - Economic Reform in Emerging Democracies [English]: A statement issued by the attendees of the conference - Managing the Twin Transitions: Political and Economic Reform in Emerging Democracies Forum, Yemen June 27-30, 1999- sponsored by National Democracy Institute for International Affairs and other international donors.

Sana'a Declaration on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court [English] [Arabic]:

The State of Reform in the Arab World 2008 [English]: This report provides a detailed overview and analysis of the status of reform in 8 selected Arab countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Yemen). The indicators within the report cover three different dimensions: the constitutional or legal angle, public opinion and impressions, and the actual behavior patterns of regimes in power, based on their performance on the ground.

World Bank - Legal and Judicial Reform [English]: Legal Reforms and Judicial Reforms are essential for sustainable development and poverty reduction - the heart of the World Bank's mission. Through a comprehensive approach that emphasizes strengthening the rule of law to reduce poverty, the Legal and Judicial Reform Practice Group is working with governments, judges, lawyers, scholars, civil society representatives and other organizations to build better legal institutions and judicial systems that address the needs of the poor and the most vulnerable. This site's objective is to share legal knowledge for development and information about the World Bank's legal reform and judicial reform activities and projects.