1. By Carlos Conde, programme coordinator. OECD-MENA Governance Programme
Developing Tools for Measuring Performance, the GfD Contribution Working Group on E Government and Administrative Simplification IV Regional Meeting Tunis, 29 May 2008
By Carlos Conde, programme coordinator. OECD-MENA Governance Programme

2. MEASURING PUBLIC GOVERNANCE, WHY?
Appropriate information reinforces government capacities
Helps decision making
Builds evaluation capacities
Appropriate information is a tool for gaining support to reform
Visibility in front of international stakeholders
Visibility in front of internal stakeholders
Appropriate information enriches regional dialogue
Lesson-learning and identification of good practices among Arab and OECD countries
Toolkit approach : what is available?

3. THE GfD APPROACH, CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS
Co-ownership
Bottom-up approach : answering to policy makers demand
A tool oriented to action (not to make judgements)
Method and strategy
Jointly defined
Integrated in the Programme of Work
Output
Periodical reviews + specialised publications
Some numbers + Qualitative (i. e. institutional frameworks) + Background information (i.e. country factsheets)

4. INDICATING DIRECTION, YOUR INPUT
What information and data are you already collecting?
What are your needs in terms of collecting data and information for better policy-making?
How can the GfD Initiative contribute to improve these data collection efforts?

5. THANK YOU!