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34 F. Other Activities In FY2010, several activities took place in addition to the delivery of direct TA and the two evaluation missions. These activities included the preparation of the program document for METAC’s Phase III and outreach activities. Program Document Annual Report METAC worked jointly with the IMF’s Office of Technical Assistance Management (OTM) and the MCD on the program document, which was issued in December 2009. This document lays out METAC’s TA strategy and country-specific activities for Phase III (May 2010-April 2015). METAC’s strategy is based on consultations with country authorities, the experience acquired by METAC with beneficiary countries over the past few years, and member countries’ requests, taking into account the recommendations of the recent independent external evaluation. This strategy provides an overall direction of METAC’s work. It will be updated regularly, and applied flexibly to reflect new developments and new emerging needs. The second Annual Report was issued in October 2009 ahead of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Istanbul. The report highlighted METAC’s major activities and accomplishments during the year, and outlined the work plan for FY2010 and the priorities based on the outcome of the SC meeting that took place in early May 2009. Outreach activities METAC participated in several outreach activities in FY2010. The METAC Coordinator (i) presented the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for the Middle East and North Africa in October 2009 to the media and a couple of universities; (ii) participated in a panel on "Challenges of Competence and Confidence Building” at the Basel Fuleihan Institute of the Ministry of Finance of Lebanon (MOF); (iii) made a presentation on lessons from the financial crisis in a conference on “New approach to Risk Management” in Beirut with the participation of high officials from the region; (iv) made a presentation on the “Status and Impact of Economic Policy in the Arab Region in the context of the global financial and economic crisis” in the conference on “Economic Reform and Private Sector in BMENA Region in the Context of the International Financial Crisis”; and (v) led roundtable discussions with university students on the major economic challenges facing them as part the Youth Dialogue Initiative launched by the IMF in early 2010. While carrying out these activities, METAC Coordinator used these opportunity to
35 highlight the work done by METAC and to stress the importance of capacity building in the region. Donors Meeting METAC organized a donors meeting in Beirut on April 13, 2010. The meeting was attended by some 20 representatives of both recipient and donor countries, and was chaired by Ms. Raya Haffar, the Minister of Finance of Lebanon. Ms. Haffar reiterated Lebanon’s strong commitment to METAC, emphasizing that this commitment never wavered even under the most difficult circumstances. She urged donors to increase their contributions to METAC substantially since an effective METAC is good for the whole region. For Phase III, Minister Haffar committed that Lebanon will contribute $1 million Minister Haffar at the Donors' Meeting a year to METAC, in addition to the rent and the salary of METAC local staff (estimated at another $300,000 per year). METAC Coordinator made a Presentation on METAC’s activities, achievements, and the way forward, and answered questions from participants, including on coordination with other TA providers, the way METAC operates, and recipient countries’ views on the work of METAC. Several donors expressed interest in supporting METAC in Phase III.
Page 1: G L B A L P A R T N E R S H I P S S
Page 4 and 5: 2 Foreword by the METAC Coordinator
Page 6 and 7: 4 SELECTED ACRONYMS ABL AFRITACs AI
Page 8 and 9: 6 Contents Page METAC Countries / C
Page 10 and 11: 8 SECTION I: THE IMF’S RTAC INITI
Page 12 and 13: 10 Banking Supervision METAC assist
Page 14 and 15: 12 SECTION II: METAC EVALUATION AND
Page 16 and 17: 14 The METAC programme is highly re
Page 18 and 19: 16 Technical Assistance Delivery On
Page 20 and 21: 18 Risk management and Basel II One
Page 22 and 23: 20 Box 2. The Palestine Monetary Au
Page 24 and 25: 22 B. Macroeconomic Statistics Macr
Page 26 and 27: 24 Compiling and improving IIP s
Page 28 and 29: 26 progress towards the establishme
Page 30 and 31: 28 METAC also organized a workshop
Page 32 and 33: 30 Jordan on MTEF, focusing spec
Page 34 and 35: 32 Box 3. International Bank Accoun
Page 38 and 39: 36 SECTION IV: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Page 40 and 41: 38 Table 1: METAC Technical Assista
Page 42 and 43: 40 Strengthening on-site supervis
Page 44 and 45: 42 In line with METAC’s strategy
Page 46 and 47: 44 Supporting broader capital m
Page 48 and 49: 46 SECTION VII: STAFFING NEWS Mr. G
Page 50 and 51: 48 Regional Activities PUBLIC FINAN
Page 52 and 53: 50 ANNEX 2: LIST OF SEMINARS / WORK
Page 54 and 55: 52 Jordan Sector Mission Activities
Page 56 and 57: 54 Libya Sector Mission Activities
Page 58 and 59: 56 Syria Revenue Administration Sup
Page 60 and 61: 58 ANNEX 4: METAC STEERING COMMITTE
Page 62 and 63: 60 METAC STAFF PROFILES The Center
Page 64: 62 Public Debt Management and Money

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