Participants in a meeting for officials from ombudsmen bureaus in the Mediterranean stressed during a meeting in Amman importance of independence of these institutions to achieve efficiency and address rising challenges, organizers said today.
The Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM) organized its Seventh Meeting in Amman/Jordan on the theme Towards a better treatment of complaints against the administration” and concluded on June 11.
Participants discussed obstacles that face ombudsmen, means to improve their performance and future cooperation, imbalances in public administration and social and economic influence of the Arab revolutions and political turmoil on Mediterranean countries. On the sideline of the conference, Jordan and Morocco signed a memo to boost cooperation between the two countries to exchange of experience in this field.
Head of Morocco’s Mediator Institution Abdelaziz Benzakour, said his country’s ombudsman bureau was established in 2001 and developed into a more powerful and effective institution.
