Events & Trainings

On July 10, the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) marked a major milestone — its 30th anniversary [...]

The final day of the WAIPA Global Leadership & Innovation in Investment Promotion Masterclass, held in collaboration with the [...]

The third day of the WAIPA Global Leadership & Innovation in Investment Promotion Masterclass, held in collaboration with the [...]

The second day of the WAIPA Global Leadership & Innovation in Investment Promotion Masterclass  collaboration with the World Free Zones [...]

The inaugural WAIPA Global Leadership & Innovation in Investment Promotion Masterclass officially launched in Geneva, bringing together a distinguished [...]

WAIPA’s actively participated at the AIM Congress 2025, which took place on 7-9 April in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Under [...]

The High-Level Policy Dialogue, held as part of the Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025 in Dhaka, brought together the highest [...]

WAIPA officially kicked off its latest project "Strengthening the capacities of DRC organizations to attract foreign investment and support [...]

The International Summit: Unlocking Investment Through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) coorganized by Invest Cyprus - CIPA, WAIPA, and WAPPP | [...]

On 5 March 2025, WAIPA, in collaboration with UNCTAD and ProDominicana, hosted the Workshop on FDI Statistics, bringing together [...]

The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), with the support of its Vice-Presidency Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority [...]

The 2nd edition of the WAIPA Global FDI Masterclass Series launched last week with its inaugural session, "Elevating Investment [...]

This week, nearly 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries gathered at the 2025 World Economic Forum under the theme [...]

Geneva, Switzerland – The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the World Free Zones Organization (WFZO) have [...]

1. BICFIT Dialogue: Uniting SMEs with Green Transitions WAIPA CEO Mr. Ismail Ersahin participated in the official launch of [...]

Introducing the Newly Established Executive Board of the World Investment Conference WAIPA is proud to announce the establishment of [...]

On September 19, WAIPA hosted its sixth and final Masterclass of the year, titled “Beyond Investment: Mastering Aftercare and Advocacy.” [...]

WAIPA actively participated in the 24th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), which was held from 7th-11th [...]

Davos, Switzerland - January 18, 2024 In a resounding commitment to transformative change through strategic partnerships, WAIPA marked its participation [...]

The first day of the conference was dedicated to raise the awareness of IPA members on recent trends related [...]

WAIPA’s 27th World Investment Conference took place December 11-14 at the India International Convention and Expo Center Event served as [...]

27th World Investment Conference to take place December 11-14 at the India International Convention and Expo Center CEO of the [...]

Organized by WAIPA in cooperation with FDI Center, the workshop titled: "Making the Most of Your IPA’s Website: Improving [...]

WAIPA achieved another yearly milestone in the past week. WAIPA’s participation at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum (WIF) was instrumental [...]

Africa, the continent of plenty natural resources, human capital and one of the largest growing consumer markets in the [...]

Every year WAIPA organizes a CEO’s round table to discuss new trends in FDI and the investment landscape. Last [...]

EIF Global Forum: Learning from country experiences Thematic Session 5: Private sector engagement and regional integration On 12th September, [...]

Press Release How Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and trade institutions could leverage digital tools to create sustainable supply chain partnerships [...]

WAIPA was delighted to participate at the China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT) and co-organize The United [...]

Organized by United Nations ESCAP, together with The ASEAN Secretariat, the Ministry of Investment / Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board [...]

WAIPA, with the support of EIF and IsDB  organized a webinar "LDCs Rising: The Power of IPAs in Driving Growth" on [...]

OCO Global and WAIPA have jointly organized a virtual event to launch their report titled "The New Laws of [...]

WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have jointly organized a course in [...]

WAIPA participated in AIM 2023 in Abu Dhabi from 7-10 May 2023 in sessions, presentations, speaking engagements, [...]

Mr. Ismail Ersahin, CEO & Executive Director at WAIPA, attended and participated at the #SelectUSA Investment Summit, the premier [...]

Mr. Ismail Ersahin, Executive Director and CEO of WAIPA, participated in the MIPIM held in Cannes, France on 20th of [...]

WAIPA organized an exclusive 3-part masterclass series for its members on the theme of “Decoding Institutional Investors” from the [...]

WAIPA actively participated in the 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5) held in Doha, Qatar from the [...]

World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and [...]

The Sharjah Investment Forum was held on the 8th and 9th of February 2023. The World Association of Investment [...]

The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) organized a webinar for its member IPAs on the crucial theme [...]

During the World Economic Forum 23 (WEF) in Davos, the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) jointly organized an [...]

OECD, a consultative Committee member of WAIPA, organised their first in person Investment Week after a gap pf 3 [...]

Every year WAIPA explores different tools to better benefit its members and to provide them with different initiatives to [...]

In its 26th year and alongside its main panel, the World Investment conference which is a platform for the [...]

On 13 September 2022 and alongside WIC22, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organized a Conference for Investment [...]

PRESS RELEASE BAB launched at World investment conference WIC22 “BAB is the private sector wing at WAIPA” WAIPA Business [...]

UNDP SDG Impact and WAIPA Forms Partnership to Accelerate Private Capital Towards the SDGs Geneva, September 15, 2022: SDG [...]