WAIPA ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT AND STEERING COMMITTEE AHEAD OF WORLD INVESTMENT CONFERENCE 2025
For immediate release Sharjah, October 21, 2025 Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority assumes presidency as WAIPA strengthens its global [...]
For immediate release Sharjah, October 21, 2025 Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority assumes presidency as WAIPA strengthens its global [...]
On July 10, the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) marked a major milestone — its 30th anniversary [...]
WAIPA’s World Investment Conference 2025 to take place in Sharjah, UAE, 22-24 October 2025 Host Agreement signed in the [...]
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 [...]
Day 3 of WAIPA’s flagship event focuses on partnerships, regional cooperation and operational excellence for resilient investment Riyadh [...]
As WAIPA’s flagship event continues, focus turns to digital technology, localizing value chains and forging global partnerships Riyadh — [...]
Event brings together global leaders in foreign direct investment; Winners of WAIPA Investment Excellence Awards celebrated Riyadh — Under [...]
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 [...]
The 27th annual WAIPA World Investment Conference (#WIC23) was held in New Delhi, India from 11-14 December 2023. The [...]
IPA – Investor Connect: For the first time ever, and in keeping with WAIPA’s role as a connector of [...]
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 [...]
The WAIPA Permanent Secretariat was on a 5-days visit to India, where they have kickstarted the first chapter of the WAIPA [...]
WAIPA was delighted to be part of the Annual Investment Meeting Congress, which took place last week in Dubai, [...]
The WAIPA "Integrating innovative approaches in investment promotion" pre-conference workshop was held on the day before the official opening of [...]
The first session of the FDI Excellence Series 2022 edition was the first WAIPA event during this week and was [...]
“Investment Aftercare Explained. A Guide for FDI Practitioners and Policymakers on How to Grow and Retain Investors,” the first book to systematically [...]
We have the pleasure to officially inform you that the 25th WAIPA World Investment Conference and the General Assembly [...]