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19 11, 2024

WAIPA at COP29: Pioneering Green Transitions, Climate FDI, and Renewable Energy Investments

2024-11-19T12:08:04+03:00November 19th, 2024|

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

14 10, 2024

Dr. James X. Zhan Joins WAIPA as Chair of the Executive Board of the World Investment Conference

2024-10-14T17:44:50+03:00October 14th, 2024|

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

29 08, 2024

Masterclass 5 | Investment Magnets: Investor Targeting, Aligning with Outward IPAs & Incentive Schemes

2024-08-29T13:49:30+03:00August 29th, 2024|

On August 26, WAIPA hosted its fifth Masterclass: “Investment Magnets: Investor Targeting, Aligning with Outward IPAs & Incentive Schemes”. The [...]

24 07, 2024

WAIPA Regional Meeting in Santo Domingo: A week of Collaborative Efforts and Strategic Discussions

2024-07-24T11:30:35+03:00July 24th, 2024|

The WAIPA Regional Meeting for Central America and the Caribbean, held on 17-18 July in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic [...]

8 07, 2024

2nd Meeting WAIPA’s Subcommittee of Regional IPA Associations advanced collaborative efforts

2024-07-08T12:39:19+03:00July 8th, 2024|

Building on the resounding success of the inaugural meeting, the 2nd WAIPA’s Subcommittee of Regional IPA Associations Meeting held [...]

25 03, 2024

SCRIPA Sparks Global Investment Transformation with Inaugural Meeting’s Meaningful Participation

2024-04-24T10:29:26+03:00March 25th, 2024|

With clear objectives to promote joint action, facilitate knowledge exchange, and devise actionable projects for mutual growth, WAIPA's Subcommittee [...]

21 03, 2024

Key Takeaways from WAIPA-WBG Collaborative Webinar: Unveiling IPAs Insights and Trends since 2005

2024-03-21T15:36:45+03:00March 21st, 2024|

We uncovered valuable insights from the collaboration between WAIPA and the World Bank in our recent webinar on Investment [...]

22 02, 2024

Reflecting on a Successful UNIDO- WAIPA Webinar: Investment Promotion and Facilitation in ACP region

2024-03-21T15:50:03+03:00February 22nd, 2024|

In the wake of the 27th World Investment Conference held in December 2023 in New Delhi, India, WAIPA and [...]

25 01, 2024

WAIPA leads transformative discussions at the 54th World Economic Forum in Davos

2024-02-07T10:42:44+03:00January 25th, 2024|

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

2 11, 2023

WIC Press Release: Leaders of International Investment Set to Gather in New Delhi for Strategic Discussions on FDI

2023-11-02T09:40:48+03:00November 2nd, 2023|

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

13 07, 2023

Mr. Ismail Ersahin, CEO & Executive Director, WAIPA, on UNCTAD’s World Investment Report ’23

2023-07-25T13:29:46+03:00July 13th, 2023|

UNCTAD has released its latest World Investment Report, an authoritative source of information on global foreign direct investment (FDI) [...]

16 11, 2022

WAIPA & United Nations ESCAP Announce Partnership for Asia Pacific Trade, Investment and Innovation Week 2023

2022-11-29T11:19:02+03:00November 16th, 2022|

The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) is delighted to announce a partnership with the United Nations Economic [...]

21 10, 2022

WAIPA at 7th IPA Network Meeting & 5th Roundtable on Investment & Sustainable Development organised by OECD

2022-10-21T15:16:07+03:00October 21st, 2022|

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

6 10, 2022

UNDP SDG Impact and WAIPA Forms Partnership to Accelerate Private Capital Towards the SDGs

2022-10-06T10:24:19+03:00October 6th, 2022|

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

4 07, 2022

WAIPA Appoints KW Group (Malaysia) As Regional Advisor for Asia Pacific region to Enhance Support For Regional IPAs

2022-07-06T12:54:35+03:00July 4th, 2022|

The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has announced the appointment of Malaysia-based KW Group as Regional Advisors, Asia [...]

23 06, 2022

WAIPA, EIF and IsDB announce the launch of a new program to enhance IP capabilities in francophone LDCs in collaboration with OCO Global

2022-06-23T13:35:30+03:00June 23rd, 2022|

WAIPA, EIF and IsDB announce the launch of a new program to enhance investment promotion capabilities in francophone least developed [...]

28 03, 2022

WAIPA Steering Committee Meeting

2022-06-01T13:37:43+03:00March 28th, 2022|

The WAIPA Steering Committee meeting was held this week on the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai. The hybrid meeting [...]

25 02, 2022

Call for consultancy services

2022-03-10T15:51:18+03:00February 25th, 2022|

Call for Consultancy Services *The deadline for the call of consultancy was postponed to 31 March 2022. Building on [...]

9 12, 2021

WAIPA Joins Forces with IsDB to Strengthen Technical Capacities of IPAs in OIC Member Countries

2021-12-13T14:38:25+03:00December 9th, 2021|

Jeddah / Geneva, 9 December 2021 - The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in partnership with the [...]

14 07, 2021

WAIPA and EIF hold a webinar on the joint Capacity Development Project for LDCs and the way forward with new engagements under inter agency partnership of UNCTAD-UNIDO-ILO and UN-OHRLLS

2021-07-14T11:26:05+03:00July 14th, 2021|

The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has finalized the first part of the project co-funded by EIF [...]

17 09, 2020

WAIPA-WBG Webinar: “State of Investment Promotion Agencies – Evidence from WAIPA-WBG’s Joint Global Survey”

2020-09-18T15:38:50+03:00September 17th, 2020|

WAIPA & The World Bank Group (WBG) had a pleasure to present the details of the global survey report [...]

21 07, 2020

EIF and WAIPA Webinar: “COVID-19 implications on global value chains and investment opportunities for the LDCs”

2020-07-21T13:43:14+03:00July 21st, 2020|

On 15 July 2020, WAIPA in partnership with EIF  organized webinar titled “COVID-19 implications on global value chains and investment opportunities [...]

16 07, 2020

WAIPA-UNCTAD Online Discussion: Reset Investment Promotion in a New Era of International Production

2020-07-16T15:47:58+03:00July 16th, 2020|

On 9 July 2020, WAIPA  and UNCTAD organized the online discussion on “World Investment Report 2020: International Production beyond [...]

13 07, 2020

Call for consultancy

2020-08-12T12:21:51+03:00July 13th, 2020|

The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) will implement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [...]

10 06, 2020

Ten Actions to Boost Low and Middle-Income Countries’ Productive Capacity for Medicines

2020-06-10T15:26:31+03:00June 10th, 2020|

Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger [...]

3 06, 2020

WAIPA Huawei Webinar | “Optimize investment conditions can accelerate digital economic recovery”

2020-06-04T16:30:15+03:00June 3rd, 2020|

On 19 May 2020 WAIPA and Huawei jointly organized an online panel discussion titled “Optimize investment conditions to accelerate [...]

7 04, 2020

WAIPA to launch the COVID-19 Platform with insightful resources related to the effects of COVID-19 on FDI

2020-04-07T12:59:13+03:00April 7th, 2020|

Currently, the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) is the main concern across the globe. It shaped the way we perform our [...]

16 03, 2020

FDI Excellence Series: “FDI Attraction and Promotion” training postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak

2020-03-19T13:40:20+03:00March 16th, 2020|

Dear colleagues, due to growing concerns around the spread of the COVID-19 the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) [...]

17 02, 2020

Call for consultancy

2020-03-02T13:51:23+03:00February 17th, 2020|

To whom it may concern, WAIPA and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) joined forces in a co-funded project, to develop [...]

8 11, 2019

WAIPA at the second ACP-EU Private Sector Development Framework Event, West and Central Africa Region

2019-11-26T17:53:10+03:00November 8th, 2019|

WAIPA was pleased to join as partner at the second ACP PSD regional meeting this year devoted to the West [...]

17 09, 2019

Regional Workshop on International Investment Policy Reform for Sustainable Development

2019-09-25T10:23:10+03:00September 17th, 2019|

UNCTAD in cooperation with the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation and the Islamic Development Bank organized a regional workshop for [...]

8 08, 2019

FDI Trends: Overview of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019

2020-06-25T13:32:02+03:00August 8th, 2019|

According to the most recent UNCTAD's World Investment Report issued in June of 2019, estimated global FDI flows were [...]

8 04, 2019

The FDI Excellence Series continues with “Investment Attraction and Facilitation” course in Dubai

2019-07-13T21:15:31+03:00April 8th, 2019|

Dubai, UAE, 5 – 6 April 2019: The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in cooperation with Andreas Dressler [...]

21 02, 2019

The FDI Excellence Series: Innovation in Investment Attraction Training Course in Istanbul

2019-07-13T23:39:28+03:00February 21st, 2019|

Istanbul, Turkey, 19-20 February 2019 – The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) organized its first training course on [...]

24 07, 2018

CALL FOR HOSTING #WIC19

2019-07-23T14:16:43+03:00July 24th, 2018|

We would like to inform that member agencies are encouraged to send their candidacies for hosting the 24thWAIPA World Investment Conference (WAIPA [...]

23 03, 2017

MEET WAIPA

2019-07-23T14:18:51+03:00March 23rd, 2017|

It fills us with pride to announce our newest corporate video. Here is WAIPA’s objectives and partners in the cause [...]

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