The 3rd Virtual Capacity Building Workshop on Investment Facilitation for Development
The 3rd Virtual Capacity Building Workshop on Investment Facilitation for Development was organized on 23rd September by German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut fuer Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), International Trade Centre, World Economic Forum and WAIPA with the aim to [...]
WAIPA-WBG Webinar: “State of Investment Promotion Agencies – Evidence from WAIPA-WBG’s Joint Global Survey”
WAIPA & The World Bank Group (WBG) had a pleasure to present the details of the global survey report on Investment Promotion Agencies in the webinar held on 15 September 2020. This webinar was [...]
Call for Amendments to WAIPA Statutes
02.09.2020 We, Permanent Secretariat, hereby notify to WAIPA members that the following amendments to the Statutes of WAIPA will be submitted to the next General Assembly of WAIPA. The request that WAIPA statutes be amended [...]
WAIPA Webinar: “IPAs’ Role in a Post-COVID-19 World”
On 21 July 2020, WAIPA organized a webinar titled "IPAs’ Role in a Post-COVID-19 World: How an Integrative Approach Can Create a More Resilient and Sustainable Investment Ecosystem", which brought together IPAs from around the [...]
WAIPA held a number of high-level meetings with Consultative Committee Members
IPAs are at forefront of the COVID fight International Organizations highlight IPAs critical role in global economic recovery and growth WAIPA Presidency joins forces with Consultative Committee Members to drive future cooperation Geneva, 21 July [...]
EIF and WAIPA Webinar: “COVID-19 implications on global value chains and investment opportunities for the LDCs”
On 15 July 2020, WAIPA in partnership with EIF organized webinar titled “COVID-19 implications on global value chains and investment opportunities for the LDCs”, which brought investment and trade experts together with the EIF National Implementation [...]
WAIPA-UNCTAD Online Discussion: Reset Investment Promotion in a New Era of International Production
On 9 July 2020, WAIPA and UNCTAD organized the online discussion on “World Investment Report 2020: International Production beyond the Pandemic GVC Transformation and New Investment Promotion Strategies”, where the heads of WAIPA Member [...]
Call for consultancy
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) will implement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) a tailormade capacity development project on aftercare in Jordan funded by the UK Department for [...]
WAIPA IBM Webinar | “How is COVID-19 impacting the future of FDI and how should IPAs respond?”
On 22 June 2020, WAIPA in partnership with IBM-PLI organized the webinar titled "How is COVID-19 impacting the future of FDI and how should IPAs respond?" which focused on the impact of current challenges [...]
WAIPA and UNCTAD discuss future collaboration and the importance of IPAs
UNCTAD: IPAs Role is fundamental for Covid-19 FDI Recovery & Future Growth On 10 June 2020, the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) [...]
WAIPA Huawei Webinar | “Optimize investment conditions can accelerate digital economic recovery”
On 19 May 2020 WAIPA and Huawei jointly organized an online panel discussion titled “Optimize investment conditions to accelerate digital recovery”. The discussion gathered panelists from international organizations, investment promotion agencies (IPAs), FDI advisory [...]
WAIPA Research paper: The impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of IPAs
It is with our pleasure to share with you our newly launched paper titled "The impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of IPAs" that gives a glimpse on the initial impact of current pandemic [...]
WAIPA and the World Bank Group consider investors need support to face huge challenges related to COVID-19 impacts
Last month our colleagues from the World Bank Group (WBG) published a technical note on Strengthening Service Delivery of Investment Promotion Agencies. The research shows that IPAs may be the best public institutions to [...]
WAIPA to launch the COVID-19 Platform with insightful resources related to the effects of COVID-19 on FDI
Currently, the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) is the main concern across the globe. It shaped the way we perform our everyday activities and caused major disruptions in global economy, flows of investment, global value chains [...]
A message from WAIPA President on the COVID-19 outbreak
Dear WAIPA Members, I hope that you, your families and your colleagues are safe and well. Today, the newly elected WAIPA Steering Committee members will convene, virtually, to review where we are today and create [...]
FDI Excellence Series: “FDI Attraction and Promotion” training postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak
Dear colleagues, due to growing concerns around the spread of the COVID-19 the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has decided to postpone the two-day training which was scheduled for 20-21 April 2020 in order [...]