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 [...]
Call for consultancy
To whom it may concern, WAIPA and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) joined forces in a co-funded project, to develop the skills of investment and trade professionals in LDCs. As published in the official release: [...]
WAIPA Meetings in Geneva
WAIPA President Fahad Al Gergawi, Executive Director Bostjan Skalar, Deputy Executive Director Ismail Ersahin held a number of meetings in Geneva from 27 to 28 January 2020 with: Executive Director of the Enhanced Integrated Framework [...]
WAIPA launches EIF co-funded project to build capacity on investment promotion in LDCs
Aim is to improve the capacities and skills of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and EIF National Implementation Units (NIUs), as well as government officials in the least developed countries (LDCs) Co-funded by the Enhanced Integrated [...]
OIC High Level Public and Private Investment Conference
The Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Investment Office, the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Islamic Development Bank Group jointly hold the first “OIC High Level Public and Private Investment [...]
Last FDI Excellence Series training in 2019 held in Rome
The last FDI Excellence Series training course in 2019 was held from 3-4 December 2019 in Rome, Italy and hosted by WAIPA member ITA - Italian Trade Agency. WAIPA had a pleasure to welcome investment [...]
Vacant positions for WAIPA Steering Committee 2019 – 2021 (deadline by 28 February 2020)
Dear WAIPA Members, We would like to inform you that the positions for the regional directorship of North America and South Asia remained vacant. Therefore we hereby invite all our members from said regions who [...]
ICC Trade And Investment Policy Commission Meeting
WAIPA Executive Director Bostjan Skalar was invited to participate at the ICC Trade And Investment Policy Commission Meeting which was held on 20 November 2019 in Paris, France. In his speech he stated that ICC, [...]
World Free & Special Economic Zones Summit
On 13 – 15 November 2019 the FEMOZA (The World Free and Special Economic Zones Federation) organized in cooperation with WAIPA and our Consultative Committee UNIDO (The United Nations Industrial Development Organization) the SU-MEET, a [...]
WAIPA at the second ACP-EU Private Sector Development Framework Event, West and Central Africa Region
WAIPA was pleased to join as partner at the second ACP PSD regional meeting this year devoted to the West and Central Africa region with the main objective of information, knowledge sharing and networking held [...]
Online Training Course on International Business Alliances
WAIPA and its long-term strategic partner, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are pleased to inform WAIPA members about the training course "International Business Alliances". The aim of the International Business Alliances online training [...]
NEW STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTED FOR THE 2019-2021 TERM
Our distinct pleasure to announce and welcome new Steering Committee on board. General Assembly at WAIPA's World Investment Conference 2019 (WIC19) in Warsaw, Poland elects Dubai FDI as Presidency, GAFI and Invest India as [...]