WIDA Launched at Davos
Launch of The World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA) during World Economic Forum at Davos 2022 The launch of WIDA is a momentous event as it has been founded by 10 prominent organizations - AIB, [...]
WAIPA – ILO Survey Report – The contribution of IPAs to achieving SDG 8
WAIPA joined forces with the ILO to launch the survey report on “The contribution of IPAs to achieving SDG 8”. The ILO and WAIPA surveyed IPAs to find out the importance of integration of SDG [...]
WAIPA upskilling FDI officials in India
The WAIPA Permanent Secretariat was on a 5-days visit to India, where they have kickstarted the first chapter of the WAIPA capacity building initiatives in India. As part of the visit, WAIPA organized the National Workshop on [...]
WAIPA at AIM 2022
WAIPA was delighted to be part of the Annual Investment Meeting Congress, which took place last week in Dubai, UAE. It was a pleasure to organize and partner at 5 different events; a pre-conference workshop, training [...]
WAIPA Steering Committee Meeting
The WAIPA Steering Committee meeting was held this week on the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai. The hybrid meeting gathered regional directors of WAIPA to discuss the achievements of the first quarter, the further [...]
Pre-Conference Workshop: Integrating innovative approaches in investment promotion
The WAIPA "Integrating innovative approaches in investment promotion" pre-conference workshop was held on the day before the official opening of the Annual Investment Meeting, with a great array of participants from different locations. The participants [...]
FDI Excellence Series: Attracting Quality FDI
The first session of the FDI Excellence Series 2022 edition was the first WAIPA event during this week and was focused on "Attracting Quality Investment" and gaining essential knowledge and skills for identifying and attracting high-value [...]
Investment Aftercare Explained: Book launch
“Investment Aftercare Explained. A Guide for FDI Practitioners and Policymakers on How to Grow and Retain Investors,” the first book to systematically map the last step of a foreign investor’s journey, was launched today at the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai, UAE. Speakers [...]
IEDC and WAIPA discussed enhanced collaboration to support their members
On 4 March 2022, the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and its Consultative Committee member, the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) held a high-level meeting to discuss areas of collaboration between the [...]
Extension of the deadline to raise the candidacies for the WAIPA vacant positions at Steering Committee
This is to announce that the deadline to apply for the WAIPA vacant positions for the regional directorship of North America and South Asia is extended. The new deadline to send the candidacy letter [...]
Call for consultancy services
Call for Consultancy Services *The deadline for the call of consultancy was postponed to 31 March 2022. Building on the experiences and lessons learned from the initial project EIF-WAIPA project “Pilot capacity building for [...]
Fully funded capacity building project for francophone LDCs in 2022 and 2023
After the last year's first WAIPA – EIF capacity building project for least developed countries (LDCs), we are announcing the expansion of the project to reach and support even more countries. Our second project [...]
WAIPA is thrilled to embrace Invest Minas with its new brand
INDI, which was founded on May 30, 1968, and has a 53-year history, has played a critical role in the growth of the Minas Gerais economy. Its initial objective was to draft an action [...]
Vacant Regional Directorship of North America and South Asia in WAIPA Steering Committee (deadline to raise the candidacies 28 February 2022)
Dear North America /respectively South Asia/ WAIPA Members, We would like to inform you that the positions for the regional directorship of North America and South Asia remain vacant. Therefore we hereby invite all [...]
2022 Yearly Calendar of Events
It is our great pleasure to announce and kindly invite you to take a look at the agenda of the activities that are going to be held this year in the investment promotion field. [...]
WAIPA Joins Forces with IsDB to Strengthen Technical Capacities of IPAs in OIC Member Countries
Jeddah / Geneva, 9 December 2021 - The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have successfully concluded a first online capacity development program on Foreign [...]