The World Bank Group and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) announced the winners of the jointly launched Strengthening IPA Advocacy Services 2021 Award Competition
On October 21, 2021, the World Bank Group and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) announced the winners of the jointly launched Strengthening IPA Advocacy Services 2021 Award Competition. The announcement was made [...]
ANNOUNCING WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA 2021
According to the WAIPA Statutes, today on the 20th September 2021, 30 days prior to the meeting we are pleased to announce the agenda of the WAIPA General Assembly. We cordially invite all our [...]
Presenting the candidacies for the WAIPA Steering Committee 2021– 2023
WAIPA is pleased to announce the candidacies for a new WAIPA Steering Committee, to be elected for the 2021-2023 term. The elections will take place on the first day of the 25th WAIPA World [...]
25th WAIPA World Investment Conference will be held on 20-21 October 2021 in hybrid & virtual form
We have the pleasure to officially inform you that the 25th WAIPA World Investment Conference and the General Assembly will be held in a hybrid, respectively virtual form from 20 to 21 October 2021. [...]
7th UNCTAD World Investment Forum
The UNCTAD secretariat has announced that the 7th World Investment Forum will be held virtually from 18 to 22 October 2021. The 7th Forum was originally planned to take place in Abu Dhabi, United [...]
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
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has finalized the first part of the project co-funded by EIF “Capacity Building for EIF countries on Investment Promotion” within WAIPA activity aiming to improve the [...]
WAIPA Steering Committee Elections for 2021 – 2023
Dear members, We would like to inform you that a new Steering Committee will be elected this autumn during the World Investment Conference for the 2021-2023 term. Therefore, we hereby invite all our members [...]
WAIPA CEO participated at the UNWTO hybrid event in Madrid
WAIPA CEO Bostjan Skalar participated today in Madrid at the event “Enabling Frameworks For Tourism Investments During COVID-19” organized by WAIPA’s Consultative Committee member UNWTO. Mr. Skalar lectured in the workshop on “Strategies and [...]
WAIPA and UNWTO sign a Memorandum of Understanding
The Executive Director of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), Bostjan Skalar and the Secretary-General, D. Zurab Pololikashvili of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was [...]
First workshop within the EIF WAIPA co-funded project for LDCs started virtually
Today our first workshop within the EIF WAIPA co-funded project for LDCs on “Capacity Building for EIF countries on Investment Promotion” in a virtual format started. Official welcomes were given by WAIPA President and [...]
ANNOUNCING WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA 2020
According to the WAIPA Statutes, today on the 6th November 2020, 30 days prior to the meeting we announce the agenda of the WAIPA General Assembly. We cordially invite our members to join us [...]
IsDB-WBG-WAIPA Webinar: “The Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2019-2020” Rebuilding investor confidence in times of uncertainty, 29 October 2020
On 29 October 2020, WAIPA in partnership with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the World Bank Group (WBG) organized webinar titled “The Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2019-2020”, which explored how to rebuild investor confidence in times of uncertainty. [...]
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 [...]