The 26th World Investment Conference 2022 organized by WAIPA
26th World Investment Conference 2022 organised by WAIPA (World Association for Investment Promotion Agencies) The 26th chapter of World Investment [...]
September 2022
August 2022
WAIPA General Assembly Meeting Agenda 2022
WAIPA Permanent Secretariat has the privilege to invite all members to attend the 26th annual General Assembly meeting, which will [...]
July 2022
WAIPA Appoints KW Group (Malaysia) As Regional Advisor for Asia Pacific region to Enhance Support For Regional IPAs
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has announced the appointment of Malaysia-based KW Group as Regional Advisors, Asia [...]
June 2022
WBG-WAIPA 2022 Global Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) Survey
Since 2018, World Bank Group (WBG), and World Association for Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) are collaborating to launch a single [...]
WAIPA – UNCTAD discussion held on the key findings of the WIR2022
A high-level and member-exclusive meeting was held on the 23rd of June 2022, for discussing the World Investment Report 2022 [...]
WAIPA, EIF and IsDB announce the launch of a new program to enhance IP capabilities in francophone LDCs in collaboration with OCO Global
WAIPA, EIF and IsDB announce the launch of a new program to enhance investment promotion capabilities in francophone least developed [...]
May 2022
WAIPA at the High-Level Regional Roundtable
WAIPA Executive Director, a.i. Mr. Ismail Ersahin participated at the High-Level Regional Roundtable to discuss the importance of Investment Facilitation [...]
WIDA Launched at Davos
Launch of The World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA) during World Economic Forum at Davos 2022 The launch of WIDA [...]
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”. [...]
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 [...]
April 2022
WAIPA at AIM 2022
WAIPA was delighted to be part of the Annual Investment Meeting Congress, which took place last week in Dubai, [...]
March 2022
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
February 2022
Call for consultancy services
Call for Consultancy Services *The deadline for the call of consultancy was postponed to 31 March 2022. Building on [...]
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 [...]
Former WAIPA President Ilker Ayci becomes the CEO & MD of Air India
Ilker Ayci, former President of Turkish Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency, was elected President of [...]
January 2022
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 [...]
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 [...]
2022 Yearly Calendar of Events
It is our great pleasure to announce and kindly invite you to take a look at the agenda of [...]
December 2021
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 [...]
WAIPA network grows with new memberships
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) as the umbrella organization that supports member Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) [...]
Condolence message: The late Mr. Douglas Munatsi, CEO of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA)
On behalf of World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), please accept our deepest sympathies on the [...]
November 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
On October 21, 2021, the World Bank Group and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) announced the winners [...]
September 2021
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 [...]
August 2021
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 [...]
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 [...]
7th UNCTAD World Investment Forum
The UNCTAD secretariat has announced that the 7th World Investment Forum will be held virtually from 18 to 22 [...]
July 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 GalleryWAIPA 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
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 [...]
June 2021
Foreign Investment: How to Make it Work for Developing Countries
Policy reforms need to address low financial returns which hamper the contribution of FDI to sustainable development. To many [...]
May 2021
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 [...]
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 [...]
February 2021
Top Five Ways Covid-19 Influences the Work of Investment Promotion Agencies
IPAs have their work cut out for them as they grapple with huge upheavals in the investment landscape. Bostjan [...]
December 2020
A Focus on Foreign Investment Can Drive our Recovery from COVID-19
Investment promotion agencies (IPAs) around the world are demonstrating their criticality as we begin the recovery from COVID-19. There [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
November 2020
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 [...]
State of Investment Promotion Agencies
With the growing importance of foreign direct investments (FDI) for accelerating development, to eradicate unemployment and increase exports, many [...]
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 [...]
September 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Manufacturing Investments
Advances in production technology and a trend towards shorter supply chains make a return to “business as usual” highly unlikely. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
August 2020
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 [...]
July 2020
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Call for consultancy
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) will implement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [...]
June 2020
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ten Actions to Boost Low and Middle-Income Countries’ Productive Capacity for Medicines
Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger [...]
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 [...]
COVID-19 and the Global Contraction in FDI
The pandemic is causing massive disruptions to flows of foreign direct investments. Developing countries are likely to be hit [...]
May 2020
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 [...]
How Digital Investment Can Help the COVID-19 Recovery
Supporting digital competitiveness can help economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign direct investment in the digital economy can [...]
April 2020
Outward FDI and Sustainable Development in Home Countries
2018 was a historically significant year for Asia and the Pacific: for the first time, it became both the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
March 2020
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 [...]
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) [...]
Tracking Progress Towards the SDGs
In 2015, leaders of the world made a collosal promise to eradicate poverty, to protect the planet and to [...]
February 2020
Call for consultancy
To whom it may concern, WAIPA and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) joined forces in a co-funded project, to develop [...]
January 2020
WAIPA Meetings in Geneva
WAIPA President Fahad Al Gergawi, Executive Director Bostjan Skalar, Deputy Executive Director Ismail Ersahin held a number of meetings in [...]
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 [...]
December 2019
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
November 2019
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
October 2019
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 [...]
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 [...]
WAIPA at Dubai Investment Week 2019
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman [...]
September 2019
Regional Workshop on International Investment Policy Reform for Sustainable Development
UNCTAD in cooperation with the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation and the Islamic Development Bank organized a regional workshop for [...]
WAIPA in China
WAIPA Executive Director Bostjan Skalar participated in a series of meetings in China. He was invited as a speaker to [...]
Bled Strategic Forum 2019
Under the title "(Re)sources of (In)stability", the 14th Bled Strategic Forum, took place in Ljubljana/Bled, Slovenia, and was dedicated to [...]
ANNOUNCING 2019 WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA
According to WAIPA Statutes, today on 6 September 2019, 30 days prior to General Assembly we announce the agenda [...]
August 2019
Presenting the candidacies for the WAIPA Steering Committee 2019 – 2021
According to Statutes, WAIPA is pleased to announce the candidacies for a new WAIPA Steering [...]
FDI Trends: Overview of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019
According to the most recent UNCTAD's World Investment Report issued in June of 2019, estimated global FDI flows were [...]
April 2019
The FDI Excellence Series continues with “Investment Attraction and Facilitation” course in Dubai
Dubai, UAE, 5 – 6 April 2019: The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in cooperation with Andreas Dressler [...]
March 2019
Roundtable: Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development in Berlin
Berlin, 19 March 2019 – WAIPA CEO Bostjan Skalar took part at the high-level roundtable on Investment Facilitation for Sustainable [...]
February 2019
The FDI Excellence Series: Innovation in Investment Attraction Training Course in Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey, 19-20 February 2019 – The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) organized its first training course on [...]
Open candidacies for WAIPA Steering Committee 2019 – 2021
Dear members, We would like to inform you that a new Steering Committee will be elected this autumn during the [...]
WAIPA UNIDO e-learning module on “Impact Investing” on the Knowledge Hub
Dear Members, WAIPA and its long-term strategic partner, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are pleased to inform WAIPA members about the [...]
January 2019
HCFI and WAIPA announce “IPAs Capacity 2030” joint – initiative
On 23 January 2019 the Hamdan Centre for the Future of Investment (HCFI) and the World Association of Investment [...]
Report of the main findings from the WAIPA Annual Survey of 2018 is out
Dear Members, colleagues and partners, It is our pleasure to inform you that the Overview of Investment Promotion: Report [...]
November 2018
Mark your calendars: WAIPA 24th World Investment Conference 2019 #WIC19 to be held in Warsaw, Poland
WAIPA is delighted to announce that the 24th WAIPA World Investment Conference, will take place in Warsaw, Poland in mid-October 2019. [...]
September 2018
Meeting minutes of WAIPA General Assembly 2018
Dear Members, hereby it is our pleasure to publish the meeting minutes of the WAIPA General Assembly from 8 [...]
July 2018
CALL FOR HOSTING #WIC19
We would like to inform that member agencies are encouraged to send their candidacies for hosting the 24thWAIPA World Investment Conference (WAIPA [...]
January 2018
ANNOUNCING THE CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANT WAIPA STEERING COMMITTEE POSITIONS
After the General Assembly in Dubai on November 27, 2017 in which WAIPA Steering Committee elections took place, the regional [...]
December 2017
GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES STATUTORY AMENDMENTS
Dear members, We announce that the statutory amendments which were proposed by members were approved by a majority vote of the members [...]
GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS NEW STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2017-2019 TERM
The WAIPA General Assembly, which was convened on the November 27th, 2017 the first day of the 22nd WAIPA World Investment [...]
October 2017
ANNOUNCING WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA
According to WAIPA Statutes, today on October 27th 2017, 30 days prior to General Assembly we announce the agenda of [...]
August 2017
AMENDMENTS TO BE PROPOSED TO WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR VOTING
Today on August 25th, 2017, 90 days prior to General Assembly we announce that 12 WAIPA members proposed following statutory [...]
March 2017
MEET WAIPA
It fills us with pride to announce our newest corporate video. Here is WAIPA’s objectives and partners in the cause [...]