Argentina hosts the next World Investment Conference 2010
The location was selected by the Steering Committee of WAIPA, this Tuesday,
February 2nd, in Geneva. It will be held on the 4th and 5th of May in Buenos Aires.
Click here to see guidelines applicable to hosting the WAIPA World Investment Conference.
The WAIPA Secretariat requests Member IPAs to express their interest at the earliest convenience. Applications will be open for a limited time, only.
1st WAIPA Regional Meeting of North American IPAs, Dec 2nd – Dec 3rd, 2009, Mexico City, 2009, Mexico.
This first WAIPA Regional Meeting of North American IPAs will usher in a series of other meetings in North America. The meeting seeks to bring together various sub-national IPAs and EDOs as well national IPAs from in North America.
3rd WAIPA Regional Meeting of South American IPAs, Nov 30th – Dec 2nd, 2009, Bs. As., Argentina. 2nd Capacity Building Workshop for the region’s IPAs: "Investor Targeting in the Services Sector".
This third WAIPA Regional Meeting of South American IPAs follows earlier meetings that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina..
The annual Global Investment Conference of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) was held from 3rd to 5th December 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference explored the impact of the financial crisis on both developed and emerging markets.
Hosted by Alessandro Teixeira, President of WAIPA and Brazil’s Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Apex-Brasil, the important event that brought together international panels of heads of state, government officials, chief executives and distinguished academics, was the first of its kind.
The theme of the conference "Foreign Direct Investment: New Scenario and Challenges" examined the redefinition of capitalism as a consequence of current economic instability; trends in foreign direct investment, and strategies relating to the promotion and attraction of investment in times of recession. Read more in the following articles about the discussion of the challenges posed by the current economic slowdown, and the need to redesign the global financial system.
Information about the 2010 Membership Fees click here
1st WAIPA Focus Forum: Focus on Investment Incentives - November 23rd and 24th, 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments (JAPTI) hosted the WAIPA Focus Meeting in Ljubljana, at the Mons Hotel and Congress Centre, on November 23rd and 24th, 2009..
GLOBAL FDI IN DECLINE DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND A FURTHER DROP EXPECTED
The year 2008 marked the end of a growth cycle in global foreign direct investment (FDI), with worldwide flows down by more than 20 per cent. Due to the global financial crisis, the capacity of companies to invest has been weakened by reduced access to financial resources, both internally and externally, and their propensity to invest has been severely affected by collapsed growth prospects and heightened risks. Being at the epicentre of the crisis, developed countries suffered from a one-third contraction in total FDI inflows in 2008. Developing economies started to feel the impact later, but the worst is yet to come.
