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WAIPA Members are cordially invited to the WAIPA workshop run by IBM-PLI on "Investor Oriented Investment Promotion and Facilitation" to take place on September 9-10th, 2008, during the CIFIT 2008.

For more information please contact Mrs. Alexandra Tokareva at alexandra.tokareva@waipa.org
 

 
WAIPA Round Table at the 12th China International Fair on Investment & Trade (CIFIT)

8-11 September 2008, Xiamen, China

WAIPA and the Ministry of Commerce of P.R. of China (MOFCOM) jointly sponsor a Roundtable Conference for International Investment Promotion Agencies during the 12th China International Fair on Investment & Trade (CIFIT), which is to be held between September 8 and 11 in Xiamen, southeast China. The theme of the Roundtable Conference, which will be held on the 9th of September, will focus on Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Building.
In order to support WAIPA members to participate in CIFIT and to strengthen WAIPA’s influence on the international investment promotion activities, MOFCOM provides free booths especially for the IPAs from least developed countries and half-price booths (3mx3m) for other WAIPA members and their respective domestic enterprises. By participating CIFIT, WAIPA members will have the opportunity to establish communication channels with domestic and foreign government officials, principals of the IPAs and representatives from business associations and enterprises, so as to further expand their investment promotion business.

In response to the adjustments of the world’s industrial structure and in view of the emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in international investment cooperation, the 12th CIFIT will carry out China’s latest national development strategies, implement the nation’s strategies for coordinated development of regional economies, and promote bilateral and multilateral economic exchanges and partnerships.
The annual CIFIT is sponsored by MOFCOM and co-sponsored by IFC, UNCTAD, UNIDO and WAIPA. With its themes of Promoting Inward and Outward Investment, CIFIT is the biggest, most important and most influential event featuring in internationalized investment promotion held in China.

For further information please contact:

Mr. CHENG Han
Tel:  +86 10 8522 6215
Email: chenghan@fdi.gov.cn

or

Mrs. Karine Campanelli
Tel.: +41 22 797 26 64
Email: karine.campanelli@waipa.org

 

 

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WAIPA Study Tour Programme
September 28th - October 5th, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden

WAIPA’s popular study tour programme aims at enabling professionals to visit and learn from experienced IPAs worldwide. The study tours are scheduled for a period of up to two weeks and cover the whole range of IPA activities through hands-on experience and on-the-job training.
Study tours are geared towards professionals from WAIPA member agencies; the programme is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to gain experience in investment promotion and investor targeting from successful IPAs.

This year, investment promotion professionals from IPAs will be trained by Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA).

WAIPA Newsletter, Quarter 2 08
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No. 3 2008
COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO COMPETE FOR FDI, BUT NOT UNCONDITIONALY
Ever since UNCTAD began to analyse trends in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies, countries have been amending their regulatory environments to become more attractive to foreign investment. New UNCTAD research shows that the trend continues, but with some important exceptions. Policymakers in both developed and developing countries have recently cautioned about FDI in some areas, notably extractive industries and certain “strategic” industries.
Full UNCTAD investment brief

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