World Economic Forum-UNCTAD joint breakfast event: Services and investment facilitation (by invitation only)

Event
Session Type
Conference
Session Themes
Investment Facilitation
Room number
Capital Suites 10
18 October 2023
08:00 - 09:00 Abu Dhabi
Asia/Dubai

Regional and plurilateral cooperation increasingly recognises the value of facilitating both investment and services. Indeed these can be mutually reinforcing, with an element of services facilitation essential for investment facilitation and vice-versa. The benefits flow to both domestic and foreign investors and service providers, as well as the broader economy.

  • What are the overlaps and areas of distinction between services and investment facilitation?
  • How can efficiencies and faster progress be achieved through jointly implementing services and investment facilitation?

Speaker(s)

Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD and Lead, UNCTAD World Investment Forum
Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
Manager of Strategy, Investment Promotion Agency Qatar
Director, Directorate of Trade in Services, Investment, Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Trade, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
Director, Economic Development Office, NEOM
Chief Executive Officer, Invest Cyprus
Additional Secretary and Executive Director General, Board of Investment of Pakistan

Moderator(s)

Head of Investment and Services, World Economic Forum