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INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: INCORPORATING INVESTOR OBLIGATIONS IN TRADE AND INVESTMENTS AGREEMENTS

24 OCT 2018
13:00-14:30
ROOM XXVI

INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: INCORPORATING INVESTOR OBLIGATIONS IN TRADE AND INVESTMENTS AGREEMENTS

International investment governance is in the process of renewal. Moving away from traditional post-colonial investment treaty models of the late 1950s, newer approaches are emerging that take a more holistic approach, rebalance rights and obligations of different stakeholders and integrate a sustainable development lens.

This session, organized by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), will discuss ways to articulate and incorporate investor obligations in international investment agreements and free trade agreements with investment chapters.

Building on previous reports and work of the organizers as well as proposed options contained in UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD) and Reform Package for the International Investment Regime, participants will examine and share models and approaches that aim at advancing responsible investment and holding investors accountable.

Issues for debate:

  • Where and how is responsible investor behaviour best regulated?
  • How can international agreements complement national frameworks to advance responsible business conduct and hold investors accountable?
  • How have recent models incorporated investor responsibilities?
  • What new mechanisms are needed and how can existing mechanisms be improved?

SPEAKERS

Ms. Samira Sulejmanovic

Head, Department for Bilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ms. Lantonirina Erika Ramananarivo

Director, Public Private Partnership Department, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar

Ms. Angela Dau-Pretorius

Deputy Director, Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Namibia

Mr. Ronald Roosdorp

Director, International Economic Governance and Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

H.E. MR. LUIS GALLEGOS

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Ms. Nathalie Bernasconi

Executive Director, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Europe

Ms. Patience Okala

Deputy Director, Legal Adviser, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)

ORGANIZERS

The break-out session is organized under the sole responsibility of the above-mentioned organizers. The UNCTAD secretariat is not responsible for the content of the discussions or for the material provided during the break-out session.