Investment Facilitation: How digital government tools can accelerate implementation

Making online government services accessible for all
Date
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Event
Session Type
Conference
Session Themes
Investment Facilitation
Room number
Hall 2 Room 6
Contact Email
Ian.Richards@un.org
20 October 2023
12:00 - 14:00 Abu Dhabi
Asia/Dubai

Learn how governments are streamlining and digitizing once-cumbersome administrative processes to make life easier for investors. 

Digital business environments are not only now expected by businesses but also boost investment, create jobs, enable countries to meet their investment facilitation commitments and will improve ratings in the World Bank’s upcoming Business Ready indicators. 

This event will highlight efforts being made by countries to successfully digitize key services, with results sometimes visible within months. The event will be interactive and include case studies and demonstrations. 

Session themes:

  • How can digitizing government services support investment facilitation? 
  • What are the benefits for governments and the private sector? 
  • What is the best way to move services online? 

Speaker(s)

Innovation Secretariat, Lomas de Zamora Municipality, Argentine Republic
Prime Minister’s Advisor for Simplification and Automation Procedures, Iraq
Acting Secretary of Govtech, Bhutan
Secretary-General, National Employers' Council, Mali
Director of Business Development and Head of the Office of the President, El Salvador
Head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit, Mexico
Director, One-stop-shop, Investment Promotion Agency (API-ZF), Republic of Togo
Director, Companies Registry, Ministry of National Economy, Palestine
Regional Manager for Africa, Business Facilitation Programme, UNCTAD

Moderator(s)

Economic Affairs Officer, Business Facilitation Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD