SHOWCASING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SDG INVESTMENT: Experiences from Cote d'Ivoire and Ecuador

Date
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Event
7th WIF 2021
Session Type
Conference
Session Themes
Talking Business
Room number
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
Contact Email
Chantal.Dupasquier@unctad.org
19 October 2021
19:00 - 20:30 Europe/Zurich
Europe/Zurich

This will be an interactive session during which top government officials from selected countries showcase how they are dealing with investment policy reforms to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their national development objectives.

Issues to be addressed

  • High-level policymakers will present their countries’ investment policy reform initiatives, emphasizing the key actions undertaken to improve the business climate and highlighting strategic policy decisions to increase potential contribution of domestic and foreign investment to achieve the SDGs and their national development objectives.
  • Policymakers will be able to explore new investment policy perspectives and interact with other countries’ representatives through Q&As.

Speaker(s)

Mr. Joerg Weber
Head, Investment Policies Branch, DIAE, UNCTAD
H.E. Mrs. Lorena Konanz
Vice Minister of Exports and Investment Promotion, Ecuador
H.E. Mr. Esmel Emmanuel Essis
Ministre auprès du Premier Ministre chargé de la promotion de l’investissement privé, Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Faouzi Gsouma
Minister Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of the African Union to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Ms. Solange Amichia
Directrice Générale, Centre de promotion des investissements en Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Hans Peter Werder
Chairman and Founder, HPW AG
Mr. Francisco Estraluza
Team Leader, ConnectAmericas and Integration and Trade Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

Moderator(s)

Ms. Chantal Dupasquier
Chief, Investment Policy Review Section, Investment Policies Branch, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD