Workshop on Investment Promotion

Investment promotion and facilitation practices, prospects and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Event
5th WIF 2016
Session Type
Conference
Session Themes
Investment Promotion & Facilitation
Room number
Abedare Hall
17 July 2016
10:00 - 13:00 Africa/Nairobi
Africa/Nairobi

Investment Trends, Prospects and Findings from an UNCTAD-McKinsey IPA Survey

  • Investment Trends and Prospects
  • Positioning IPAs for Success

Current State of Investment Promotion and Facilitation

  • IPA Best Practices and Improved Efficiencies
  • The Role of IPAs in Achieving the SDGs
  • Brief on the WAIPA Strategy

Speaker(s)

Mr James Zhan
Mr. James X. Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise Division, UNCTAD
Mr. Boštjan Skalar
Chief Executive Officer, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
Mr. Paul Wessendorp
Chief, Investment Promotion Section, UNCTAD
Dr. Tilman Tacke
Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company
Mr. İsmail Erşahin
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
Ms. Aisha Sarwari
Communications Adviser, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies