Announcement: WAIPA Steering Committee Elections for 2023 – 2025
Dear members, We are delighted to inform you that the WAIPA Steering Committee elections for the term 2023-2025, will be taking place this November in New Delhi, India during the World Investment Conference 2023. [...]
OCO-WAIPA joint report is launched
OCO Global and WAIPA have jointly organized a virtual event to launch their report titled "The New Laws of FDI Attraction." This report gathers data from 74 Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) worldwide, providing insights [...]
Effective Investment Facilitation and Sustainable Development Course concludes
WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have jointly organized a course in "Effective Investment Facilitation and Sustainable Development" in Turin, Italy during 15–19 MAY 2023. The curriculum [...]
WAIPA participation at Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2023
WAIPA participated in AIM 2023 in Abu Dhabi from 7-10 May 2023 in sessions, presentations, speaking engagements, moderation and the LDC IPAs Conference. New Age IPAs Ms. Courtney Fingar, Senior Advisor, Europe [...]
WAIPA at Select USA
Mr. Ismail Ersahin, CEO & Executive Director at WAIPA, attended and participated at the #SelectUSA Investment Summit, the premier event for global business investment in the United States between May 1-4, 2023. Mr. Ersahin [...]
WAIPA at MIPIM
Mr. Ismail Ersahin, Executive Director and CEO of WAIPA, participated in the MIPIM held in Cannes, France on 20th of March. Speaking at the Networking Breakfast, organized by Real Asset Media and Fingar Direct Investment, [...]
WAIPA organized Masterclass series: Decoding Institutional Investors
WAIPA organized an exclusive 3-part masterclass series for its members on the theme of “Decoding Institutional Investors” from the end of February to mid-March held on WAIPA’s Members Portal. Given the sheer volume of [...]
WAIPA at LDC5
WAIPA actively participated in the 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5) held in Doha, Qatar from the 5th of March to the 9th of March. The organization collaborated with the International Solar [...]
WAIPA & ESCAP signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)
We are happy to share that WAIPA and ESCAP signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand to support countries in Asia and the Pacific in developing and implementing [...]
WAIPA-UNESCAP APAC Investment Conference
World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) jointly organized an Investment Conference on the 21st and 22nd of February in [...]
Mr. Ismail Ersahin has been appointed CEO & Executive Director of WAIPA
Mr. Ismail Ersahin has been appointed CEO & Executive Director of WAIPA, by the steering committee. Here is Mr. Ismail Ersahin message on this occasion: "I am honoured and humbled to have been appointed [...]
WAIPA at Sharjah Investment Forum
The Sharjah Investment Forum was held on the 8th and 9th of February 2023. The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) was represented by Mrs. Eva Salamon Kaplan, Communication Specialist, WAIPA at the [...]
WAIPA at India Energy Week (IEW)
India Energy Week (IEW) was organized from the 6th to the 8th of February in Bengaluru, India. It was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Narendra Modi. The event focused [...]
Financing Green Hydrogen Projects
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) organized a webinar for its member IPAs on the crucial theme of “Financing Green Hydrogen Projects” on 30thJanuary 2023. The webinar was the first of many [...]
Annual Assembly of African Assembly
The first edition of the Annual Assembly of African IPAs(AIPA) was organized by Ghana Investment Promotion Center(GIPC) on 25th January 2023. The theme of the Assembly was to deliberate the role of IPAs in [...]
Affiliate Session: World Economic Forum 23
During the World Economic Forum 23 (WEF) in Davos, the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) jointly organized an affiliate session with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on the theme of [...]