Vacant Regional Directorship of North America and South Asia in WAIPA Steering Committee (deadline to raise the candidacies 28 February 2022)
Dear North America /respectively South Asia/ WAIPA Members, We would like to inform you that the positions for the regional directorship of North America and South Asia remain vacant. Therefore we hereby invite all [...]
2022 Yearly Calendar of Events
It is our great pleasure to announce and kindly invite you to take a look at the agenda of the activities that are going to be held this year in the investment promotion field. [...]
WAIPA Joins Forces with IsDB to Strengthen Technical Capacities of IPAs in OIC Member Countries
Jeddah / Geneva, 9 December 2021 - The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have successfully concluded a first online capacity development program on Foreign [...]
WAIPA network grows with new memberships
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) as the umbrella organization that supports member Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) warmly welcomes four new IPAs to our investment promotion network. Invest Araucania, Chile, Agence Nationale [...]
Condolence message: The late Mr. Douglas Munatsi, CEO of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA)
On behalf of World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), please accept our deepest sympathies on the untimely demise of Mr. Douglas Munatsi. As the inaugural CEO of the Zimbabwe Investment and [...]
The World Bank Group and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) announced the winners of the jointly launched Strengthening IPA Advocacy Services 2021 Award Competition
On October 21, 2021, the World Bank Group and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) announced the winners of the jointly launched Strengthening IPA Advocacy Services 2021 Award Competition. The announcement was made [...]
ANNOUNCING WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA 2021
According to the WAIPA Statutes, today on the 20th September 2021, 30 days prior to the meeting we are pleased to announce the agenda of the WAIPA General Assembly. We cordially invite all our [...]
Presenting the candidacies for the WAIPA Steering Committee 2021– 2023
WAIPA is pleased to announce the candidacies for a new WAIPA Steering Committee, to be elected for the 2021-2023 term. The elections will take place on the first day of the 25th WAIPA World [...]
25th WAIPA World Investment Conference will be held on 20-21 October 2021 in hybrid & virtual form
We have the pleasure to officially inform you that the 25th WAIPA World Investment Conference and the General Assembly will be held in a hybrid, respectively virtual form from 20 to 21 October 2021. [...]
7th UNCTAD World Investment Forum
The UNCTAD secretariat has announced that the 7th World Investment Forum will be held virtually from 18 to 22 October 2021. The 7th Forum was originally planned to take place in Abu Dhabi, United [...]
WAIPA and EIF hold a webinar on the joint Capacity Development Project for LDCs and the way forward with new engagements under inter agency partnership of UNCTAD-UNIDO-ILO and UN-OHRLLS
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has finalized the first part of the project co-funded by EIF “Capacity Building for EIF countries on Investment Promotion” within WAIPA activity aiming to improve the [...]
WAIPA Steering Committee Elections for 2021 – 2023
Dear members, We would like to inform you that a new Steering Committee will be elected this autumn during the World Investment Conference for the 2021-2023 term. Therefore, we hereby invite all our members [...]
WAIPA CEO participated at the UNWTO hybrid event in Madrid
WAIPA CEO Bostjan Skalar participated today in Madrid at the event “Enabling Frameworks For Tourism Investments During COVID-19” organized by WAIPA’s Consultative Committee member UNWTO. Mr. Skalar lectured in the workshop on “Strategies and [...]
WAIPA and UNWTO sign a Memorandum of Understanding
The Executive Director of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), Bostjan Skalar and the Secretary-General, D. Zurab Pololikashvili of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was [...]
First workshop within the EIF WAIPA co-funded project for LDCs started virtually
Today our first workshop within the EIF WAIPA co-funded project for LDCs on “Capacity Building for EIF countries on Investment Promotion” in a virtual format started. Official welcomes were given by WAIPA President and [...]
ANNOUNCING WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA 2020
According to the WAIPA Statutes, today on the 6th November 2020, 30 days prior to the meeting we announce the agenda of the WAIPA General Assembly. We cordially invite our members to join us [...]