Training

Investment facilitation, sustainable development and building back better

This four-weeks course provides practical guidance to investment promotion agencies and other institutions with a mandate in investment promotion and facilitation to enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries, particularly as regards the creation of more and better jobs and to address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The course is run jointly by World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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Deadline for application: 1 June 2021




Description:

Working with best practices and tools, participants will gain a better understanding of how to improve investment facilitation to enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries, particularly concerning the creation of more and better jobs and the overall contribution of FDI in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This course also seeks to address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and strategic thinking on how recovery can contribute to building back better in line with national and regional development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Target audience:

This course is designed for a wide range of professionals working for regional, national, and municipal investment promotion agencies or institutions/organizations with a similar mandate. Delegations of two or more participants from the same organization or country are strongly encouraged to take part in the program, in order to support a systemic response to country-specific challenges. This course might also be of particular interest to development practitioners with a specific interest in financing development through FDI investments.

Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants will:
  • Have engaged with colleagues from IPAs from across the globe on topics of mutual concern;
  • Understand the positive links between FDI, sustainable development and decent work;
  • Be knowledgeable about best practices and latest trends in relation to IPAs on Investment promotion, digitization, resilience.
At the end of the cycle of sessions, participants, through group interaction and coaching by the Tutors, will be encouraged to develop a proposal for an institutional action plan outlining how they will sustain the learning beyond the end of the programme. Successful candidates will receive an ITC-ILO Certificate of Achievement.