FDI Center was invited to participate in a workshop on “Opportunities and Challenges of Establishing an International Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development”, held at the WTO in Geneva on December 11, 2019. FDI Center’s managing director, Andreas Dressler, contributed a practical perspective to the workshop discussion and participated in a panel on the role of a potential investment facilitation framework to fostering sustainable FDI.

The event was co-organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the German Development Institute (DIE), International Trade Centre (ITC) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The results of the workshop will provide the foundation for further efforts by the WTO and other stakeholders to develop a global framework for investment facilitation to help foster sustainable FDI.