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FDI Center will return to the annual AIM Congress on May 6 - 9 in Abu Dhabi, UAE to host a workshop and panel discussion.
Location Decisions, a subsidiary of FDI Center, will present on the Trade & Invest stage at Hannover Messe on April, 25.
FDI Center and gwSaar invite you to attend our panel discussion and networking event at Hannover Messe on April 24.
Join us live on April 9, when we'll be interviewing Heather Taylor-Strauss, Economist at UN ESCAP, on how FDI can help to achieve gender equality and promote women's empowerment.
Andreas Dressler will be speaking on the panel discussion “Navigating Growth in the CEE Region: Trends, Opportunities, and Innovations” on March 13 at MIPIM.
Live on LinkedIn on February 20, we will interview Alina Harastasanu on the topic of evolving FDI project drivers and the impact of incentives on investors' location decisions.
FDI Center will return to the annual AIM Congress on May 6 - 9 in Abu Dhabi, UAE to host a workshop and panel discussion.
Location Decisions, a subsidiary of FDI Center, will present on the Trade & Invest stage at Hannover Messe on April, 25.
FDI Center and gwSaar invite you to attend our panel discussion and networking event at Hannover Messe on April 24.
Join us live on April 9, when we'll be interviewing Heather Taylor-Strauss, Economist at UN ESCAP, on how FDI can help to achieve gender equality and promote women's empowerment.
Andreas Dressler will be speaking on the panel discussion “Navigating Growth in the CEE Region: Trends, Opportunities, and Innovations” on March 13 at MIPIM.
Live on LinkedIn on February 20, we will interview Alina Harastasanu on the topic of evolving FDI project drivers and the impact of incentives on investors' location decisions.
Managing Director, Andreas Dressler's interview at the CEE Summit on IPA and institutional investor relations was featured in the print version of Real FDI, a publication by Real Asset Insight.
Join us live on September 20, when we'll be interviewing Marina Lamptey, Head of Diaspora Relations, GIPC on the topic of cultivating investments through diaspora relations.
Director, Dr. Kim J. Zietlow was invited to speak on the topic of "Incorporating AI into Investment Promotion" at the UN Asia-Pacific Innovation Forum in Xiamen, China.
In June, Director Dr. Kim J. Zietlow was invited to host the digital transformation stage at ICT Spring, Luxembourg's annual digital technology conference.
In June, Managing Director, Andreas Dressler participated on a panel at the CEE Summit on FDI opportunities and location trends of real assets.
As knowledge partner of the first Future of Ukraine Summit in Berlin on June 7-8, FDI Center's Director, Dr. Kim J. participated in a panel discussion and held a presentation.
FDI Center‘s Senior Consultant, Sarah Jaax attended the Investment Management Exhibition (IME) in Frankfurt to present on why the fifth SDG, gender equality, matters in the context of FDI.
FDI Center's Director, Dr. Kim J. Zietlow spoke at this year Data Natives Conference on the role of government in building innovation and startup ecosystems around artificial intelligence and which role investment promotion agencies (IPAs) can play in strategically attracting companies, research institutes, and talent.
FDI Center has released a study on key performance indicators used by investment promotion agencies (IPAs) around the world. The study provides practical information and advice for IPAs to measure and communicate their performance. In addition to a review of frequently used performance indicators, the study offers guidance on data collection and analysis and provides examples of best practices in IPA performance evaluation.
FDI Center will be hosting two webinars this September to kick off our Towards Gender Equality in FDI initiative. The initiative will provide practical knowledge and tools for IPAs to create opportunities for female leaders within their own organizations while contributing to greater gender equality and societal benefits through the investment they attract.
FDI Center’s Managing Director, Andreas Dressler, moderated two panels at the OECD’s “strengthening sustainable investment policies: FDI Qualities Ministerial Council Meeting” in Paris. The focus of this event was on how sustainable investment policies can support the COVID-19 recovery, advance the 2030 agenda on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change, and help to secure livelihoods for future generations.
How to attract quality FDI is a problem on the mind's of most IPA teams. This two-day training broke down how to develop targeted strategies and meet the requirements of quality investors.
FDI Center’s managing director, Andreas Dressler, held a digital workshop on developing an FDI attraction strategy at the Annual Investment Meeting Eurasia conference. The workshop…
FDI Center’s managing director, Andreas Dressler, participated in the 10th meeting of UNESCAP’s Asia-Pacific Foreign Direct Investment Network, which was held virtually on February 23…
FDI Center and the Møller Institute, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, are pleased to announce that the Advanced Foreign Direct Investment Leadership Programme is now…
FDI Center contributed to several sessions at the Barcelona New Economy Week, a physical and digital B2B event that was attended by over 10,000 participants.…
Finding the right talent for investment and trade promotion agencies has always been challenging. Investment attraction and trade promotion require a rare combination of specialized…
FDI Center’s Paola Suarez Buhrmann participated in a panel discussion on “The latest trends in foreign investment” at the Investment Management Exhibition (IME) 2020. The…
FDI Center hosted a panel discussion on “The role of special and industrial zones in the economic recovery”. The panelists included representatives of leading zones…
The world is facing an unprecedented economic challenge. Companies have announced massive lay-offs, closure of several operations, and plans to relocate facilities. Industrial and special…
Digital technology is becoming increasingly important for investment promotion agencies (IPAs) and other organizations responsible for attracting investment to their locations, who are looking for…
As part of the FDI Excellence training program run jointly with the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), FDI Center held a two-day training…
FDI Center attended the annual WAIPA World Investment Conference (WIC) in Warsaw, Poland, on October 7 and 8, 2019. The event addressed current topics in…
FDI Center attended the fifth edition of the World FZO Annual International Conference and Exhibition (AICE), which was held from June 26th to 28th in…
On June 25th, FDI Center’s Paola Suarez Buhrmann presented the current FDI trends and highlighted a selection of key aspects and best practices to take into…
FDI Center’s Luigi Mercuri presented the global foreign direct investment outlook at Invest in Tuscany’s Annual Meeting in Florence last week. The event highlighted the…
FDI Center’s Luigi Mercuri and Paola Suarez Buhrmann conducted a two-day seminar with the World Free Zone Convention in London on April 15 and 16,…
Following the success of the “FDI Excellence” training programs held in different cities in 2018, FDI Center has extended its collaboration with WAIPA to offer…
