LDC5 side event: Building capacity in investment promotion to advance the SDGs in LDCs

The event will highlight challenges faced by LDCs in the promotion of investment in SDG-related sectors and present strategies, programmes and tools that governments can use to target and facilitate sustainable investment. It will draw from a recent UNCTAD needs-assessment report of LDC IPAs.

The results of the first phase of the new multi-agency Capacity Development Programme for Investment Promotion Agencies of Least Developed Countries, will be presented, including the creation of an “Executive IPA College.”

Issues to be addressed:

• What challenges are LDCs facing in the promotion of investment in SDG-related sectors?
• How can LDC IPAs better integrate the SDGs in their investment promotion strategies?
• In what way can IPAs facilitate partnerships to channel investment towards the SDGs?
• What digital tools can help LDC IPAs promote sustainable investment more effectively?

Programme

Opening:

• E. Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President, Timor-Leste (tbc)
• Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
• Rabab Fatima, Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS
• Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of ILO (by video message)
• Gerd Müller, Director-General of UNIDO (by video message)

Followed by:

Presentation of a short video on the Capacity Development Programme for Investment Promotion Agencies of Least Developed Countries

Panel:

Moderator: Ms. Terryanne Chebet, Business Journalist, CNBC Africa

• E. Ms. Rose Kayi Mivedor, Minister of Investment Promotion, Togo
• James Zhan, Director, Investment and Enterprise Division, UNCTAD
• Deepak Bagla, President, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
• Fatimetou Bellamech, Director of the Single Window for Enterprises, Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM)
• Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)

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