TIDA Participates in First WAIPA Steering Committee Meeting

The Tatarstan Investment Development Agency took part in its first World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) Steering Committee meeting today in its role as WAIPA Director of Eastern Europe.

Held in the headquarters of Dubai FDI in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the meeting was the first gathering of WAIPA’s new SteeringCommittee, which was elected by the WAIPA General Assembly in February 2012. During that General Assembly TIDA was elected to the WAIPA Directorship of Eastern Europe, unseating then incumbent director, the Public Agency of theRepublic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments.

Over the course of the meeting the WAIPA Steering Committee discussed the current state of affairs within the organization the organization’s strategy for moving forward, and foreign investment conferences and events planned for this year. 

WAIPA is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that was founded in 1995 to promote and develop cooperation and the exchange of best practices,experiences in attracting FDI, and information between the world’s investment promotion agencies. The association has 168 member agencies from 122 countries across the world. TIDA became a member of WAIPA in September 2011, and is currently the only member from the Russian Federation.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Press Service