Turkey hosts WAIPA international investment conference

In the annual event of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA World Investment Conference) Tatarstan Investment Development Agency participates as WAIPA Eastern Europe Regional Director.

Conference, the main event of WAIPA, takes place in the largest city of the Republic of Turkey – Istanbul – from 13 to 15 May. The event includes a meeting of the Steering Committee (the executive body of the WAIPA General Assembly, whose task is to plan and implement the development strategy of the organization) and WAIPA General Assembly.

Participants of WAIPA World Investment Conference to discuss the strategy of investment promotion, mechanisms for attracting investments, searching for new contacts and ideas, international and interregional cooperation, as well as the integration of regional agencies in the international investment community.

About WAIPA

WAIPA is a nongovernmental organization established in 1995 in Geneva for making contacts and developing cooperation, exchange of experience and the most important information in the field of foreign direct investment among investment agencies. World Association comprises 168 investment agencies from 122 countries of the world.

In September 2011, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency led by Linar Yakupov joined the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), becoming the first Russian region to join the WAIPA. In February 2013 at a meeting of the WAIPA General Assembly in Geneva Tatarstan Investment Development Agency adopted on the Steering committee of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and appointed as WAIPA Eastern Europe Director.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Press Service