Regional Meeting for South America
RSSThis third WAIPA Regional Meeting of South American IPAs follows earlier meetings that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in Medelin, Colombia, in 2008 and 2009, respectively. The event is being hosted by the WAIPA Directorship for South America, held by the Agência Nacional de Desarollo de Inversiones, Prosperar, presided over by Dr. Beatriz Nofal. A Unctad-led workshop will take place during this WAIPA Regional Meeting enhancing the capacity of IPAs at the national and sub-national levels to better target investors in the services sector. Through this workshop, participants will gain a better understanding of how investor targeting is conducted and how these investments may benefit already established companies, fostering economic development of specific locations through the creation of valuable employment.
The WAIPA South American Chapter has invited speakers from both sides of the FDI scene: IPAs and the investing firms. The IPA representative will comment on their investor targeting work and the services sector firm will address the factors that made a certain location attractive and highlight the role played by the IPA in their decision making