1st WAIPA Focus Forum
RSSThe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments (JAPTI) will be hosting a WAIPA Focus Meeting in Ljubljana, at the Mons Hotel and Congress Centre, on November 23rd and 24th, 2009. The meeting will count on the participation of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia, which, along with JAPTI will share this Host Country's experience with respect to financial incentives in foreign investment attraction. The Investment Climate Advisory Services, of the WorldBank, represented by Sebastien James will share their recent research work in this area and analyze their findings in the presence of all attendants. Based on both his consulting work and his academic background in the field, Henry Loewendahl will shed some light on how corporations factor incentives into their decision making, analyze different type of incentives, guiding us through the ins and outs of the negotiation an incentive scheme with investing corporations. Professor Kenneth Thomas will share the views of the Global Subsidies Initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and, question whether incentives may be tailored in such a way as to attract sustainable investments. We hope that this varied group of experts in the field will provide the backdrop – against which – attending IPAs will be able to compare their country experiences with the outcome of their research and their vast field experience. WAIPA has in fact earmarked 4 (four) time slots in the first day of the meeting to be used specifically for experience sharing by IPA members.