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Launched in 2001, the OECD Global Forum on International Investment serves as an open and inclusive forum for dialogue on emerging issues among the international investment policy community and other main stakeholders. The Forum aims to respond to the calls made by the Doha Development Agenda, the Monterrey Summit, the Johannesburg WSSD and OECD ministerial meetings, all of which have underscored the key role of international investment as a powerful engine to bring enhanced financing, export capacity, growth and employment. Many non-members that were left behind in the global investment surge in the 1990s have made real efforts to improve both the conditions they offer to investors and their own capacity to absorb direct investment in a way that reaps domestic benefits. The Global Forum on International Investment addresses the question of how foreign direct investment can most effectively contribute to economic development and help build consensus on the policies required. The OECD Investment Committee through the Global Forums on International Investment is taking an active role in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by sharing its expertise in establishing and organising platforms so that all stakeholders and players can work towards maximising the potential benefits of investment from a development perspective. > more

Objectives

Deepen and extend relations with a large number of non-OECD economies and other stakeholders by sharing OECD expertise in investment policy, particularly in those domains that require multilateral co-operation and solutions;
Encourage non-members to adopt good policy practices by adhering to principles as embodied for example in the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises;
Enrich OECD work on international investment with external viewpoints from the developing country perspective through policy dialogue, exchange of experience and peer reviews.

Forum topics

2008	Best Practices in Promoting Investment for Development, Paris, France;
2006	Enhancing the Investment Climate: the Case of Infrastructure, Istanbul, Turkey;
2005	Putting the Policy Framework for Investment into Action, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
2004	Investment for Development - Forging Partnerships, New Delhi, India;
2003	Modern Governance and Transparency for Investment - Why and How, Johannesburg, South Africa;
2002	Attracting Foreign Direct Investment for Development, Shanghai, China;
2002	FDI and Environment: Lessons from the Mining Sector, Paris, France;
2001	New Horizons and Policy Challenges for FDI in the 21st Century, Mexico City, Mexico.

Participants

The Forum brings together the international business community including representatives from multinationals, national companies, SMEs and other business leaders; government officials, policy makers, investment experts, researchers, representatives from regional development banks, central banks, international organisations, chambers of commerce, NGOs, etc.

Contact: investment@oecd.org

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