09:00 - 10:30

Opening high-level plenary: New frontiers of international investment policy

OECD Deputy Secretary-General, Richard Boucher, welcomed participants to the GFII IX

 11:00 - 12:30

Session 2: Reviving private investment in the Middle East and North Africa

• Opportunities and Challenges in the MENA Region (pdf)

 12:30 - 14:30

Working lunch for the NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative

• Draft agenda (pdf)

• Mapping Support for Africa's Infrastructure (pdf)

12:30 - 14:30

Working lunch for the Latin America and Caribbean-OECD Investment Initiative

• Draft agenda (pdf)

14:30 - 16:00

Session 3: The rise of governments as sources of international investment

16:30 - 18:00

Session 4: International investment in agriculture

• Policy Framework for Investment in Agriculture (pdf)
• SWAC Charter for Food Crisis Prevention and Management, OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) (pdf)
• Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment that Respects Rights, Livelihoods and Resources, FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group
• Turning African Agriculture into a Business: Lessons Learned, OECD Development Centre

 14:30 - 18:00

Reviving investment in the MENA region: Policy options for protection, promotion and risk mitigation