November 7, 2023
07:30
07:30 - 08:00
ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS
08:00
08:00 - 08:10
Welcoming Remarks
AntónioGomes (OECD)
08:10 - 09:40
Session 1: What strategies are necessary to attract FDI in regions and enhance its impact on regional development?
The session will examine the strategies related to FDI attraction in regions. It will explore different models of subnational investment promotion strategies and discuss their role in supporting regional attractiveness, achieving local sustainability goals, addressing regional disparities, as well as identifying challenges and opportunities.
JavierYraola Burgos (ICEX Invest in Spain)AchimHartig (Germany Trade & Invest)Alexandrede Crombrugghe (OECD)FelixNeugart (North Rhine-Westphalia Global Business GmbH)IanSmith (Department of Regional New South Wales)Julio CésarPuentes Montaño (ProColombia)LydiaAlessio - Vernì (Agenzia Lavoro & SviluppoImpresa, Friuli Venezia Giulia - Investment Development Agency)
09:40
09:40 - 10:00
COFFEE BREAK
10:00
10:00 - 11:40
Session 2: Powering up the local workforce: The case of battery plant investments
[IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OECD LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM] The session will be a practical discussion on the need to develop local capacities and skills to attract investment projects, focusing on the case of battery plant investments. Complementary policies and strategies, including from IPAs, are required to develop the required local workforce and meet the needs of the investors and the local communities.
LucDoublet (Nord France Invest)MichaelHorrigan (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)HinrichHabeck (WTSH GmbH - Business Development & Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein)NadineGuerin Roquel (LHH - The Adecco Group)VincentRaufast (OCO Global)ChristineJuen (Austrian Delegation to the OECD)AlexIrwin-Hunt (fDi Intelligence (FT Specialist))AchimHartig (Germany Trade & Invest)
11:40
11:40 - 11:45
Wrap-up and next steps
AnaNovik (OECD)
11:45 - 13:00
LUNCH BREAK
13:00
13:00 - 14:30
Session 3: Regional development - a deep dive on the role of IPAs (closed session)
[CLOSED SESSION: OECD members and Accession countries only] This session will focus on the institutional framework for investment promotion and facilitation at subnational level and explore the role of local actors, notably subnational IPAs and EDOs, and their relationships with national IPAs, identifying opportunities and challenges.
RomanaKunkova (Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency)RadiSimeonova (Washington State Department of Commerce)AnneBeggs (Invest Northern Ireland)LaurentSansoucy (ITA - Invest in Italy)AchimHartig (Germany Trade & Invest)Alexandrede Crombrugghe (OECD)
14:30
14:30 - 15:00
COFFEE BREAK
15:00
15:00 - 16:30
Session 4: Monitoring and evaluation of sustainable investment (closed session)
[CLOSED SESSION: OECD members and Accession countries only] This session will focus on examples of new approaches, methodologies and data sources used for M&E in selected areas of sustainability, featuring IPA best practices and new developments in this area – including based on a survey of IPAs conducted in 2023.
BilalIlhan (Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Investment Office)AlejandroRiquelme (InvestChile)ElizabethSchaefer (SelectUSA)Mads MynderupGodtfredsen (Invest in Denmark)MonikaSztajerowska (OECD)BredaO'Sullivan (IDA Ireland)
16:30
16:30 - 17:00
Conclusion and the way forward
[CLOSED SESSION: OECD members and Accession countries only]
AchimHartig (Germany Trade & Invest)AnaNovik (OECD)