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The fifty-fifth session of the Trade and Development Board in September 2008 agreed that the Commission on Investment, Enterprise and Development should convoke a multi-year expert meeting on "Investment for Development", the first session of which should deal with "The development dimension of international investment agreements".
In accordance with the Board decision, the expert meeting will:
- Review trends and salient features of international investment agreements (IIAs) that have been implemented, including management of investor-State dispute settlement.
- Analyse key emerging issues.
- Analyse benefits and challenges identified in IIAs.
- Assess the impact of IIAs on development.
The purpose of this meeting is to bring together experts and practitioners from government, civil society, academia and the private sector to address the development implications of the proliferation of investment agreements, and identify and clarify the key issues to be further analysed in order to enhance the capacity of developing countries to harness the development potential of IIAs.
The expert meeting is expected - as part of the multi-year expert meeting on "Investment for Development" - to contribute to the achievement of a "practical/actionable" outcome (as identified in paragraph 207 of the Accra Accord), including through the last of the four sessions of this multi-year expert meeting that is designed to "pull together the findings of the three previous meetings".
Inputs from experts Experts nominated by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers (approximately five pages) to: Mr. Joerg Weber F.: +41 (0)22 917 0194 The papers will be made available at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received. |
