Hence, the question of investment negotiations was premature.

Moreover, there ought to be more coordination between national investment policies and IIA negotiations.

(j) To reinforce general prohibitions against post tender negotiations, and to restrict negotiations appropriately and

He said that Thailand was currently engaged in a number of trade negotiations involving investment issues. UNCTAD support in defining the development aspects of such negotiations was required.

In general, those countries lacked the technical capacity and expertise to participate effectively in international negotiations on investment treaties and to implement the latter.

In general, those countries lacked the technical capacity and expertise to participate effectively in international negotiations on investment treaties and to implement the latter.

Exchange of information, consultation and negotiation

Is it more effective to offer a general incentives package or to negotiate deals responding to the particular conditions of individual investments?

Funding for the negotiation process

I took part, on Monday, in the discussions about the work that has been undertaken by OECD regarding the negotiations of a plurilateral framework on investment.

I will give you an example within the Division we are now considering the possibility of creating a special training course for negotiators of investment agreements.

She can assess investments very accurately.

One significant practical obstacle to the execution of privately financed infrastructure projects was the considerable length of time invested in negotiations between the public authorities of the host country and potential investors.

Three missions were carried out to assist the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) with the drafting and negotiation of the COMESA Common Investment Area (CCIA).

In the OECD, negotiations began in 1995 on a Multilateral Agreement on Investment, with a view to reaching agreement in May 1997.

It is amazing how few resources are available for training in trade and investment negotiations, which is an extremely important issue for developing countries.

A round of negotiations of bilateral investments treaties for francophone countries involving 13 countries resulted in the signing of 17 agreements.

The current network of IIA experts has now expanded to more than 500 members, helping them to keep abreast of latest developments in the area of investment negotiations and dispute settlement.

(a) to supplement limited regular budget resources in financing the negotiating process and

Related issues could also be addressed through appropriate training of developing country officials charged with negotiating in multilateral forums dealing with these issues and with TNCs in investment agreement negotiations.

90. An employer shall not refuse to conduct labour negotiations.

The European Union favoured early progress towards a multilateral FDI instrument to be negotiated in WTO.

Negotiations were launched on trade facilitation and members of the World Trade Organization agreed that other, so called Singapore issues, namely, investment, competition policy and transparency in government procurement, would not be negotiated in the Doha Round recommendations were adopted to advance the services negotiations.

Finally, the contents of BITs have played a role as a source of inspiration in negotiations of recent regional and multilateral agreements.

26. The spokesman for the African Group (Morocco) noted that the globalization and liberalization of foreign investment had stimulated the interest of developing countries in negotiating international investment agreements, and participating in the WTO Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment.

39. Draft article 17 (Exchange of information, consultation and negotiation) contained a reasonably formulated provision on negotiation and agreement.

Policies in that regard encouraged multilateral and regional negotiations and export development, without discriminating against foreign investors.

Therefore, the composition of the portfolio reflects the judgement of the Investments Committee, the Investment Management Service staff and the investment advisers, based on the prevailing economic, market and currency trends.

Any agreement to be reached as a result of the negotiations will be submitted for approval in separate referenda.

(g) Development of financial management expertise and of skills necessary to negotiate and manage foreign investments gaining access to adequate information systems

The decision of each board on funding requirements would form the basis of those negotiations, which could produce multi year pledges.

I had the opportunity in Paris to remind our colleagues in the OECD that we should not repeat in the investment field the mistake that was made with the negotiations on services.

Other activities include training in the areas of foreign investment promotion and negotiation, and financial auditing and control at all levels.

(g) Development of financial management expertise and of skills necessary to negotiate and manage foreign investments gaining access to adequate information systems

(a) to supplement limited regular budget resources in financing the negotiating process and

Private investment is important, too. But the new investment provisions embedded in the trade agreements that the Obama administration is negotiating across both oceans imply that accompanying any such foreign direct investment comes a marked reduction in governments abilities to regulate the environment, health, working conditions, and even the economy.

The material might also serve as background information for trade negotiations.

The panellist from Pakistan gave an overview of his country's investment climate, pointing to sectors in which investment had occurred and those in which more investment was needed.

Each can augment the other.

To deal with you?

The representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) focused on the investment climate and the creation of an environment conducive to FDI.

143. The availability of standard documentation prepared in sufficiently precise terms was said to be an important element to facilitate the negotiations between project consortia and prospective lenders and investors.

Invest, invest, invest.

Negotiations to draft Iraq's Electoral Law coincided with the efforts to establish the Referendum Law.

In the collective bargaining area East (the new Länder) the public service employees receive at present 82 per cent of the pay rates applicable in the collective bargaining area West, and as from October 1995 they will be paid 84 per cent.