Investment Facilitation
Investment facilitation is a set of policies and actions that seek to make it easier for investors to establish and expand their operations, as well as to conduct their day-to-day business in host countries.
Measures usually focus on the alleviation of ground-level obstacles to investment, for example by introducing transparency and improving the availability of information, and by making administrative procedures more effective and efficient.
- Promote accessibility and transparency in investment policies and regulations and procedures relevant to investors;
- Enhance predictability and consistency in the application of investment policies;
- Improve the efficiency of investment administrative procedures;
- Build constructive stakeholder relationships in investment policy practice;
- Designate a lead agency, focal point, or investment facilitator with a mandate to handle investor complaints and prevent disputes;
- Establish monitoring and review mechanisms for investment facilitation;
- Enhance international cooperation on investment facilitation;
- Strengthen investment facilitation efforts in developing-country partners through support and technical assistance;
- Enhance investment policy and proactive investment attraction in developing-country partners through capacity building;
- Complement investment facilitation by enhancing international cooperation for investment promotion for development, including through provisions in international investment agreements.
