Hoi An, Viet Nam, 8 September 2006

Organised by the Government of Japan and the OECD Tokyo Centre, in co-operation with APEC, and under the auspices of the OECD Investment Committee, this seminar took place on 8 September 2006 in Hoi An, Viet Nam.

In April 2006, a task force of government officials from 60 OECD and non-OECD countries and a number of international organisations completed its work on the development of a Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) in support of OECD Initiative on Investment for Development. Ministers at the 2006 OECD Ministerial Meeting called on the OECD to promote the active use of the PFI. This seminar provided an opportunity for APEC economies to discuss this new investment policy tool and its relevance for the Busan Business Agenda.

This seminar builds on the APEC-OECD Seminar: Working Together on Investment for Development held in November 2005, where APEC Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Trade identified many areas where APEC and the OECD could strengthen cooperation on investment. The OECD and the APEC’s investment dialogue processes share many common purposes, objectives and methodologies. The seminar will explore potential synergies in making use of the PFI.

Documentation

• Policy Framework for Investment [ Policy Framework for Investment / français ]
• Using ODA to Promote Private Investment for Development: Policy Guidance for Donors

Further reading

• Making the Most of the Policy Framework for Investment, Speech by the OECD Secretary-General OECD Tokyo Policy Forum on Investing for Development on 20 July 2006
• Policy Framework for Investment
• Policy Framework For Investment: A Review of Good Practices, OECD, 16 July 2006
  (companion volume to the text of the Framework providing analytical background material on each of the ten chapters of the Framework)  [ English / français ]
• APEC-OECD Seminar: Working Together on Investment for Development, 14-15 November 2005, Busan, Korea