Mr. Nabil Itani, Chairman-General Manager of IDAL took part at the G20 WAIPA conference on “Foreign Direct Investment” in Istanbul on April 27-28, 2015.

The conference is organized in association with Invest in Turkey, B20 and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) to include Investment Promotion Agencies’ perspective to G20 processes to ensure continuous improvement in global investment climate, more inclusive global economic systems and higher connectivity among all economies.

IDAL attended EDILE’s (Economic Development Through Inclusive and Local Empowerment) second Regional Exchange Session, hosted by ANIMA Investment Network on 21-22 April, 2015 in Marseille.

The seminar discussed the economic impact of investment and EDILE assessment tool with a special focus on economic criterion and country-specific practice.

IDAL sponsored the "Lebanese economy: Strategic Guidelines for economic and social development" forum held at Phoenicia Hotel, on April 1^st  and  2^nd, 2015. IDAL`s chairman  Engineer Nabil Itani, who delivered a speech during the opening session, considered that attracting investments requires a favorable climate, integrated and promising features, as well as fast procedures contributing to facilitate the movement of persons and the easy flow of goods and money, which can contribute to the increase of inter-Arab investments and attract more FDI.

IDAL organized a dinner to honor the delegations participating in the "Lebanese economy: Strategic Guidelines for economic and social development" forum held at Phoenicia Hotel, on April 1^st, 2015.

IDAL`s chairman Engineer Nabil Itani delivered a speech, stressing the importance of holding this conference at this period of time, where Arab countries and the Middle East region face major challenges and changes that reflected on economic sectors, and on the overall investment climate.