Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the Joint ACP-UNCTAD Guiding Principles for Investment Policymaking has been approved by the ACP Committee of Ambassadors in Brussels. The non-binding Principles were jointly developed by the UNCTAD and the ACP Secretariats after consultation with ACP Members States and regional organizations. The Joint Principles draw on UNCTAD's Core Principles set out in UNCTAD?s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development and build on key ACP policy documents, notably the Georgetown Agreement establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the Declaration of the 8th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government of the ACP Group of States, the Strategic Framework for ACP Private Sector Development. The Joint ACP-UNCTAD Principles reflect 79 ACP countries' priorities for national and international investment policymaking, and support of existing ACP initiatives. The non-binding Principles provide guidance for investment policymaking with a view to: · promoting inclusive economic growth and sustainable development; · promoting coherence in national and international investment policymaking; · fostering an open, transparent and conducive global policy environment for investment; and · aligning investment promotion and facilitation policies with sustainable development goals. The Joint ACP-UNCTAD Principles come at a time when countries are re-orienting their national and international investment policies in line with today?s sustainable development imperative (see 2017 World Investment Report). Recent developments in national and international investment policies will be discussed during the 12 September session of UNCTAD?s Trade and Development Board, Palais des Nations, Geneva as well as during UNCTAD's Annual International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference, 9-11 October 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva. With kind regards, James Zhan Director, Investment and Enterprise United Nations Conference on Trade and Development http://www.worldinvestmentreport.org/ investmentpolicyhub.unctad.org ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.