• This award recognizes Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) that have demonstrated excellence in facilitating investment-ready opportunities and advancing strategic investments through effective partnerships, stakeholder coordination, investor engagement, and investment facilitation.
• Applicants should provide examples of investment opportunities that help demonstrate the role played by the IPA in facilitating investments, mobilizing partnerships, strengthening investment readiness, and advancing investment opportunities.
• The award does not require the IPA to be the project owner, project developer, lead implementing agency, or PPP authority.
• Projects and opportunities may originate from ministries, PPP units, industrial zone authorities, subnational governments, utilities, development agencies, sovereign entities, or private sector stakeholders.
• The examples submitted are intended to help the jury understand the nature of the opportunities and the role played by the IPA in advancing them.
• The award evaluates the effectiveness of the IPA in mobilizing partnerships, facilitating investor engagement, strengthening investment-ready pipelines, and contributing to investments that support national development priorities and economic growth.