June 10, 2025
In collaboration with ANIMA Investment Network, the cooperation network for economic development of the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions, FDI Center is hosting a webinar on “Resilient Investment Promotion in Times of Geopolitical Risk”. This webinar will be held on June, 19 at 11:30 (CEST).
With increasing geopolitical realignments, value chain shifts, and changing global trade dynamics, countries across the Euro-Mediterranean basin face growing uncertainty, but also a strategic opportunity to reposition the region as a competitive, resilient, and future-ready investment destination.
This session will explore how investment promotion strategies are evolving in response to global instability, and how actors in the Euro-Mediterranean region are working together to create resilient ecosystems for investment. The discussion will:
• Showcase strategies to build investor confidence and sustain promotion efforts during periods of disruption.
• Highlight the importance of reforms, strategic sector focus, and long-term planning.
• Explore the growing significance of regional cooperation in investment attraction.
• Present success stories of how individual countries, through targeted reforms and infrastructure investment, are contributing to the development of a more resilient, regionally integrated investment environment across the Euro-Mediterranean basin.
This 1 hour webinar will be moderated by FDI Center’s Managing Director, Andreas Dresslerand joined by the following speakers:
• Latifa El Bouabdellaoui, Director General, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade
• José Magnaye, Policy Officer, DG Trade – European Commission
• Vasso Kyrkou, Director General of Communications, Marketing and Stakeholder Relations, Enterprise Greece
• Thouraya Khayati, Promotion General Director, FIPA
