Mapping of the best practices starts with data collection and with the survey it will be possible to obtain information from APEC economies on topics such as, if the APEC economy has specific policies to attract quality FDI, whether the APEC economy has a specific objective(s) or sustainable development goal to achieve when attracting FDI, or if not, which would be the objective of the APEC economy would like to promote/achieve. Another critical issue is measuring the impact of FDI, and to know if the APEC economy follows-up or can track FDI oriented to physical infrastructure to then measure its impacts.

The results of the survey will be analyzed to identify the APEC economies that have been developing or implementing actions on the topic. Likewise, these results will allow the workshop agenda to be designed/structured. To provide more information and guide the discussion in the workshop, a Brief Survey Report (We estimate 4 pages) will be prepared to be distributed in advance to all workshop participants.

The workshop to be held for full-day (8 hours), in the city of Lima, Peru. (Lima Convention Center), within the framework of SOM 3 in August 2024. The workshop serves to raise APEC economies’ awareness of the importance of taking actions to orient quality FDI in physical infrastructure to achieve sustainable growth and equitable development in the APEC region. It is also a meeting to share, update and develop knowledge within APEC economies. The workshop will have the following structure: i) International organizations’ development of methodologies to attract and measure the quality of FDI ii) Exchange of good practices by APEC economies iii) Civil society testimonies on the impact of quality FDI to promote sustainable development through the execution of physical infrastructure.

The Final Report will contain an analysis of the current situation of the economies, considering the results of the survey made for the workshop, presentations of the speakers and reference methodologies and indicators presented by the experts from international organizations, in addition to key discussions and results from the workshop, recommendations and good practices.

This report will allow APEC economies, especially those developing economies and economies that have not develop mechanisms or policies, to attract quality FDI and measure its impact on sustainable development. This document will map the various best practices of APEC economies to attract and measure FDI impact focused on sustainable development through the execution of physical infrastructure and voluntary recommended actions to guarantee the attraction of quality FDI to ensure that the results of the project will be shared with all the economies and will remain available to interest parties. It is important to mention that the number of good practices that will be included in the Final Report will depend on the identification made in the analysis of the survey and shared in the workshop sessions; we estimate that there will be around 6.

1) Public sector: specifically, those related to entities in charge of creating and implementing policies regarding investment attraction such as: government offices from ministries of economy and finances, private investment promotion agencies, government agencies in charge of structuring infrastructure projects. Depending on their roles, government officer will benefit from the results of the project and apply them or implement them when creating or updating their policies and mechanism of FDI registry and impact; as well as including sustainable development parameters when formulating and structuring an infrastructure project.

Representatives from APEC economies will have the opportunity to present their experiences and approach when attracting quality FDI and different methodologies to measure the impact of the investment received by an economy. This will add value to the discussion to provide a practical approach and not only stay in a theoretical framework.