ANIMA/Invest in Med and World Bank Group share views on investment attraction tools with the business community during a Med Academy, in Cairo, Egypt, 9-11 February 2010. Over 70% of the world IPAs may be missing FDI projects because they do not answer investors in an appropriate way. The Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking report published by the World Bank Group will be presented. ANIMA will disclose a internal review of the audience of most IPAs' web sites around the Mediterranean (see attached synopsis, showing the good performance of this site). In addition, ANIMA will disclose the most recent trends of FDI in the area. According to its observatory, the decline has been relatively strong: 541 FDI projects in 2009 vs. 863 in 2008 (- 37%); € 56 billion in gross volumes, vs. 66 billion in 2008 (- 15%); €29 billion in net volumes (amounts corrected for the multi-stage projects), vs. 42 billion in 2008 (- 31%). To register to the public conference: Eva.seddik.match@gafinet.org

According to the ANIMA-MIPO Observatory, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have invested some EUR 70 billion in almost 700 projects in Med countries since January 2003. The Gulf now seems to have joined Europe as a sustainable second investment pillar.

The complementarities between needs and resources of Europe, GCC and Med countries call for the implementation of an integrated co-operation model, similar to the Japan-China-ASEAN triangle. In the framework of a IAI strategic seminar in Rome, ANIMA draws 3 proposals to optimise the relations between these three areas. Download the ANIMA’s paper on GCC’s investments and role in  the Mediterranean development

ANIMA welcomed in November 2009 ten new members: Agence wallonne à l'exportation et aux investissements étrangers (AWEX), Belgium ; Association nationale pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes (AFPA), France ; Cyprus Turkish Investment Development Agency (YAGA), Turkey ; CEIPIEMONTE, Italy ; Çukurova Development Agency, Turkey ; Entreprise Rhône-Alpes International (ERAI), France ; Fondation Création d'Entreprise Banque Populaire, Morocco ; Institut de Recherche et de Développement (IRD), France ; INVITALIA, Italy ; Provence Meeting, France.
The ANIMA network now counts 75 members: 16 national IPAs, 10 regional IPAs, 9 government bodies or agencies, 5 co-operation agencies, 3 think tanks, 2 international organisations, 17 Euromed networks, 10 business organisations and 3 private companies (ANIMA Club). Full list of  members.