Dafina Atanasova

UNCTAD IIAs (@unctadwif); previously CIDS (@IHEID/@UNIGEnews) & @CIL_investment; PhD UNIGE; Bulgarian 🇪🇺; personal account.

[Dafina Atanasova @Dafinata]

.@unctad takes stock of the emerging facilitation features in investment treaties and offers policy options to gear them towards sustainable development in new report.

📑https://t.co/rw06PwXeIK

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[INSAIT Institute @INSAITinstitute]

🇧🇬 Exciting news! Today Bulgaria was announced as a winner of one of six new European AI factories!

✅ The project, valued at €90 million, is a collaboration between INSAIT and Sofia Tech Park. The funding will be used to establish a modern GPU AI data center in Sofia, helping support large-scale AI projects at INSAIT and beyond.

🇪🇺 Bulgaria joins Austria, France, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia as countries that have won an AI factory.

🏆 Helping Bulgaria win an AI factory is yet another step of INSAIT's strategy to position Bulgaria on the global AI map.

[UNESCO Chair at HBKU @UNESCOChairHBKU]

The @UNESCOChairHBKU, Prof. @dsolawuyi participated in a productive dialogue organized in Geneva by @UNCTAD in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the WTO and Other Economic Organizations in Geneva.

The dialogue focused on “Strengthening institutions for sustainable growth: rethinking international investment agreements (IIAs) in the context of Qatar National Vision 2030 and the sustainable development goals 2030.”

https://t.co/vqOiel0HF0
@HBKU #sdgs #IIAs #investment #sustainabledevelopment
@QatarPR_Geneva, @A7med_alsuli6i, @CollinsNan
@ElKady_Hamed, @DianaRosert, @Dafinata

[Hamed El Kady @ElKady_Hamed]

We will strengthen cooperation with #Qatar and the @UNESCOChairHBKU to accelerate investment policy reforms and will explore possible partnerships towards @DohaForum in December 2025.

[Joshua Paine @painejosh1]

I have a new piece out in World Trade Review @trade_review ‘Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments’ (open access) https://t.co/eGvV1y7eKw Short 🧵/1 @BristolUniLaw

[UNESCO Chair at HBKU @UNESCOChairHBKU]

Join us in Geneva on 07 February for this important “Dialogue on strengthening institutions for sustainable growth: Rethinking international investment agreements in the context of Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals 2030.”

Featuring: H.E @QatarPR_Geneva, Prof. @dsolawuyi @UNESCOChairHBKU, @A7med_alsuli6i, @CollinsNan @ElKady_Hamed, Peter Tzeng, @DianaRosert, @Dafinata
#Sustainability #trade #SDGs #investments @UNCTAD @ILAGulfCCouncil @ILA_official @HBKU

More information: https://t.co/vqOiel1fuy

[UNCTADinvestment @unctadwif]

In 2023, new investment agreements added provisions to make investing easier while protecting countries' regulatory rights.

But older agreements still cover much of global investment, especially in developing countries.

UNCTAD offers policy options: https://t.co/YEBUkBapS6

[UNCTADinvestment @unctadwif]

Sustainable development takes on heightened significance in investment treaties. Countries are increasingly aligning investment agreements with sustainability objectives, a shift hailed by

@G20org
ministers gathering in Brazil🇧🇷. Full story: https://t.co/Klhp1DqjPj #G20Brazil

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

How can trade and investment policies support the achievement of climate goals while creating opportunities for sustainable development?

At #COP29, @UNCTAD & partners will share insights on challenges & priorities: https://t.co/zyIOJ0Sprh

More: https://t.co/5oyn4zcGuJ

[Hamed El Kady @ElKady_Hamed]

Driving effective implementation of investment policy reforms. @COMESA_HQ in cooperation with @UNCTAD held a validation workshop for the revision of the COMESA Common Investment Agreement (CCIA). UNCTAD presented the revised Agreements to the 21 COMESA member States.

[Dafina Atanasova @Dafinata]

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[IISD Economies @IISD_ELP]

📢 The amounts of #damages countries must pay after losing #ISDS cases continue to grow, often amounting to billions of USD💰.

Damages top the agenda at next week's #UNCITRALWGIII talks on ISDS reform. IISD's brand-new brief is the essential pre-read!

https://t.co/p07UfZdSs6

[Hamed El Kady @ElKady_Hamed]

New research on compensation in investor-State disputes. Better defining compensation rules reinforces predictability and can reduce the risk of excessively large awards in #ISDS.

https://t.co/mYUwYtfR4S

[Bart-Jaap Verbeek @BJVerbeek]

Old-generation investment agreements #IIAs #ISDS cover the majority of foreign direct investment #FDI stock in developing and least developed countries. @UNCTAD #WIR2024

[Dafina Atanasova @Dafinata]

@posongchai @ThailandforILC @MFAThai Congratulations!

[Dafina Atanasova @Dafinata]

Looking forward to being part of this @IISD_news webinar on the future of investment treaties alongside such excellent speakers. The new paper we'll be discussing by @JOstransky and @JBonnitcha asks the core questions of international investment policymaking.

[IISD Economies @IISD_ELP]

📜Future #investment treaties need to strengthen international cooperation, make sure host states benefit from inv projects, and align with #ParisAgreement. How to get there?

Join us TOMORROW as experts unpack new @IISD_news paper!

⏰12-13 CEST
Register https://t.co/zsOtfVBHwm

[Diana Rosert @DianaRosert]

New ISDS cases are online @UNCTAD Investment Policy Hub 🥳

https://t.co/rCCrr0fZG7

[Hamed El Kady @ElKady_Hamed]

A pleasure for @unctadwif to partner with the National Investment Board #SierraLeone for a workshop on key issues in international investment policy reform with the participation of the Hon. @VP_jalloh as well as the honorable Ministers of #Trade, #Finance and #Justice.

[UN Trade and Development Africa @UNCTADinAfrica]

Today @UNCTAD & @nib_ovp of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 organized a technical assistance workshop on key issues in international investment agreements for government officials dealing with investment policies.

Vice President @VP_Jalloh delivered the keynote speech.

https://t.co/pGTWXAIHPx

[Hamed El Kady @ElKady_Hamed]

Thank you for joining @UNCTAD’s 1st Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Investment Treaty Reform. The new Platform attests to our commitment to continue working with all stakeholders in an open and transparent manner towards a system that places sustainable development at its core.

[Hamed El Kady @ElKady_Hamed]

Always a pleasure to partner with the @isdb_group to build the capacity of #African investment treaty negotiators. @UNCTAD will continue to work with all stakeholders towards a new investment policy paradigm that places #SDGs at its core. Thanks to our host country #Morocco.

[UNCTADinvestment @unctadwif]

Known investment treaty cases climb to over 1,300 says @UNCTAD.

As of 31 July 2023, a total of 133 countries & one economic grouping have faced arbitrations brought based on investment treaties.

UNCTAD's ISDS database compiles all known cases: https://t.co/XHFPVD8oGt