2026 Investment Policy Forum
The 17th edition of IISD's Investment Policy Forum will take place from September 16 to 18, 2026, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This unique event will bring together investment policy-makers and negotiators from developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean to discuss the most pressing issues in investment governance today—and how to solve them.
IISD's Investment Policy Forum (IPF) is the world's only summit of investment negotiators and policy-makers exclusively from developing countries.
The 17th edition of the IPF will take place from September 16 to 18, 2026, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, bringing together investment policy-makers and negotiators from countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, as well as representatives from international institutions and regional bodies.
Since 2007, the IPF has provided a unique space to share challenges, solutions, and ideas across countries and continents, with the common objective of making international investment governance fairer, more resilient, and better aligned with sustainable development goals.
The 2026 IPF will continue the event's multi-year theme of strengthening coherence in investment governance. This year's edition will focus on coherence between international, regional, and national investment governance, commitments, and priorities.
In Dar es Salaam, the delegates will follow up on policy progress on two aspects of investment governance coherence highlighted at the 2023 and 2024 editions of the IPF—domestic and international coherence, respectively—and how the practical tool kits developed at these forums have supported reforms (see the 2023 Panama Tool Kit for domestic coherence and the 2024 Manila Tool Kit for international coherence).
The 17th edition will conclude with a conversation on the next strategic direction for the IPF.
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