Capacity Building, Technical Advice and Training Courses

The international investment regime consists of a complex web of investment treaties and host government contracts. IISD enables developing countries to obtain a full understanding of the implications of legal instruments and to level the playing field in investment negotiations and disputes.

Our services offered on international investment law and policy include: 

• Investment negotiation support and advice, including commentary on negotiating texts
• Development of national and regional investment treaties or contract models
• Development of national strategies and institutional frameworks for investment treaty negotiations and reforms
• Investment treaty and contract implementation and design
• Investment dispute prevention and management at the pre-litigation phase
• Interactive workshops and practical training courses for negotiators and policy-makers on sustainable investment law and policy frameworks. 

To learn more about IISD advisory services, please reach out to our team at [email protected].

Our beneficiaries to date

Governments 

A number of diverse countries have retained the advisory services of IISD’s legal team, including: 

Regional country groupings, institutions, and processes

We have also provided advisory services to various regional country groupings, institutions, and processes, including:

List as of December 31, 2022. For more information, please view our brochure in English, French and Spanish.

Our core expert team is a diverse, cross-disciplinary team of lawyers, economists, and sectoral policy experts in agriculture, mining, and infrastructure. They are based in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America, and are also multilingual, providing support in Chinese, English, French, German, and Spanish, among other languages.