EU and Ecuador wrap up talks on sustainable investment deal, EU’s first SIFA with Latin America BRUSSELS (Belgium), Jan 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The European Union and Ecuador have concluded negotiations on a Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA), in what Brussels is portraying as the bloc’s first such deal with a Latin American country. In a Commission statement, the EU said the agreement is designed to make Ecuador’s business environment “more transparent and efficient,” targeting long-standing investor complaints such as regulatory uncertainty and bureaucratic hurdles. The Commission described the pact as “fundamental” to promoting EU investment in Ecuador. Unlike traditional investment protection treaties, a SIFA is built primarily around facilitation—streamlining authorisations, improving transparency and predictability of investment-related […]

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Investment Facilitation for Development: What Should FfD4 Deliver? - International Development Blog The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), scheduled for 30 June – 3 July 2025, presents a pivotal opportunity to address the large financing gap hindering sustainable de...

In our latest blog post, Axel Berger & Zoryana Olekseyuk argue that the #FfD4 outcome document should explicitly recognise #InvestmentFacilitation as a significant instrument of scaling-up investment and, therefore, a crucial driver of #SustainableDevelopment: blogs.idos-research.de/2025/04/07/i...