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May 4, 2010. PORTLAND — City officials today held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the $75 million expansion at the Portland International Jetport, the most ambitious expansion in the airport’s history and the largest construction project …

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May 4, 2010. The East African Community (EAC) has laid strategies to attract foreign investment as an economic bloc, APA learns here Tuesday.

Rwanda’s minister in charge of EAC Affairs, Monique Mukaruriza told APA in Kigali that during the third EAC conference held in Uganda last month, the five-member community agreed …

posted on Monday, 3 May 2010 Comments Off

May 3, 2010 – Politicians from all major parties give their backing to Yorkshire Post campaign to create a manufacturing hub for wind turbines in the region.

MPs, candidates and council leaders from across the political spectrum have given their support to our Powering Yorkshire’s Future campaign, which was launched on …

posted on Friday, 30 Apr 2010 Comments Off

April 30, 2010 – China’s State Council issued “Opinions” about inward investment in mid-April 2010. Opinions are a form of guidance document that signals to central, provincial and local government officials the general direction the central government wishes them to follow. While not having the force of law as understood …

posted on Thursday, 29 Apr 2010 Comments Off

Identifying, attracting, keeping and developing investment are the key steps for professionals in the IP world… That’s is agreed… but HOW can we ensure we are doing it right?

Learning to measure results efficiently can be a useful tool. Looking at …

posted on Wednesday, 21 Apr 2010 Comments Off

May 21, 2010. The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) hopes to lock in a minimum of 200 projects during the “Invest in Ghana” seminar, GIPC CEO, George Aboagye has said.

The “Invest in Ghana” seminar, which is scheduled for the …

posted on Tuesday, 6 Apr 2010 Comments Off

When: 5 & 6 May 2010

Where: London, UK

GDP Global has developed a 2 day programme addressed to Marketing and Communication specialists, webmasters and editors from investment promotion agencies, as well as planners, directors and senior executives.

The programme provides practical advice and methods …

posted on Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 Comments Off

March 16, 2010. Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced details of a new inward investment project on the second day of Invest Northern Ireland’s strategic mission to the US.

Q1 Labs Ltd., a global developer of security intelligence solutions headquartered in the US, is to establish its European, Middle East and Africa …

posted on Thursday, 25 Feb 2010 Comments Off

Our consultant trainers have been really busy delivering top quality tailor made workshops for our clients.  Here is a list of the programmes of the last few months, run by GDP Global at our clients’ offices or location of their choice:

International Best Practice in investment promotion workshop – Scotland

International Best Practice in investment …

posted on Wednesday, 10 Feb 2010 1 Comment

The benefits of training are well known by HR experts, employers and employees. Developing the right skills within an agency’s team is a key part to success, even more so in the current economic conditions!

GDP Global capacity building programmes provide individuals and teams from investment promotion agencies, embassies, consulates and …