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2nd International Conference
GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
with a special emphasis on
THE ROLE OF FREE & SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS NETWORK
ORGANISED BY
WORLD FREE ZONE CONVENTION
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Wednesday 26th - Thursday 27th (am) June 2013
GIOIA TAURO, ITALY
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SUPPORTED BY
SIMEST, Italy 
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WFZC Training & Development 2013
The DTI has just announced feasibility Studies for 10 new SEZ's. Since our highly rated Convention in London we have been planning more training events and the first of these will be held in South Africa in mid May.
- Location : Faircity Quatermain Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
(within easy reach of Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport by the new Gauteng train)
- Dates : 16th and 17th May 2013
Training Course A : 16th & 17th May
ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN INVESTOR ATTRACTION - THE ROLE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND INCENTIVES
Speakers include Douglas van den Berghe, CEO, Investment Consulting Associates (ICA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Charles Krakoff, Senior Associate, Investment Consulting Associates (ICA), Boston, USA
Training Course B : 16th & 17th May
HOW ZONES CAN SUCCEED IN GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Speakers include Enrico Camerinelli, ERMI Director and Chief Analyst, Italy and Christophe Pinot, ERMI Network Associate Consultant, Abu Dhabi, UAE
To register please complete the form in the programme and send to the fax number indicated, or Register Online, or send an email to info@freezones.org
NEWSFLASH
I am delighted to welcome the Basra International Oil & Gas Free Zone (BIOGH) as Gold Sponsor for the 2013 WFZC Convention. The dates and location will shortly be announced. See News Updates
Graham Mather, Chairman, World Free Zone Convention and President, European Policy Forum, London and Brussels.
Gold Sponsor
THE 2012 WORLD FREE ZONE CONVENTION WEBSITE AWARDS
presented at the London 2012 Convention and supported by
2012 JOINT WINNERS Category ONE !
AND
2012 WINNERS Category TWO !
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Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency, Turkey
www.invest.gov.tr |
AND THE RUNNER-UP ! |
Special Economic Zones Authority of Rwanda
www.rdb.rw |
FDI Intelligence Prize
In 2012, for the first time, a year´s subscription has been offered as a prize selected by a draw, to one of our registered delegates:
Mr Yu-Wen Liang , Director, Export Processing Zone Administration of Taichung City
www.epza.gov.tw
NEWS about ZONES and INVESTMENT
From the WFZC Monthly Zones Activity Report Read our STORY OF THE WEEK
This is one of 20 news items gathered by our team each month - for full details of how to purchase this electronic service click on this link
Other News Services from our partners - Click the links to open a window
Daily
- IPA World News, leads and investor profiles on international company investment moves
2012 EVENTS REVIEW
LONDON 2012 ANNUAL
CONVENTION
FREE AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
DELIVERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIETAL
ADVANCE
Our 12th Convention was memorable for the depth and breadth of the presentations from our superb panel of Speakers. The Convention topics: TRADE & SERVICES - OPPORTUNITIES FOR ZONES; FINANCE AND THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE; DEVELOPING ZONES TO MEET CHANGING NEEDS; COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH analysed how Zones will adapt and grow over the next few years, post the current economic downturn.
WFZC would like to thank all those who joined us in London and made the event so worthwhile. As the Convention drew to a close representatives of five organisations closely involved in Zone development signed a joint Declaration (Download the 12th Convention Declaration). These were WFZC, the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (USA), the Export Council for the Promotion of EOUs and SEZs, India, the Africa Free Zones Association and the Association of Free Zones of the Americas.
WFZC looks forward to developing new training courses, intermediate conferences and the annual Convention in 2013 and to welcoming yet more stakeholders in Zone programmes to participate in future events.
GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
with a special emphasis on
THE ROLE OF FREE & SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS NETWORK
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Two Day International Conference
Monday 2nd - Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Stazione Marittima (Sala Saturnia)
TRIESTE, ITALY
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WITH THE COLLABORATION OF
WORLD FREE ZONE CONVENTION
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SUPPORTED BY
SIMEST, Italy
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WFZC Training & Development 2012 REVIEW
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Tuesday 2nd − Thursday 4th October 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland
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TRADE FACILITATION & INSERTION
INTO GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
Training
Workshop with a visit to WTO Headquarters in Geneva 
with the additional support of
the World Bank, UNCTAD and the ITC
WFZC would like to thank the WTO for their hospitality in Geneva.
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11 & 12 June 2012 in DUBAI, UAE
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| | RISK ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT
FOR ZONES, REGIONAL & NATIONAL AUTHORITIES |
| | A fresh perspective on FDI, Supply Chain Security andd Trade Facilitation
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Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th March 2012 - 2 ½ Day Training Course
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with visit to WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION Headquarters 
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| | More than 40 participants completed the new, highly succesful training Course, held in Brussels
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| | Making Customs Your Free Zone Champion |
| | CUSTOMS PROCEDURES, NEW PROGRAMMES AND SECURITY ISSUES
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WFZC would like to thank the WCO for their hospitality in Brussels. |
At WFZC we monitor Special Economic
Zones around the world and more than 120 countries
now have some form of zone development programme - India, China & South East Asia, Middle East, North and South America, Russia and Central Asia, Europe and Africa.
Speakers and Delegates who have participated in our meetings represent a wide cross-section of organisations from almost all these countries, and from others considering their establishment - Zones and the Authorities who regulate them, Government Ministries, Investment Promotion Agencies, Corporates and Location Specialists as well as Investors, Banks and other Financial Advisers.
ZONE AMBASSADORS
To mark the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of WFZC the Convention appointed a select number of Goodwill ‘Zone Ambassadors’.
Their role includes representing the interests of the zone movement to governments, business organisations, regulatory bodies and local communities and media.
These are for 3 year terms and these representatives of the Free Zone movement have agreed to provide a short briefing about events in their area mid way between the Annual Conventions.
The ‘Zone Ambassadors’ will be invited to include a reference to this appointment on their business cards and will be free to refer to their affiliation to WFZC during their term.
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Since 2001 WFZC has built up an unparalleled network of partners, sponsors and speakers who have contributed to events held in London, Brussels, Skopje, Cairo, Cape Town, Cannes, Izmir, Geneva, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Charleston, Hyderabad, India, The Netherlands, Dublin, Ras Al Khaimah, Poland, China, Dubai and Trieste. See our History pages for reviews of the
events and our Library pages for a review of presentations which have been made.
WFZC MONTHLY ZONES ACTIVITY REPORT
Highlights since 2001
- WTO Director General and EU Negotiator on WFZC platforms in 2001-2003
- IPAWorld supports Free Zone Website Awards (2002 - present)
- Foreign Direct Investment magazine becomes media partner (2002)
- Partnership with CEI / EBRD at Skopje governmental conference
- Report "Challenges, Threats and Opportunities for the world's Free Zones" presented at the Brussels Convention
- Daily News from Oxford Intelligence launched on WFZC website
- Visit to European Parliament and other European Union institutions (2003)
- Special analysis of International Law on Incentives, Benefits, Competition and State Aids in London 2003
- Courses and Training Division established
- WFZC becomes World Bank FDI Xchange partner (2004)
- Post Conference visit to Free Zones in Cairo, Egypt
- WFZC supports WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies) meetings from 2004
- WFZC infrastructure seminar at MIPIM international property exhibition in Cannes (2005/06)
- First WFZC meeting held in a Free Zone (Aegean Free Zone, Izmir) with Ministerial Round Table, resulting in Conference Declaration
- Financial Times publishes full page article on Free Zones (2005)
- WFZC assists with the launch of Pan African Free Zone Association (2005)
- Site Selection magazine from the US becomes new media partner (2006)
- World Customs Organisation & WFZC sign joint Declaration at Geneva Briefing & Forum (2006)
- AFZA (Africa Free Zones Association) Memorandum of agreement signed at Sixth Convention in Paris (2006)
- 2nd Joint Briefing with WCO held in their Headquarters Building in Brussels (2007) with a contribution from the China Free Trade Zone and Export Processing Zones Association
- First Annual Convention held in Asia (Kuala Lumpur) in November 2007 with Site Selection as new media partner
- REIDIN.com property and infrastructure information provider becomes new partner 2008
- Monthly WFZC Zones Activity Report launched in February 2008
- Port Master Planning 3 Day Training Course held in The Netherlands (June 2008)
- 8th Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina, USA in December 2008
- Supply Chain Management Master Planning 2 1/2 Day Course held in The Netherlands (March 2009 and April 2010)
- Ninth Annual Convention held in Hyderabad, India (December 2009)
- Infrastructure & Real Estate Investment Planning And Management For Zones And Industrial/technology Parks 3 Day training programme & study tour Dublin and Shannon Ireland July 2010
- Tenth Anniversary Convention held in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE ( November 2010) and Appointment of WFZC Ambassadors
- Port Master Planning & Special Economic and Industrial Zones in co-operation with DHV Group and the Port of Rotterdam Amsterdam April 2011
- Training Course + Study Tour to Katovice and Lodz, Poland ( June 2011)
- 11th Convention held in Pudong, Shanghai, China with joint communiqué ( November 2011)
- 2 1/2 Day Training Course + Visit to World Customs Organisation HQ in Brussels ( March 2012)
- 2 Day Workshop in Dubai, UAE ( June 2012)
- 2 day Conference in collaboration with the Port Authority of Trieste (July 2012)
- Training Workshop with a visit to WTO Headquarters in Geneva (October 2012)
- 12th Convention held in London, Uk with joint declaration
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