Pre-Conference Session: ICCI Workshop & Investment 101

Invest Canada- Community Initiatives (ICCI) is a contribution program designed to help Canadian communities attract, retain and expand foreign direct investment. ICCI supports non-profit and public-private partnerships at the local community level, and follows three basic principles:

·        Focusing on supporting the attraction, retention, and expansion of foreign direct investment;

·        Work through partnerships;

·        Sharing costs.

Are you interested in learning more about FDI attraction and the Invest Canada- Community Initiatives (ICCI) contribution program? Is foreign direct investment a part of your economic development strategy? Then sign up for this pre-conference session to learn more about FDI attraction and the ICCI program for communities.

Speakers: 

• Pierre Desmarais, Deputy Director, Investor Services Division
• Bernard Lemay, PhD, Special Advisor, Investor Services Division

Presented by:      Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada