Enhanced capability of professionals in developing countries to better understand the issues involved in negotiations on international investment agreement, for example, the range of issues that need to be considered and, in particular, the need to ensure that the development dimension is duly addressed

Improved capacity at the national level to develop and manage national investment policies; the establishment of an international support framework for investment policy reviews, aimed at exchanging information on best practices, particularly through enhanced institutional linkages at the national and regional level; local institutions and universities benefiting from the valuable and up-to-date information contained in the investment policy reviews and the project site, in particular on evaluation analysis and needs assessment on national FDI regimes; and improved understanding of the diversity of investment policy experiences

Strengthened capacity of negotiators and trainers from developing countries to participate effectively in the formulation, identification and analysis of the issues, alternative scenarios and other aspects concerning the negotiation of the agreements. As part of the project, a network of expertise in developing countries will be established, consisting of the trained negotiators, trainers and regional faculty, who will build and maintain their own electronic linkages