After Paris 2023, Florence 2024 and Seville 2025, join this unmissable gathering of the global FDI Aftercare community
The annual Aftercare Forum is the only global foreign direct investment (FDI) event that celebrates long-term investment.
It is convened by Cities & Collaboration to foster peer learning, exchange of best practices and to grow an international community of practice centred on maximising the value foreign companies bring to a host economy.
Join us in Riga this year!
Theme of Riga 2026
Tech-Powered Aftercare
How IPAs use technology, data, and partnerships to deliver resilient value chains, green transitions and talent pipelines.
We are prepared a year-long "Road to Riga"
From free talks throughout the year - to online masterclasses - to our flagship forum, this year we are going bold.
In an era of unprecedented global restructuring, aftercare - the practice of looking after foreign investors already established in a host economy, has evolved from a peripheral function to a strategic competitive advantage that provides sterling insight that reshapes how investment promotion and economic development agencies go about FDI.
Strategic Imperative
"The future of FDI lies not just in FDI attraction, but in strategic aftercare and long-term value creation.
Latvia has placed investment attraction and aftercare at the centre of its national economic development agenda, backed by recent institutional reforms at LIAA and coordinated government commitment
Join us in Riga
Whether you're the only aftercare professional in your organisation or part of a dedicated team, the challenges you face are shared by colleagues around the world. Meet them in Riga.
Free Zones Enterprises, Industrial Parks (FZE, IP)
Looking to understand and shape the intricacies of the whole investment lifecycle, not only promotion and attraction.
Aftercare Professionals
Eager to refresh their perspectives, stay current with industry innovations, and connect with peers facing similar challenges.
Client-Facing Teams
Seeking to design better client experiences that deliver lasting value and leave a meaningful legacy in the host economy.
Budget Holders
Seeking insights into the efficient use of public funds and methods for measuring return on investment for taxpayer-funded programs.
How the Forum will benefit you
Learn What Works
Gain actionable knowledge on effective strategies that deliver results, while learning to identify and avoid common pitfalls that waste resources and diminish credibility.
Connect Globally
Discover proven approaches from diverse markets and contexts that you can adapt to align aftercare more closely with your stakeholders' needs and your organisation's strategic priorities.
Benchmark Your Performance
Compare your aftercare metrics, resource allocation, and program design with peer organisations to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.
Build Strategic Partnerships
Connect with technology providers, service partners, and potential collaborators who can enhance your aftercare capabilities and help you deliver more value with existing resources.
After listening carefully to what the Aftercare community wants, we are going for a full year of activities. For the very first time, we will introduce an online training masterclass scheduled for May 2026 in advance to the in person Forum in Riga.
This Masterclass is a 4 week online programme to help you design your post-investment strategy, including live sessions with global experts, tools, workbooks and individual mentoring.
Serious about Aftercare?
Go for the double pack; the online Masterclass will give you all the tools required to design your Aftercare strategy, then travel to Riga to join the only in-person global conversations to push the frontiers of Aftercare. The 'Road to Riga' is Aftercare on steroids!
We selected a few testimonials so that you can get a sense of what we deliver.
Attending my first Aftercare Forum was an incredible experience. The event was phenomenally well-organised, and every session was engaging and relevant. The speakers and attendees were truly inspiring, creating an atmosphere of enthusiasm and shared knowledge. I left feeling motivated and eager to return next year. Congrats to the organizers for a fantastic event!
Everything was perfectly organised and the contents were very interesting. There is so much to learn about the topic. Thank you to our friends at Cities & Collaboration.
The notion of Aftercare is really unknown to our agency. The masterclass and the forum have been a real boost to my knowledge. The field is much wider than I imagined. I'd like to say thank you to Carolina, who has been coaching me since 2023. Thank you to all the panellists, and I hope to be one of them one day.
There is more in store for you
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will have their Annual Meeting in Riga June 5th to 7th, 2026.
This international gathering brings government representatives, business leaders, policymakers, academics and opinion leaders together to discuss how to grow economies. The Riga Forum will coincide with the EBRD gathering offering a unique opportunity to participants of the Forum to join many business events taking place in Riga that week. Learn more here.
