Having hosted more than 60 participants, the Roundtable brought together senior government representatives, such as H.E. Mr. Cristian Busu, the Secetary of State from the Ministry of Energy of Romania, H.E. Abdullah Al Akwa’a, the Minister of Electricity and Energy of Yemen, and Mr. Mauricio Bejarano Martí, the Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy of Paraguay; national experts from several countries, experts from international organisations, financial institutions as well as private investors to discuss their experience and views on strategies, achievements and challenges to promote, remove barriers to, and mitigate risks of clean energy investments in developing countries. 

The three panels of the Roundtable were moderated by the Secretariat's Director Mr. Steivan Defilla and Mr. Dennis Vlok from IRENA. The former also delivered a speech on the role of the Energy Charter for investment “Introducing the Energy Charter – Global Rules for Energy Investment Security”.