International Center for Promotion of Enterprises

The International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) is an intergovernmental organization, established on the initiative of the United Nations mandated to pursue and promote international cooperation in areas related to public sector management, sustainable entrepreneurship, sustainable development and promotion of knowledge-based societal change through research, training, consultancy and information services in these fields.

ICPE is the first intergovernmental organization located in Ljubljana, Slovenia (EU) and has 18 member states from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. ICPE functions as an EU-based training and research hub for member states, affiliate members and other partners, facilitating the exchange of ideas and practices between counterparts from different world regions.

In addition to hosting international expert group meetings, global fora, seminars and short-term executive training programs for public officials, businesses and scientists, ICPE conducts an International MBA programme in partnership with the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, since 1989. ICPE has been publishing a refereed international journal Public Enterprise for over 30 years and has produced over 50 other publications in cooperation with the World Bank, ILO and UNIDO, all of which are available internationally.

ICPE traces its origins to the International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries set up on a UN initiative in 1974, which was reconstituted as an intergovernmental organization in 1980 with more than 40 developing countries as its member states. In 1997 the formal name was changed to International Center for Promotion of Enterprises by a Resolution of the ICPE Assembly. This gave the Center a more ‘inclusive’ and broad-based mandate in keeping up with the changed economic and political priorities of the new host country, Slovenia, and many of the leading member states, including India.

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