Arab Planning Institute (API) has conducted a workshop on "Methods of promotion of investment opportunities and attract foreign direct investment“ for the Sharjah emirate and UAE, during the period from 24 – 25/8/2016. The workshop aim to study and analyze methods of promoting investment and attracting foreign direct investment in the United Arab Emirates based on an assessment of the competitive environment to improve policies, As well as through the study of functional policies affecting all sectors of the economy, which aims to improve the business environment and reduce the costs of doing business and improve the infrastructure and to achieve economic and financial stability of the environment, In addition to improving the functioning of the economic and financial institutions, emphasis was placed on the responsibility of attracting investment and to identify the responsible parties about it and the importance of improving the investment climate and promote it as an entry point for attracting foreign direct investment. The workshop also focused on the factors that affect the investment decision-making and sectoral how to promote it and to clarify the distinction between the public and promoting the target and mechanism of promotion of investment opportunities by focusing on the United Arab Emirates