The ICPE traces its origins to the International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries set up on a UN initiative in 1974 (Statute 1976), 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 (Statute 1997). This gave the Center a more ‘inclusive’ and broad-based mandate in keeping with the changed economic and political priorities of the new host country, Slovenia, and many of the leading member states, including India.

Statute Adopted in 1976

Statute Adopted in 1997