​On February 8, 2017, ICSID entered into an Agreement on General Arrangements with the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) of the American Arbitration Association. The Agreement was signed on behalf of ICSID by Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, and on behalf of ICDR by India Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Arbitration Association.

The Agreement is based on Article 63 of the ICSID Convention and formalizes existing collaborative relations between the two organizations in providing hearing facilities for international arbitration cases. The Agreement also encourages knowledge sharing between ICSID and ICDR and exchange of information and publications in the field of arbitration, conciliation, and other alternative methods of dispute resolution.