UNIDO-GEF partnership supports launch of Malaysia Cleantech programme
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 October 2013 – The Malaysia Cleantech Programme for SMEs was today officially launched in Kuala Lumpur. It was made possible thanks to a GEF-UNIDO programme which encourages...
View ArticleGreen industry and energy efficiency top Seoul conference agenda
SEOUL, 18 October 2013 – Green industry and energy efficiency are at the core of sustainable industrial development, said participants at an international conference that opened in Seoul today. The...
View ArticleUNIDO establishes investment promotion unit in Lahore
LAHORE, 22 October 2013 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization has established an Investment Promotion Unit (IPU) in the Pakistani city of Lahore and resumed its activity in SMEDA...
View ArticleDirector General Li visits Italy, meets government officials, industry and...
ROME, 22 October 2013 – On an official visit to Italy today, LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), was received by the Minister of Foreign...
View ArticleUSD 11m programme for industrial modernization of Sudan presented by UNIDO
KHARTOUM, 30 October 2013 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Office in Sudan today presented a country Industrial Modernization Programme (IMP) for the period from 2012 to 2016...
View ArticleGerman counterparts voice support for work of UNIDO during Director General...
BERLIN, 30 October 2013 – During his official visit to Berlin today, LI Yong, the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), was received by government...
View ArticleUNIDO fisheries project in the Red Sea State implemented with funding from...
KHARTOUM, 31 October 2013 – The Office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum today organized a joint visit to Port Sudan to discuss...
View ArticleWinners of SEED Gender Equality Awards 2013 announced
NAIROBI, 31 October 2013 – Two Latin American companies have won the SEED Gender Equality Awards 2013, sponsored by UN Women and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and...
View ArticleCape Verde: empowering young people through entrepreneurial and innovative...
PRAIA, 1 November 2013 - Cape Verde will introduce entrepreneurship as a subject in its secondary schools, with the technical assistance of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization...
View ArticleKazakhstan experts visit Japan as part of UNIDO Tokyo office programme
TOKYO, 1 November 2013 – A representative of Kazakhstan's KAZNEX INVEST agency participated in the Third Innovation in Water Management show thanks to the delegate programme of UNIDO’s Investment and...
View ArticlesoleRebels CEO joins Green Industry Platform Advisory Board
VIENNA, 5 November 2013 - Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Chief Executive Officer and founder of soleRebels – Africa’s fastest growing footwear brand – has joined the advisory board of the Green Industry...
View ArticleAfrica Industrialization Day to be marked in Vienna on 22 November
VIENNA, 7 November 2013 - This year’s Africa Industrialization Day (AID) with the theme “Job Creation and Entrepreneurship Development: a means to accelerate industrialization in Africa”, will be...
View ArticleGreen industry conference in Guangzhou showcases green manufacturing and...
GUANGZHOU, China, 7 November 2013 – The third Green Industry Conference, with a focus on promoting the rapid uptake of green industry in harmony with the Earth’s ecosystems, opened in the Chinese city...
View ArticleUNIDO Director General Li meets President Xi
BEIJING, 10 November 2013 - XI Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China, today met with LI Yong, the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)....
View ArticleUNIDO’s General Conference to open in Lima 2 December
VIENNA, 12 November 2013 - The General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will open in the Peruvian capital on 2 December. The President of Peru, Ollanta...
View ArticleAfrica Industrialization Day to be marked in UNHQ in New York on 22 November
NEW YORK, 15 November 2013 – This year’s Africa Industrialization Day (AID) with the theme “Job creation and entrepreneurship development: a means to accelerate industrialization in Africa” will be...
View ArticleUNIDO, Togo sign country cooperation framework agreement
VIENNA, 15 November 2013 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Togo today signed a country cooperation framework agreement.The Country Programme will focus on developing...
View ArticleCosta Rican environmental bank joins Green Industry Platform
VIENNA, 22 November 2013 - BanCO2 , the world’s first CO2 bank focused on climate change mitigation and low-carbon development promotion, joined the UNIDO-UNEP Green Industry Platform today. At an...
View ArticleUNIDO geared up for European Development Days 2013
BRUSSELS, 25 November 2013 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will have a strong presence at this year’s European Development Days (EDD13) forum, which opens in Brussels...
View ArticleLDC Ministerial Conference in Lima focuses on the world we want in 2015
LIMA, 30 November 2013 - “From the Istanbul programme of action to the world we want in 2015 and beyond: Implementing the UNIDO operational strategy” is the theme of the Least Developed Countries...
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