• UNIDO to be honoured with high international award

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    UNIDO to be honoured with high international award
  • Grassroots recovery: UNIDO helps rebuild rural life in crisis-affected regions – with funding from Japan

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    Grassroots recovery: UNIDO helps rebuild rural life in crisis-affected regions – with funding from Japan
  • Pakistan seafood retains access to the EU market by demonstrating food safety

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    Pakistan seafood retains access to the EU market by demonstrating food safety
  • The Montreal Protocol

    UNIDO rises to the ozone challenge

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    The Montreal Protocol
  • UN Secretary-General welcomes European Commission’s Commitment to Sustainable Energy for All

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    UN Secretary-General welcomes European Commission’s Commitment to Sustainable Energy for All
  • Japan to fund UNIDO projects in Africa worth over USD 7 million

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    Japan to fund UNIDO projects in Africa worth over USD 7 million
  • Issue 9: Our low-carbon future

    UNIDO's quarterly magazine aiming to stimulate debate about global industrial development issues.

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    Issue 9: Our low-carbon future
  • Latest UNIDO publication

    World manufacturing growth down in 2011, according to UNIDO's Industrial Statistics Yearbook

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    Latest UNIDO publication
  • Sierra Leone small hydro

    UNIDO Director-General joins President Koroma in laying foundation stone for small hydro plant

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    Sierra Leone small hydro
  • Hernstein Castle near Vienna hosts first executive programme of UNIDO Institute for Capacity Building

    New Institute will focus on sustainable industrial development and negotiating environmental treaties

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    Hernstein Castle near Vienna hosts first executive programme of UNIDO Institute for Capacity Building
  • UNIDO helps oilseed processors in Ethiopia get their business back on track

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    UNIDO helps oilseed processors in Ethiopia get their business back on track
  • UNIDO launches Industrial Development Report at Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi

    The report highlights importance of industrial energy efficiency for sustainable development

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    UNIDO launches Industrial Development Report at Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
  • World’s first hydrogen-powered three‐wheelers launched in New Delhi

    The USD 1 million project took three years to complete, with half of the costs co-funded by UNIDO

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    World’s first hydrogen-powered three‐wheelers launched in New Delhi
  • Agribusiness for Africa's prosperity

    UNIDO is launching a new study on agribusiness development in Africa

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    Agribusiness for Africa's prosperity
  • UNIDO “delivering good value for money”, says Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

    Norway continues to be UNIDO’s second largest donor with project contribution totaling over USD 27 million in the period from 2006 to 2010. These funds are being used by UNIDO to promote trade with developing countries and trade capacity-building through standardization and quality assurance.

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    UNIDO “delivering good value for money”, says Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
  • Making It: Industry for Development - Issue 8

    UNIDO's quarterly magazine aiming to stimulate debate about global industrial development issues.

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    Making It: Industry for Development - Issue 8
  • Partnering with the AUC to manufacture pharmaceuticals in Africa

    In July 2011 the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) agreed to form a partnership to accelerate the implementation of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa

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    Partnering with the AUC to manufacture pharmaceuticals in Africa
  • Mini hydropower plants in Rwanda help reduce poverty, boost productive activities in rural communities

    UNIDO works close with the Rwandan Government on mini hydropower construction, to gurantee clean, green and affordable access to energy.

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    Mini hydropower plants in Rwanda help reduce poverty, boost productive activities in rural communities
  • Greening the COP17 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban

    In partnership with GEF and the Government of South Africa, UNIDO is organizing several "green" side events this week.

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    Greening the COP17 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban
  • World industrial output grows in the third quarter...

    ... despite Euro zone financial instability, according to UNIDO report

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    World industrial output grows in the third quarter...
  • General Conference 2011

    Green Industry is here to stay, says UNIDO Director-General Yumkella

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    General Conference 2011
  • Least Developed Countries Ministerial Conference, Vienna, 24-25 November

    LDC's structural transformation and UNIDO's support in the context of the Istanbul Programme of Action

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    Least Developed Countries Ministerial Conference, Vienna, 24-25 November
  • UNIDO organizes Africa Industrialization Day 2011

    UNIDO, AU Commission and UNECA say energy crucial for Africa’s industrialization

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    UNIDO organizes Africa Industrialization Day 2011
  • UNIDO and Japan organize Tokyo Green Industry Conference from 16-18 November 2011

    Green Industry unlocks development opportunities as enterprises improve their resource productivity and environmental performance

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    UNIDO and Japan organize Tokyo Green Industry Conference from 16-18 November 2011
  • Networks for Prosperity: Achieving Development Goals through Knowledge Sharing

    UNIDO report offers global connectedness ranking, says knowledge networks can achieve development goals

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    Networks for Prosperity: Achieving Development Goals through Knowledge Sharing
  • Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem

    UNIDO works to prevent transnational pollution in cooperation with sixteen West African countries

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    Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem
  • UN Secretary-General launches high-level group to implement sustainable energy for all initiative

    Group will be co-chaired by the UNIDO Director-General Kandeh Yumkella

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    UN Secretary-General launches high-level group to implement sustainable energy for all initiative
  • UNIDO and Germany to increase cooperation

    The Organization also extends alliance with METRO Group for sustainable food supplies

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    UNIDO and Germany to increase cooperation
  • Promotion of micro-industries for sustainable livelihood recovery in Iraq

    Unemployed Iraqis get skills training with support of UNIDO, Germany and the US State Department Provincial Team

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    Promotion of micro-industries for sustainable livelihood recovery in Iraq
  • Former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2011 Vienna Energy Forum

    Participants said universal energy access can secure growth and freedom

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    Former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2011 Vienna Energy Forum
 
 
 
 
 
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