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UNIDO opens office in South Africa
PRESS RELEASE 03/06 (pdf version available here)
FOR INFORMATION ONLY
NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD
UNIDO opens office in South Africa
Vienna, 19 April 2006 — The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, and South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Bongani Mabuto Mpahlwa formally opened the UNIDO office in South Africa today, by signing the host country agreement at a ceremony in Pretoria.
UNIDO's South African office will be a Sub-Regional Office, covering: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa: Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Government representatives from these countries also attended the official launching.
The Office will be based in Pretoria and headed by UNIDO Representative Stefano Bologna. The newly appointed director, an engineer from Italy, has extensive work experience in the private sector, as well as with UNEP and UNIDO.
The UNIDO Office in South Africa will provide the countries of the region with technical support and advice on industrial development issues, as well as project assistance. It will also interact with financial and multilateral development institutions in the area.
The South Africa office brings to 22 the number of UNIDO offices in Africa.
UNIDO is now represented in some 40 countries worldwide, either by a designated country or regional office or by a UNIDO desk located within a UNDP country office. Additionally, it operates a network of 19 investment and technology promotion offices and units, 35 National Cleaner Production Centres, 10 International Technology Centres and 44 Subcontracting and Partnership Exchanges in various countries.
For more information, please contact:
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Ms. Zanele Mkhize |
Ms Mantlibi Pokane |