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UNIDO report names top connectedness performers, analyses new global aid architecture
Monday, 19 November 2012
VIENNA, 19 November 2012 – The top 10 performers in the 2012 Connectedness Index are Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Singapore, Ireland, Canada and the United States, according to a new report...more
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UNIDO, Swedish development agency and private sector join forces to boost industrial development
Friday, 16 November 2012
VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – How to learn from each other and replicate good experiences in industrial skills development – this was the focus of a two-day, UNIDO-organized Learning and...more
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2012 South-South Expo opens in Vienna on 19 November to showcase successful development solutions in energy, climate change
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 - The fifth annual Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) will open at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 19 November. The five-day event will showcase and promote concrete innovative solutions...more
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Liberian welding instructors get training in South Africa with funding from Japan
Saturday, 10 November 2012
MIDRAND, South Africa, 10 November 2012 – Welding instructors from three vocational schools in Liberia have successfully completed instructor training courses in South Africa thanks to the support provided to a UNIDO project by...more
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Deputy to UNIDO Director-General visits Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Thursday, 08 November 2012
SKOPJE, 8 November 2012 – The President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, met today with Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization...more
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ECOWAS energy ministers urge UN to declare Sustainable Energy for All decade
Thursday, 01 November 2012
ACCRA, 1 November 2012 – Energy ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called on the United Nations General Assembly to declare a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). “The Energy...more
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UNIDO delegation in Seoul for talks on expanding cooperation with Republic of Korea
Monday, 22 October 2012
SEOUL, 22 October 2012 – A UNIDO delegation arrived in the Republic of Korea today to further expand joint cooperation and discuss possible priorities and themes for moving towards a strategic, medium-term cooperation...more
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Director-General Yumkella receives prestigious Global Leadership award
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
NEW YORK, 16 October 2012 – Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), today received the Global Leadership Award. The prestigious international award was...more
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UNIDO and Government of Nigeria organize investment forum in Japan
Thursday, 11 October 2012
TOKYO, 11 October 2012 – Investment opportunities in Nigeria were discussed today at a forum organized by the Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Investment and Technology Promotion...more
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Carlsberg Group, Baltika Breweries, UNIDO sign agreement on major environmental projects in Russia
Tuesday, 09 October 2012
ST.PETERSBURG/COPENHAGEN/VIENNA, 9 October 2012 - Carlsberg Group, the world’s fourth largest brewer, and its subsidiary Baltika Breweries, Russia’s largest beer company, are to invest up to 1 billion Rubles (around EUR 25 mln)...more
