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Sustainable Energy for All Initiative launched in Nigeria
Thursday, 23 August 2012
ABUJA, 23 August 2012 – The Government of Nigeria and Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Group on Sustainable...more
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UNIDO and UNU-MERIT organize BRICS workshop
Friday, 17 August 2012
VIENNA, 17 August 2012 – Developing countries should study the industrialization processes of the BRICS countries according to the participants at a workshop jointly organized by the United Nations University - Maastricht...more
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New e-waste management project in Cambodia to create new jobs
Thursday, 09 August 2012
PHNOM PEHN, 9 Aug 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is launching a new project in Cambodia aimed at creating employment opportunities and ensuring effective e-waste management in the country....more
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Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin to deliver lecture on China and the world economy
Thursday, 26 July 2012
VIENNA, 26 July 2012 - Justin Lin, the former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank, will deliver a lecture “China in the world economy” in Vienna on 10 August.Lin is working with UNIDO for several weeks as...more
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Improving Viet Nam’s vocational training system
Monday, 16 July 2012
HANOI, 16 July 2012 – Ways of improving the vocational training system in Viet Nam were discussed in Hanoi today at a seminar organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of...more
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Workshop on sustainable biofuels to be held in South Africa
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
PRETORIA, South Africa, 11 July 2012 - Experts from the fifteen Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will attend a regional workshop on the latest biofuels technologies in Pretoria from 24 to 27 July....more
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Helping cooperatives in the Bekaa Valley
Saturday, 07 July 2012
BEIRUT, 7 July 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and its partners in Lebanon today delivered new equipment worth some EUR 78,000 to two cooperatives in the Bekaa Valley.The cooperative “Zadat...more
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New book on UNIDO presented in Vienna
Thursday, 05 July 2012
VIENNA, 5 July 2012 – A new book titled, UNIDO: Industrial solutions for a sustainable future, was launched at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna today by its author, Stephen Browne. The event was hosted by Hans Winkler, the...more
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UNIDO to co-organize conference in Spain on agricultural engineering
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
VIENNA, 4 July 2012 - The International Conference of Agricultural Engineering 2012 will be held in Valencia, Spain, from 8 to 12 July. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is a co-organizer of the...more
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First processing and packaging expo to be held in East Africa in 2014
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
VIENNA, 4 July 2012 – The East African Community (EAC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Ipack-Ima, Italy’s leading organizer of exhibitions for the processing and packaging technology...more
