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Director-General Yumkella on official visit to Ecuador
Monday, 11 June 2012
QUITO, 11 June 2012 – During his three-day official visit to Ecuador, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, met with President Rafael Vincente Correa Delgado....more
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Increasing the sustainability of the East African coffee supply chain
Thursday, 07 June 2012
TRIESTE, Italy, 7 June 2012 - A conference focusing on technologies and best practices for the optimal utilization of by-products in the East African coffee value chain will take place from 11-14 June.The conference is being...more
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Global Environment Facility Council approves record USD 667 million work programme
Thursday, 07 June 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C., 7 June 2012 – The Global Environment Facility's governing council today completed its 42nd meeting approving the largest work programme to date for addressing global environmental challenges.The 32-member Global...more
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UNIDO to host workshop on improving the competitiveness of the cotton sector in Ghana
Wednesday, 06 June 2012
ACCRA, 6 June 2012 – A workshop to raise awareness of the options to increase the productivity of cotton, the country's "white gold", including the possible introduction of biotechnology-derived, insect-resistant and...more
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UNIDO supports European Resource Efficiency Platform
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
BRUSSELS, 5 June 2012 - At the invitation of the European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, the Director-General of UNIDO, Kandeh K. Yumkella, today participated in the first meeting of the European Resource...more
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Summer course on renewable energy for decentralized systems opens in Trieste
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
TRIESTE, Italy, 5 June 2012 - Renewable energy for decentralized systems is the focus of the summer course organized by the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS) of the United Nations Industrial Development...more
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UNIDO and AUC conference promotes economic diversification and manufacturing in Africa
Monday, 04 June 2012
ADDIS ABABA, 8 June 2012 – A conference on strategies to promote economic diversification in Africa, with a focus on investment in the agribusiness and pharmaceutical sectors, took place on 4-5 June in the Ethiopian capital. The...more
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UNIDO report: world manufacturing shows only moderate growth as some developing countries experience a gradual slowdown
Friday, 01 June 2012
VIENNA, 1 June 2011 – A report released today by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) shows that world manufacturing output increased by 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2012, compared to the same...more
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UN Secretary-General test-drives hydrogen powered vehicles at UNIDO-ICHET Centre in Turkey
Thursday, 31 May 2012
ISTANBUL, 31 May 2012 - The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today visited the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) in Istanbul and test-drove some of the vehicles developed at the...more
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Vietnamese entrepreneurs visit China to learn about lacquerware production
Saturday, 19 May 2012
FUZHOU CITY, Viet Nam, 19 May 2012 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) supported a study tour by Vietnamese lacquer producers, local Government staff, experts and researchers to China that ended...more
