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LDC IV event focuses on trade and productive capacity development for sustainable growth
Monday, 09 May 2011
ISTANBUL, 9 May 2011 – Developing productive capacities and trade as a key component of inclusive and sustainable growth was the focus of an event organized by UNIDO and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), on...more
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UNIDO partners with Austrian Energy Agency to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy
Monday, 02 May 2011
VIENNA, 2 May 2011 – A new partnership between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), a non-profit scientific association, will help promote and support the efficient...more
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Innovative leather products technology unit inaugurated in Pakistan with UNIDO support
Monday, 02 May 2011
ISLAMABAD, 30 April 2011 – An innovative leather products technology unit, established by UNIDO, was today inaugurated at the Leather Products Development Institute, in Sialkot, Pakistan. “Under this project, UNIDO provided...more
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Young people in Iraq’s Thiqar Governatore get IT training thanks to UNIDO
Thursday, 28 April 2011
NASSRIYAH, Iraq, 28 April 2011 – Young people from Iraq’s Thiqar Governorate completed an IT troubleshooting repair class today at the Nassriyah Vocational Training Centre, receiving certificates that will allow them to perform...more
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Geothermal energy discussed at Mexico seminar
Friday, 15 April 2011
CUERNAVACA, Mexico, 15 April - Geothermal energy can help develop innovative productive activities in the rural areas of East Africa, said participants at an international seminar that ended in Cuernavaca today. The five-day...more
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Industries in Southern Lebanon receive equipment from UNIDO and partners
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
BEIRUT, 12 April 2011 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and its partners today delivered new equipment worth some USD 450,000 to factories in the south of Lebanon that were affected by the July 2006...more
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International Year of Sustainable Energy for All gets boost from advocates and energy service providers
Thursday, 07 April 2011
NEW YORK, 7 April 2011 - The United Nations Foundation and the inter-agency coordinating group UN-Energy, together with several leading service providers and advocates, today championed a UN effort to raise awareness about...more
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African Ministers voice full support for UNIDO, urge UK to reconsider decision to withdraw funding
Thursday, 31 March 2011
ALGIERS, 31 March 2011 – African Industry Ministers and heads of delegations from 42 countries of the continent that took part in a meeting in the Algerian capital today, urged the United Kingdom to reconsider its recent decision...more
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UNIDO addresses challenges of managing domestic electrical and electronic waste
Thursday, 31 March 2011
VIENNA, 31 March 2011 – The challenge to manage rapidly increasing quantities of domestic electrical and electronic waste, as well as handling the growing influx of end-of-life products from developing countries were among the...more
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Kandeh Yumkella honoured with high Algerian award
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
ALGIERS, 30 March 2011 - The Director-General of UNIDO, Kandeh K. Yumkella, today received one of Algeria’s highest awards, the Wissam, for “his services as a son of Africa”, his continued support for human values, and his...more
