19-23 November 2012, The Hofburg Palace

Vienna, Austria

This year, the 5th GSSD Expo will be hosted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Incepted in 2008, the UN GSSD Expo is the first exhibition of its kind for South–South solutions and a major stage to share development successes, explore new avenues for collaboration, forge innovative partnerships, and launch new South-South and triangular cooperation.

This year’s central thematic focus will be on energy and climate change issues. The GSSD Expo will not only allow participants to benefit from UNIDO’s long standing expertise in the field of energy and the environment but will also contribute to and align with other major theme-liked activities such as the Rio+20 Summit and the initiative “Sustainable Energy for All”, of which UNIDO is a strong partner.

Why attend?

If you are from the private sector, the GSSD Expo is your opportunity to:

  • Showcase your innovative technologies and best practices in a global exhibition on renewable energy and climate change;
  • Discuss available financial and technological resources for the growth of your business;
  • Network with high-level policy makers and legislators to exchange views about how policy changes could affect your business model;
  • Identify potential like-minded public and private partners in emerging markets; and
  • Learn from valuable experiences and lessons from other participants in a given sector and see the upcoming trends and evolutions.

If you are a policy maker, the GSSD Expo is your opportunity to:

  • Showcase the results and impact of your policies in the area of energy and climate change;
  • Share experiences with, and learn from counterparts regarding practical implications of new energy and climate change policies in the solution forums;
  • Find inspirations and solutions for your national development problems; Explore potential cooperation in the subject area; and
  • Build new collaborative relationships with the private sector and international agencies.

Are you from an international organization? Then the GSSD Expo is your opportunity to:

  • Showcase your organization’s efforts and projects on green development in the global exhibition and solution forums;
  • Obtain an overview of the progress on South-South cooperation-related international initiatives;
  • Reinforce the determination of the international community on tackling development problems
  • Collect feedback and suggestions from other participants regarding showcased solutions and on-going problems; and
  • Launch concrete collaborative schemes towards achieving internationally-agreed development goals, including the MDGs.

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