Round Table

Within the framework of the fortieth session of the Industrial Development Board (IDB), UNIDO will organize a Round Table entitled “Sustainable industrial development: the experience of the BRICS (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) in achieving competitiveness, innovation and job creation”, which will be held on 20 November 2012, from 15:00 to 17:00, in the Board Room B of the M Building, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.

The Round Table’s objective is to set the stage for an active engagement of UNIDO during the forthcoming BRICS Summit, which is scheduled to take place in March 2013 in Durban, South Africa.

The Round Table will focus on the role that industrial development can play as a platform for the BRICS to actively collaborate with one another, both in terms of working together around common challenges - especially in achieving higher levels of competitiveness and employment, addressing sustainability issues and sharing technology - and in terms of offering lessons for a sustainable development path for other developing countries and economies in transition.

During the Round Table, the UNIDO report “Structural Change, Poverty Reduction and Industrial Policy in the BRICS” will also be launched. The report analyses the industrial development trajectory of the BRICS, provides an in-depth review of structural change and diversification, and reviews the impact that their experiences can have on other developing countries.

For more information, please download the Events Brochure, or contact:

Amita Misra
Director and Deputy to Managing Director
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