Selected Activities
Assistance to the Leather and Leather Products Technology Institute (LLPTI)
The aim of this project is to assist the newly-established LLPTI in its "kick-off" phase, namely, in the setting up of its overall management, the preparation of a comprehensive training programme...
Unleashing the Potential of MSMEs in Ethiopia
The Industrial Development Strategy of Ethiopia attaches highest priority for the development of MSMEs in view of their importance for the economic development of the country. The sectors of leather and leather products, textiles and garments and metal and wood enterprises...
Ethiopia Cleaner Production Center (ECPC)
The Ethiopian Cleaner Production Center (ECPC) was established in April 2000 through a project agreement signed between the Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the UNIDO with the financial assistance of the Italian Government through Cooperazione Italiana.
Eastern Africa Bamboo Project
In general production and consumption of bamboo and bamboo products in Eastern Africa is very limited, and the value addition imparted by such limited processing as exists presently is minimal. There are many indigenous and traditional uses of bamboo in the region, but these are of low value addition and are usually for subsistence use by the producers.
Food Safety Assurance System (FSAS)
The fight against famine dictated the design of the “New Economic Policy” and is the undisputed top priority of the current government. This is a daunting task largely due to the cyclical occurrence of adverse climatic conditions as well as to soil erosion and demographic pressures.