Selected Activities
UNIDO in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Modernization of the Date Processing Industry
Iran is the world largest producer of dates, with one million tonnes per year, equivalent to 17% of the world production, and covering 250,000 hectares of land (2011 statistics)...
CFC-11 and HCFC-141b Phase-out in the foam sector
Islamic Republic of Iran is a signatory of the Montreal Protocol and therefore is committed to phase-out 570 tonnes of HCFC-141b by 1st January 2015. HCFC-141b is an Ozone Depleting Substance...
Phase out of CFC-12 propellants in Metered Dose Inhalers (MDI)
In a joint project with UNIDO, the Islamic Republic of Iran, a signatory to Montreal Protocol, managed to eliminate the ozone depleting Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)...
Phase out of Methyl bromide
The 29th Meeting of Executive Committee for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol approved the project for phasing out Methyl Bromide in the post harvest sector...
SME Clusters Development
A recent study undertaken with the cooperation of UNIDO shed light on the significant role of SME’s as employers of more than 63% of the total manpower in Iran’s industrial sector...