Selected Activities

Overview

At the country level, UNIDO operates within the framework of an Integrated Industrial Development Programme, which is designed to address country-specific industrial development needs in a comprehensive manner.

However, the way of operating in the country has undergone profound changes and challenges over the past years, stemming from the increasing need to coordinate and harmonize interventions with other UN agencies and development partners active in the United Republic of Tanzania.

Areas of intervention

UNIDO has streamlined its work to focus on three thematic priority areas of

• Poverty Reduction through Productive Activities: UNIDO addresses Poverty Reduction by focusing on enabling the poor to earn a living. As such, UNIDO focuses on micro, small and medium scale enterprise development and rural & agro-industrial development.

• Trade Capacity Building: UNIDO support to trade capacity building combines building up the technical infrastructure required to participate in international trade and strengthens key export sectors that require support services in upgrading the productive and export capacities.

• Energy and Environment: Energy has been a core work area of UNIDO for over 30 years, focusing on energy efficiency and renewable energy).

UNIDO has been active in all these thematic priorities in the URT.

Cooperation and coordination activities

UNIDO field office in Tanzania is involved in coordination/cooperation activities with other donors and UN agencies.

To know more about the general framework of UNIDO coordination/cooperation in Tanzania, please click here.

UNIDO is an active participant in the pilot "One UN" Programme which involves all UN agencies in Tanzania. Currently UNIDO has activities planned for the following 3 Joint Programmes and is also taking part in the planning for the expansion of new Joint Programmes after the pilot phase (among others, education and environment) and for the reinforcement and additions to the approved ones.

To know more about the "One UN" Programme, please click here.

Partners

UNIDO works in partnership with various stakeholders including Government Ministries such as - Industry, Trade & Marketing as main counterpart, Finance, Agriculture & Food Security, Energy & Minerals, Division of Environment – various Regional and District authorities; industry support institutions such as Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), Tanzania Investment Center (TIC), Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO), Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organization (TIRDO); organized private sector – Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF), Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI), Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (TCCIA), Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC); NGOs such as Tanzania Food Processors Association (TAFOPA), Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and Environment Organization (TaTEDO), Centre for Energy, Environment, Science and Technology (CEEST).

Funding

Through UNIDO initiatives some projects have been implemented using trust fund contribution arrangements with donor countries such as, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Finland, India and Austria. However, more recently, as many activities are integrated in the ONE UN programme, funding of UNIDO projects in URT comes through the ONE UN fund.