Press Releases
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Green Industry Platform Advisory Board announced
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – The membership of the advisory board for the Green Industry Platform – a global, multi-stakeholder initiative launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – was announced...more
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Costa Rica to host in 2013 high-level conference of middle-income countries in partnership with UNIDO
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – Costa Rica will host a high-level conference of middle-income countries in San José from 12 to 14 June 2013. This was announced by Foreign Minister, Enrique Castillo-Barrantes, at the UNIDO...more
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UNIDO and Louis Dreyfus Commodities sign an agreement to enhance agribusinesses development
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
VIENNA, 7 November 2012 – The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh Yumkella, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Serge Schoen, have signed a...more
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ECOWAS energy ministers urge UN to declare Sustainable Energy for All decade
Thursday, 01 November 2012
ACCRA, 1 November 2012 – Energy ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called on the United Nations General Assembly to declare a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). “The Energy...more
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UNIDO supports green industrial development in Ghana
Monday, 29 October 2012
ACCRA, 29 October 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will support green industrial development in Ghana through a EUR 1.3 million project, funded by the Republic of Korea. “The project will...more
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European Academy of Bolzano and UNIDO to collaborate on renewable energy, energy efficiency
Friday, 05 October 2012
VIENNA, 5 October 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC) are teaming up to promote sustainable energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy, and to...more
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UNIDO and EU discuss “strategic” partnership
Wednesday, 03 October 2012
BRUSSELS, 3 October 2012 – Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today said that the partnership with the EU aimed to bring economic opportunities and...more
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Project to boost Burundi’s competitiveness in the global market
Friday, 28 September 2012
BUJUMBURA, 28 September 2012 – Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi, Gervais Rufyikiri, today launched a project that will increase the country’s capacity to trade by improving compliance with international standards...more
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UN Secretary-General appoints Kandeh Yumkella as Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for All initiative
Monday, 24 September 2012
UN Headquarters, New York, 24 September 2012 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strengthened his commitment to achieving sustainable energy for all by announcing new leadership arrangements for his Sustainable Energy for All...more
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UNIDO and IAEA sign a Practical Arrangement for technical cooperation
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
VIENNA, 18 September 2012 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have formalized their collaboration to enhance technical support to the Member States. A...more
