Press Releases
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UNIDO, Germany and the US help renovate and build capacity of Iraqi industrial high school
Friday, 19 August 2011
TALKAIF, Iraq, 18 August 2011 – The Mayor of Talkaif in Ninewa Governorate of Iraq hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this week at the Ashur Industrial High School in Talesquef, Iraq. The event recognized the joint efforts of the...more
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Unemployed Iraqis get skills training with support of UNIDO, Germany and the US State Department Provincial Reconstruction Team
Friday, 05 August 2011
AL HAMDANIYAH, Iraq, 5 August 2011 – Some 28 residents of Al Hamdaniyah received certificates and technical start-up toolkits this week at a ceremony hosted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the...more
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New UNIDO guide looks at integrated value chain diagnostics
Friday, 22 July 2011
VIENNA, 22 July 2011 – Ways to properly diagnose industrial value chains in preparation for a combined and more successful project implementation is the focus of a new publication released today by the United Nations Industrial...more
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Africa needs new industrial policy for economic transformation, poverty reduction, says UNCTAD-UNIDO report
Monday, 11 July 2011
VIENNA, 11 July 2011 – Africa now accounts for about 1 per cent of global manufacturing, and cannot realistically hope to reduce widespread poverty if its governments don’t take effective measures to expand this vital economic...more
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BBC World Debate to focus on ways to power development in the 21st century
Monday, 11 July 2011
VIENNA/LONDON, 11 July 2011 - Powering development in the 21st century is the topic of a debate that will air on BBC World News television channel and also on BBC World Service radio on 16 and 17 July.Filmed during the Vienna...more
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UNIDO Director-General welcomes consensus by Member States on 2012-2013 budget
Friday, 24 June 2011
VIENNA, 24 June 2011 - The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Kandeh K. Yumkella, welcomed today’s agreement by Member States on his budget proposal for the biennium 2012-2013.The...more
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Universal energy access can secure growth and freedom, say Vienna Energy Forum participants
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
VIENNA, 21 June 2011 – Participants at a major international event on energy that opened in the Austrian capital today called for bold steps and strategic public-private partnerships to guarantee universal energy access by 2030,...more
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Agribusiness can reduce poverty and feed the world, say contributors to Making It magazine
Friday, 17 June 2011
VIENNA, 17 June 2011 – Agribusiness is the key to some of the great challenges of our time, according to authors writing in the latest issue of the magazine Making It: Industry for Development, published by UNIDO. Kanayo...more
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Peru and UNIDO strengthen ties to build trade capacity, promote renewable energy, protect environment
Thursday, 16 June 2011
VIENNA, 16 June 2011 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Government of Peru have strengthened their cooperation in the fields of trade capacity building, environmental protection and use of...more
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World industrial production on the rise, says latest UNIDO report
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
VIENNA, 1 June 2011 - The world manufacturing output has grown by 6.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, which indicates a recovery from the recent financial crisis, says a UNIDO report...more