UNIDO Functions and Services

UNIDO delivers value via two core functions:

• Global Forum Facilitator – We produce and disseminate knowledge relating to industrial development. In addition, we act as a forum for various actors in the public and private sectors, civil society organizations and the policy-making community to establish dialogue and develop partnerships.Technology Cooperation Agency – We design and implement programmes to support, in cooperation with our partners, sustainable industrial development efforts.
  
  
• These functions are both complementary and mutually supportive: on one hand, the experience gained in technical cooperation activities can be shared with policy-makers; on the other hand, the Organization's analytical work provides for the necessary empiric evidence to optimally unfold our technical cooperation activities.

UNIDO bases its work on three thematic priorities, which directly respond to the needs and requirements of its Member States:

• Poverty Reduction through Productive Activities
• Trade Capacity Building
• Energy and Environment

More specifically, UNIDO delivers on its thematic priorities through the following services:

• Industrial Governance and Statistics
• Investment and Technology Promotion
• Industrial Competitiveness and Trade
• Private Sector Development
• Agro-Industries
• Sustainable Energy and Climate Change
• Montreal Protocol
• Environmental Management

In addition, UNIDO's activities are divided by:

• Geography - Focusing on least developed countries and Africa
• Sectors - Focusing on agro-based industries
• Target areas - Focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs)