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Carlsberg Group, Baltika Breweries, UNIDO sign agreement on major environmental projects in Russia
Tuesday, 09 October 2012
ST.PETERSBURG/COPENHAGEN/VIENNA, 9 October 2012 - Carlsberg Group, the world’s fourth largest brewer, and its subsidiary Baltika Breweries, Russia’s largest beer company, are to invest up to 1 billion Rubles (around EUR 25 mln)...more
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Training young women and men to accelerate agribusiness growth in West Africa
Tuesday, 09 October 2012
PORT NOVO, Republic of Benin, 9 October 2012 – Over 200 participants from 14 African countries took part in a workshop on developing agribusiness entrepreneurship and agribusiness value chains as a way of empowering young women...more
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Russian Federation hosts annual meeting of UNIDO’s Investment and Technology Promotion Network
Friday, 05 October 2012
MOSCOW, 5 October 2012 - The heads of the UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPOs) gathered in Moscow for their annual meeting on 4 and 5 October. The event was hosted and organized by the Moscow-based Centre for...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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The world’s first Climate Innovation Centre launched in Nairobi
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
NAIROBI, 26 September 2012 – The Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (CIC), a cutting-edge facility to boost locally sourced green technology, was launched today in Nairobi, Kenya. The centre will offer financing and other services...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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Energy efficiency week launched in Quito
Monday, 24 September 2012
QUITO, 24 September 2012 – The first of four events to promote energy efficiency in the productive sectors of Latin American and the Caribbean took place in Quito, Ecuador, today. The events, which together form the Energy...more
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Kenya needs to move from subsistence farming to agribusiness, says minister at UNIDO event in Nairobi
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
NAIROBI, 19 September 2012 – Agribusiness is the key to the Government of Kenya’s efforts to create wealth and jobs said Industrialization Minister, Henry Kosgei, at a UNIDO-organized event in Nairobi today. Speaking at the...more
