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UNIDO, Federal Government of Nigeria helping young people to find jobs and start up businesses
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
ABUJA, 31 July 2013 – Nearly 3,000 University and secondary school graduates visited entrepreneurship and career fairs held in Abuja in June and in Lagos in July, and met with representatives of some 100 private sector...more
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Tracking down pollutants in Mongolia
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is working with the government of Mongolia to get rid of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chemicals used by industry which pose a health risk to humans and...more
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UNIDO project graduates vulnerable youth as welders, mechanics and electricians in Liberia
Saturday, 20 July 2013
BUCHANAN, Liberia, 20 July 2013 – After nine months of technical training, 166 young men and women in Liberia graduated today as welders, heavy vehicle mechanics and electricians. This is one of the results of a project by the UN...more
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Promoting green industry: UNIDO renews partnership with Japanese eco-town
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
“It was said that we had the worst air pollution in Japan. We had a sky that was like a smoke-coloured rainbow,” recalls Kenji Kitahashi, mayor of the city of Kitakyushu. In the 1960s, industrial development created severe...more
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European Union signs agreement with UNIDO to improve private sector competitiveness in Nigeria
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
ABUJA 15 July 2013 - The European Union and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today signed an agreement to support Nigeria in improving quality infrastructure in the non-oil, productive sectors of the...more
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ecoConnect becomes first UK signatory to the Green Industry Platform
Monday, 15 July 2013
LONDON, 15 July 2013 – ecoConnect, a British green industry business network, has become the first UK signatory to the Green Industry Platform, a joint initiative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)...more
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Industrial statistics focus of UNIDO workshop in Beijing
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
BEIJING, 10 July 2013 - Statisticians from 12 countries from across South and South-east Asia, as well as from Sudan, took part in an international workshop on industrial statistics that ended in Beijing today. The three-day...more
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Nigeria partners with UNIDO to improve entrepreneurship education in secondary schools
Tuesday, 09 July 2013
ABUJA, 9 July 2013 - The Federal Government of Nigeria has entered into a partnership programme with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to enhance the entrepreneurial competencies of pupils in the...more
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GSCP and UNIDO launch public-private partnership on capacity building in global supply chains
Friday, 05 July 2013
VIENNA, 5 July 2013 - Members of the Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP), an initiative of the Consumer Goods Forum, met this week at the Vienna headquarters of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)...more
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Supporting the fourth global review of the aid for trade initiative
Friday, 05 July 2013
VIENNA, 5 July 2013 - The Fourth Global Review, to be held at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) headquarters in Geneva from 8 to 10 July, will offer UNIDO and its development partners an opportunity to take stock of the...more
