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UNIDO supports European Resource Efficiency Platform
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
BRUSSELS, 5 June 2012 - At the invitation of the European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, the Director-General of UNIDO, Kandeh K. Yumkella, today participated in the first meeting of the European Resource...more
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Summer course on renewable energy for decentralized systems opens in Trieste
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
TRIESTE, Italy, 5 June 2012 - Renewable energy for decentralized systems is the focus of the summer course organized by the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS) of the United Nations Industrial Development...more
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UNIDO and AUC conference promotes economic diversification and manufacturing in Africa
Monday, 04 June 2012
ADDIS ABABA, 8 June 2012 – A conference on strategies to promote economic diversification in Africa, with a focus on investment in the agribusiness and pharmaceutical sectors, took place on 4-5 June in the Ethiopian capital. The...more
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UNIDO report: world manufacturing shows only moderate growth as some developing countries experience a gradual slowdown
Friday, 01 June 2012
VIENNA, 1 June 2011 – A report released today by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) shows that world manufacturing output increased by 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2012, compared to the same...more
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UN Secretary-General test-drives hydrogen powered vehicles at UNIDO-ICHET Centre in Turkey
Thursday, 31 May 2012
ISTANBUL, 31 May 2012 - The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today visited the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) in Istanbul and test-drove some of the vehicles developed at the...more
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Grassroots recovery: UNIDO helps rebuild rural life in crisis-affected regions – with funding from Japan
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Somalia: three countries with different histories, culture and geographic locations. One thing they do have in common is the fact that all three of them have experienced...more
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Gulf Co-operation Council investment forum participants pledge millions for development of Uganda
Monday, 28 May 2012
KAMPALA, 28 May 2012 – Participants at the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) investment Forum that ended today pledged hundreds of million dollars to developing agribusiness, green industry, renewable energy, education and health...more
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Italian agency ENEA and UNIDO to jointly promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries
Friday, 25 May 2012
VIENNA, 25 May 2012 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) have agreed to jointly promote...more
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Germany pledges EUR 1 million in support of UNIDO’s efforts to develop a pharmaceutical industry in Africa
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
BERLIN, 23 May 2012 – Germany's ongoing financial support to developing Africa's pharmaceutical industry will be increased by EUR 1 million. This was announced today by Dirk Niebel, the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation...more
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Switzerland to fund UNIDO project in Indonesia, supports Organization’s Green Industry platform for Rio+20
Monday, 21 May 2012
BERNE, 21 May 2012 – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) will fund a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project to help develop Indonesia’s National Resource Efficient and Cleaner...more
