Press Releases
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New collaboration to invest over USD 3 million to help create jobs for youth in Tunisia
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
TUNIS, 27 November 2012 – A new collaboration announced today at the International Conference on Productive Work for Youth in Tunisia and the Middle East and North Africa region will invest some USD 3.3 million in fostering...more
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Peru to host 2013 General Conference of the UN Industrial Development Organization
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – The Government of Peru will host the fifteenth session of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Lima from 2 to 6 December 2013. A decision on this...more
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Germany funds UNIDO project on local production of essential medicines in Africa
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – The Government of Germany will fund a EUR 1 million project in support of local production of essential generic medicines in Ghana, Kenya and additional countries...more
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Green Industry Platform Advisory Board announced
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – The membership of the advisory board for the Green Industry Platform – a global, multi-stakeholder initiative launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – was announced...more
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Costa Rica to host in 2013 high-level conference of middle-income countries in partnership with UNIDO
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – Costa Rica will host a high-level conference of middle-income countries in San José from 12 to 14 June 2013. This was announced by Foreign Minister, Enrique Castillo-Barrantes, at the UNIDO...more
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UNIDO and Louis Dreyfus Commodities sign an agreement to enhance agribusinesses development
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
VIENNA, 7 November 2012 – The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh Yumkella, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Serge Schoen, have signed a...more
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ECOWAS energy ministers urge UN to declare Sustainable Energy for All decade
Thursday, 01 November 2012
ACCRA, 1 November 2012 – Energy ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called on the United Nations General Assembly to declare a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). “The Energy...more
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UNIDO supports green industrial development in Ghana
Monday, 29 October 2012
ACCRA, 29 October 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will support green industrial development in Ghana through a EUR 1.3 million project, funded by the Republic of Korea. “The project will...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
