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UNIDO provides agro-processing entrepreneurship training for women and young people in South Sudan

JUBA, 11 December 2019 - UNIDO is training women and young internally displaced persons in the field of agro-processing entrepreneurship. The project, “Enhancing social stabilization and cohesion through agro value chain development” in South Sudan, which is financed by the Government of Japan, is being implemented together with the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Eastern African Community Affairs.
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Record number of requests for climate technology transfer

COPENHAGEN, 2 December 2019 - Demand for the services of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) reached a record high in 2019. The CTCN reported that requests for technology assistance submitted by developing countries increased 240% over the last 12-month period.
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GMIS discusses the future of manufacturing in the SADC Region

PRETORIA, 11 December - Around 200 participants attended Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) Connect Southern Africa, a regional discussion forum with the theme: “Advancing industrialization in Southern Africa: think globally, act locally- the impact of digital industrial transformation in Southern Africa”.
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Opening of Eco-Floris tea factory marks successful completion of project in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, 4 December 2019 – Representatives of UNIDO took part in the official ribbon-cutting ceremony marking to opening of the Eco-Floris tea production factory.
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Advantages of industrial parks highlighted during Ukrainian Industrial Days

KYIV, 4 December 2019 - UNIDO took part in the Ukrainian Industrial Days event co-organized by Ukraine’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.
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Vienna Energy Forum 2020 announced at COP25

MADRID, 10 December 2019 - Her Excellency Maria Patek, Austria’s Minister for Sustainability and Tourism, announced the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) 2020 during the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 25). Austria, the United Nations Industrial Development Orga
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Growth in world manufacturing has continued to slow throughout 2019 amid rising tensions over trade; India hit by negative growth – UNIDO report

VIENNA, 9 December 2019 - Growth in world manufacturing has continued to slow down amid rising tensions over international trade among the major economies. The rate of global manufacturing output growth dropped to 1.2 percent in the third quarter of 2019, mainly due to a production decline in m
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UNIDO at Francophone business meeting

PARIS, 28 November 2019 – At Rencontres d’Affaires Francophones, the largest multi-sector Francophone business meeting organized in France, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) participated in a workshop on “International partnerships and funding with the United Nation
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The role of data and statistics for evidence based policy making

VIENNA, 9 December - An international workshop on data and statistics for evidence-based Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) taking place at the headquarters of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a joint initiative of the UN Statistics Division (UNSD), New York
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UNIDO at the Second EU-Africa Business Summit

MARRAKECH, 30 November 2019 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) participated in the Second EU-Africa Business Summit at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry of Belgium and the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission.
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