Director General meets CEO of the GEF

02 June 2022

STOCKHOLM - At the Stockholm+50 conference, Director General Gerd Müller met Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO of the Global Environment Facility, the largest multilateral trust fund supporting environmental action in developing countries and the main financing mechanism for multiple United Nations environmental conventions.

Director General Müller meets State Secretary to Sweden’s Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation

02 June 2022

STOCKHOLM - Director General Gerd Müller and Emil Högberg, State Secretary to Sweden’s Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation, have met with the aim of deepening institutional relations and identifying potential areas of cooperation such as green industry, skills development and vocational training.

Director General at the UN Chief Executives Board meeting

12 May 2022

VIENNA- The Director General is participating in the spring session of the UN Chief Executives Board (CEB), which brings together the heads of thirty UN entities.

“Progress by innovation”: Director General engages with the Secretary-General of the United Nations

11 May 2022

VIENNA – The Director General, Gerd Müller, met António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, during his visit to Austria to attend the first regular session of the 2022 Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) meeting .

Director General meets Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP

11 May 2022

VIENNA - The Director General, Gerd Müller met Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). He congratulated UNEP for making history with its Member State agreement to start negotiations on an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.

Director General meets Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships

11 May 2022

VIENNA - The Director General met Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, to discuss further cooperation between UNIDO and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA).

Director General participates in the UNSDG Principals’ Meeting, chaired by Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

11 May 2022

VIENNA – The Director General, Gerd Müller, met Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG), on the margins of the UNSDG Principals’ Meeting in Vienna.

Director General speaks at Morocco's green hydrogen conference

22 April 2022

MARRAKESH - Director General Gerd Müller delivered an opening address at the World PtX Summit in Marrakesh, Morocco. The World PtX Summit is organized in a joint effort between the Moroccan Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University with the aim of creating a regional platform dedicated to green hydrogen.

Director General meets Eni’s Head of Sustainable Development

14 April 2022

VIENNA – Today, UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller met with Alberto Piatti, Head of Sustainable Development at energy firm Eni, and Ambassador Alessandro Cortese, Italy’s Permanent Representative to UNIDO. Eni’s business model aims for long-term carbon neutrality and building alliances for local development - the kind of private sector partner UNIDO depends on to realize its goals.

Director General and EU Commissioner for Energy commit to boost green energy

12 April 2022

VIENNA, 12 April 2022 - UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller and European Union Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson today agreed to further cooperation on green energy.

Results of the “Employment Satisfaction Survey 2022” presented to Director General Gerd Müller

12 April 2022

VIENNA - UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller thanked the new Staff Council president, Mr. Steven-Geoffrey Eales, for presenting the results of the  “Employment Satisfaction Survey 2022” to the Leadership Meeting.

Director General meets Luxembourg's Minister of the Economy, Development Cooperation & Humanitarian Affairs

06 April 2022

VIENNA - Gerd Müller, UNIDO Director General, has held discussions with Franz Fayot, Luxembourg's Minister of the Economy, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs.

Director General meets VDMA President to discuss matters on Industry 4.0

31 March 2022

Director General Gerd Müller and the President of the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA), Karl Haeusgen, discussed new possibilities for cooperation between UNIDO and VDMA.

Director General discusses industrial development cooperation with the Ambassador of Israel

18 March 2022

VIENNA - The UNIDO Director General, Gerd Müller, met with Mordechai Rodgold, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the International Organizations in Vienna. 

Director General meets heads of World Bank and IMF

19 February 2022

MUNICH - During the Munich Security Conference, 17-19 February, the new Director General of UNIDO, Gerd Müller, met with David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, and with Kristalina Georgieva, Chair and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).