Transforming commitments into action: UNIDO Director General addresses UN-Energy meeting

04 May 2022

NEW YORK – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is ready to work with partners to promote energy transition solutions, including the development of green hydrogen to decarbonize critical industries such as steel and cement.

Call for expressions of interest in positions on UNIDO’s Independent Oversight Advisory Committee

27 April 2022

VIENNA – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is calling for interested candidates to apply for membership of its Independent Oversight Advisory Committee (OAC).

UNIDO Director General meets government of Hungary representatives, discusses strategic cooperation and potential joint initiatives

19 April 2022

BUDAPEST – During an official visit, Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), met with government officials in Budapest to discuss avenues for further expanding cooperation between UNIDO and Hungary.

Director General’s dialogue with the African Group

13 April 2022

VIENNA – Addressing UNIDO’s African Member States, Director General Gerd Müller emphasized his belief that despite the many challenges facing the continent, there are great opportunities for building a bright, innovative future based on developing the continent’s vast potential.

Director General’s dialogue with the Asia-Pacific Group

13 April 2022

Vienna – During a briefing with UNIDO’s Asia-Pacific Member States, DG Gerd Müller highlighted that scaled-up cooperation with the private sector is necessary to bring the region forward: One of UNIDO’s top goals is getting more partners on board to intensify investment and bring development work there to a new level.

Director General’s dialogue with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG)

13 April 2022

VIENNA – UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller held a dialogue with the Organization’s Member States of the Western European and Others Group and called on them to scale up their efforts in knowledge and technology transfer from industrialized countries to the rest of the world to facilitate economic and social development that would be beneficial to everyone involved.

UNIDO launches knowledge platform to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 9 in Latin America and the Caribbean

12 April 2022

VIENNA –  Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Mireya Muñoz Mera, Ambassador of Ecuador to Austria and President of the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean countries (GRULAC), have officially launched the SDG 9 Accelerator Platform – www.sdg9accelerator.org.

Director General’s dialogue with the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC)

12 April 2022

VIENNA – DG Gerd Müller addressed UNIDO’s Member States from Latin America and the Caribbean and expressed the Organization’s commitment to further increase knowledge-transfer and investment in the region.

Niger to host African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification, 20-25 November 2022

02 April 2022

NIAMEY – Preparations for the African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification got a boost with the signing of an agreement between the African Union and the host country Niger.

Manufacturing sector recovery continues but future is unpredictable

28 March 2022

VIENNA- The most recent data on global manufacturing production, covering the fourth quarter of 2021, confirm the recovery of the world economy and its manufacturing sector, albeit with seasonal, regional and sectoral differences.

Boost for women entrepreneurs in Armenia

25 March 2022

YEREVAN - Thirty-two women entrepreneurs have developed business plans for new or existing businesses after completing eight online modules as part of a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) programme.

Industrial policy and circular economy course for policymakers from Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia

25 March 2022

VIENNA - Trends in resource use and energy consumption indicate that current forms of production and consumption along product value chains are not sustainable in the long term.

UNIDO and European Investment Bank to enhance cooperation on promoting inclusive and sustainable industrial development

23 March 2022

LUXEMBOURG - Meeting at the EIB’s headquarters in Luxembourg, Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), have signed a Joint Declaration to enhance cooperation related to investment operations in the field of private sector development, with a particular focus on inclusive and sustainable industrialization, innovation and resilient infrastructure.

Iraq: building engineering capacity for sustainable hydraulic infrastructure management

23 March 2022

MOSUL – In partnership with Vienna’s University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Government of Austria are working together to strengthen Iraq’s technical education at the tertiary level.

Director General meets EU partners in Brussels to strengthen the cooperation between UNIDO and the European Union

23 March 2022

BRUSSELS – During his mission to Brussels, the UNIDO Director General, Gerd Müller, was invited to address the Development Committee of the European Parliament (DEVE).

Public capacities, bureaucrats: the often-understated enablers of industrial development

22 March 2022

VIENNA – There is “strong evidence of the need to invest in policymaking capacities to foster science, technology and innovation, and industrial development”.

Without gender equality, the sustainable energy transition cannot be achieved

18 March 2022

NEW YORK – In the framework of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), together with UN Women, Finland, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), co-hosted a side event entitled, “The Gender and Energy Compact: Catalyzing action for a just, inclusive and gender-responsive energy transition”.

New publication on making standards work for sustainable development

18 March 2022

VIENNA - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has launched a new publication titled “Making Standards Work for Sustainable Development: UNIDO and ISO – a longstanding partnership”.

UNIDO Director General congratulates Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization on 30th anniversary

16 March 2022

VIENNA – The Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) was established in 1992 as a platform for multilateral economic cooperation. It is considered to be a prominent actor in promoting peace, growth and stability, encouraging friendly and good neighborly relations in the Black Sea region and beyond. 

The climate crisis and gender equality - spotlight sessions of the Vienna-based UN Organizations for International Women’s Day 2022

04 March 2022

VIENNA– The climate crisis has had and will continue to have severe and lasting impacts on our environment as well as economic and social development. The impact is greater on individuals who are most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods and those who have the least capacity to respond to natural hazards, such as droughts, landslides, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes.