Flanders and UNIDO announce joint project to accelerate South Africa’s transition to a green economy

15 February 2022

PRETORIA - The Flemish Government has committed 2.4 million Euro (approx. R41m) to a project aiming to strengthen the adaptation capacity for a green and resilient economy in South Africa.

Support for Suriname’s pineapple sector: UN Joint SDG Fund approves 3ADI+ proposal

15 February 2022

ROME/VIENNA– The United Nations Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund has awarded a US$2m grant to boost Suriname’s pineapple sector through a programme that will benefit indigenous and other rural communities.

Japan and UNIDO sign agreement on sustainable plastic value chains project in Nigeria

10 February 2022

ABUJA – Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment, the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria, and UNIDO, have signed a JPY 319 million (approximately US$2.8m) agreement to support government efforts to develop sustainable plastic waste management through the promotion of circular economy practices and to contribute to inclusive and sustainable industrial development of Nigeria.

UNIDO DG Gerd Müller calls for a strong AU-EU partnership on climate and energy at EU Industry Days 2022

10 February 2022

BRUSSELS – Gerd Müller, UNIDO Director General intervened at the EU Industry days and stressed the importance of global solidarity to achieve the twin green and digital transition.

Boost for Sri Lanka’s cinnamon producers as EU agrees protected geographical indication

02 February 2022

Sri Lanka’s application to the European Union for a protected geographical indication for Ceylon cinnamon has succeeded. The application, developed with the technical support of UNIDO, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 22 June 2020 and received a favourable decision from the European Commission on 2 February 2022.

First Latin American e-waste report published

25 January 2022

VIENNA - According to a new report produced under UNIDO’s Latin America and the Caribbean e-waste project, only three per cent of Latin America’s e-waste is reported as collected through formal channels and treated in an environmentally sound manner.

UNIDO scales up Development Dialogues on the 4IR Strategic Framework

25 January 2022

VIENNA– The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is pleased to announce the launch of a new brochure titled Making the 4th Industrial Revolution Work For All: Development Dialogues on the 4IR Strategic Framework 2021-2030.

The future of industrial policy in Guinea, according to the UNIDO industrial diagnostics study

17 January 2022

CONAKRY – Guinea, a country with an economy dependent on the export of bauxite, gold and diamonds, should urgently diversify. This was one of the main findings of a recent study on the status of industrial development carried out by a team of experts from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

UNIDO and Switzerland to support Egypt with the development of eco-industrial parks

17 January 2022

CAIRO– The establishment of eco-industrial parks is considered one of the most important policies to accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development, due to their ability to attract local and foreign investment.

Current pandemic trends bring more uncertainty to economic prospects

16 December 2021

VIENNA - The most recent data on global manufacturing production, corresponding to the third quarter of 2021, indicate a stabilization after the COVID-19-related economic halt in the previous year.

Director General's meeting with Staff Council

14 December 2021

VIENNA – The UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller met with representatives of the Staff Council.

Ethiopia's Ministry of Industry, UNIDO, sign €2m agreement funded by Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation

14 December 2021

ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia's Ministry of Industry and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed a €2m agreement to support Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks (IAIPs), funded by the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation.

Gerd Müller took office today

10 December 2021

VIENNA, 10 December 2021 – The UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller took office today.

UNIDO's groundbreaking publication on the adoption of AI by SMEs

09 December 2021

VIENNA - Further to its participation in the United Nations High Level Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has developed a new normative document, Empowering SMEs of Developing Countries through 4IR Technologies-Artificial Intelligence.

Sustainability within global supply chains requires agile approaches to knowledge sharing and standards setting

09 December 2021

VIENNA -  The COVID-19 pandemic and its related socioeconomic impacts have revealed the fundamental challenges that global value chains (GVCs) face, making clear that transformation and greater resilience cannot take place without greater sustainability.

Supporting an upgrade of Armenia's metrology system

09 December 2021

YEREVAN - The European Union (EU) has signed a Contribution Agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to support sustainable economic development in Armenia.

UNIDO, ADB discussion on boosting Cambodia’s 4IR transformation

08 December 2021

PHNOM PENH - UNIDO and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation and the Ministry of Economic and Finance, have kick-started a virtual discussion on the status of Cambodia’s fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and pathways for the country’s transformation to this new industrial model by 2030.

Understanding the interlinkages between accelerated climate change and the food-energy-water nexus

03 December 2021

VIENNA- The difficulties in reaching a firm agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the transition towards a decarbonized renewable energy mix were visible during the recent COP26 negotiations.

New publication on sectoral transformation for inclusive and sustainable industrial development

03 December 2021

VIENNA - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has launched a new publication: Sectoral transformation for inclusive and sustainable industrial development: Methodological approaches.

Change of management at UNIDO: Gerd Müller succeeds Director General LI Yong

01 December 2021

VIENNA – Gerd Müller, Germany’s acting Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, is set to take office as the new Director General of UNIDO.