Stories
Strengthening women’s leadership role in Colombia’s artisanal gold mining sector
21 March 2021 | By: UNIDO
For the local population, mostly indigenous people and Afro-Colombians (descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the area by the Spanish colonizers), the artisanal and small-scale gold mining ...
Сохрани еду - сохрани планету!
15 March 2021 | By: Dana ZHMUDSKA
Пчелиный воск как альтернативна пластиковым пищевым упаковкам, загрязняющим экологию.
15 March 2021 | By: Dana ZHMUDSKA
Introducing the beeswax alternative to polluting plastic food wraps.
The sky is the limit: Sierra Leone’s ‘barefoot’ women solar engineers
05 March 2021 | By: Leisa Burrell
An initiative that started 50 years ago in India in a bid to empower rural, illiterate women has now spread to ninety-three countries around the world.
Sustainable fashion: UNIDO and Nudie Jeans to recycle second-quality jeans in Tunisia
25 February 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
Nudie Jeans, a global leader in sustainable fashion, is looking at ways to make use of second-quality jeans to maintain the highest quality of its products, while reducing the environmental impact of ...
Circular economy: a question of design
21 February 2021 | By: Kai Bethke and Stephan Sicars
The circular economy is the answer to looming resource scarcity and an overwhelming production of waste
Feasibility studies and analysis for sound investment
12 February 2021 | By: UNIDO
Developing and developed countries alike need properly prepared feasibility studies for taking sound investment decisions. In response to the growing interest in this issue, in 1978, UNIDO published ...
12 February 2021 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO's wood programme began in 1967 when efforts were made to show developing countries how to manufacture or process wooden products for export instead of simply exporting raw timber.
Romanian city cleans up with UNIDO's help
12 February 2021 | By: UNIDO
Copsa Mica was a town built around two factories, both spewing filth out of their smokestacks. One made the black carbon used in tyres. The other was a metal works. Together they had poisoned ...
Industrial free zones boost Mauritius' export-led manufacturing
12 February 2021 | By: UNIDO
To help developing countries and economies in transition accelerate industrial development and competitiveness, one of UNIDO's areas of focus is to provide them with policy advice.
كوفيد 19: اللقاحات المعدلة وراثياً في كوبا
11 February 2021 | By: UNIDO
أعلنت الحكومة الكوبية مؤخرًا أن لقاحها Soberana II ضد فيروس كوفيد-19 سيدخل قريبًا تجارب المرحلة الثالثة، والتي تعتبر خطوة هامة تجعل البلاد تقترب من إنتاج أول لقاح في أمريكا اللاتينية ضد الفيروس. هذا ...
08 February 2021 | By: 作者：Jenny Larsen
古巴政府近期宣布，其研发过程中的Soberana II型新冠病毒疫苗即将进入三期试验，这使古巴距离生产出拉美地区第一款抗病毒疫苗迈进了重要一步。冰冻三尺非一日之寒。古巴有能力研发疫苗是基于对生物制药产业长达几十年的投入，并在发展的初期阶段得到了联合国工业发展组织的大力支持。
COVID-19: Long-term support for biotech yields vaccine promise in Cuba
08 February 2021 | By: Jenny Larsen
The Cuban government recently announced that its Soberana II vaccine against COVID-19 will soon enter Phase III trials, bringing the country one important step closer to producing Latin America’s ...
Sri Lanka’s welders learn of dangers of contaminated oil
02 February 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
In line with its commitment to the Stockholm Convention, Sri Lanka is working to protect the environment and human health from the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other man-made ...
Austria wants more women and youth to engage in the energy transition
01 February 2021 | By: UNIDO
In January 2021, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in collaboration with the Vienna Energy Forum partners, the Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition and the ...
Can industrialization in Africa be sustainable?
21 January 2021 | By: Helen Hai
In 2012, Helen Hai set up a shoe factory in Ethiopia for the Chinese manufacturer, Huajian. Then, with her own company, C&H Garments, she went on to establish export-oriented garment manufacturing ...
Success of online training spurs calls for more interactive webinars
15 December 2020 | By: Jenny Larsen
One of the major outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic could be a permanent change in how and where many people work.
Women in industry – why we need more gender-sensitive statistics
03 December 2020 | By: Jenny Larsen
COVID-19 is highlighting how a lack of gender-sensitive statistics threatens women’s health. But a shortage of good, reliable data on women is also holding back progress towards inclusive and ...
Helping South Africa’s waste pickers face the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
24 November 2020 | By: Tebogo Maleka and Petronella DeWet
South Africa has more than 60,000 waste pickers who play a substantial role in the waste management industry of the country, collecting 80 to 90% of used recyclables collected on an annual basis. As ...
