A shift in the production paradigm
30 September 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO's Manuel Albaladejo answers questions about the circular economy and industry 4.0 in Latin America
Stories
When the only thing left is hope
16 September 2019 | By: UNIDO
Light at the end of the tunnel for Syrian refugees in Turkey
Responding to Morocco’s water challenge
13 September 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO’s H2O Maghreb project - providing innovative training for young water professionals in Morocco - was featured at World Water Week in Stockholm 2019
Entrepreneurs prove environmental protection and economic success go hand-in-hand
08 July 2019 | By: UNIDO
A private-public partnership between the Tunisian government, USAID, the Italian Cooperation, the HP Foundation and UNIDO is merging green skills with business know-how to foster a new generation of ...
Bioenergy that is good for business
27 June 2019 | By: Danilo DE OLIVEIRA PEREIRA
“We expect the uptake of biomass in industry to not only reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels, but also to increase the country’s competitiveness and create ...
Eliminating toxic chemicals in Paraguay
26 June 2019 | By: Charles ARTHUR
In October 2015, a fire tore through a transformer depot 11km east of Asunción. The blaze affected the stored transformers, capacitors and other equipment containing PCBs, a chemical compound banned ...
Cyber security: increasingly vital for industry
17 June 2019 | By: Daniel Gombos
With the onward march of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the increasing proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) will bring benefits but also risks. The service sector has ...
UNIDO and #WorldEnvironmentDay 2019 - Together we can #BeatAirPollution
04 June 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO is continuing to work with governments and industry to reduce industrial pollution and improve air quality
Providing a helping hand to Benin’s SMEs
14 May 2019 | By: UNIDO
With intensive support from national consultants coached by international experts, the enterprises were assisted in the development and implementation of action plans to transform their activities and ...
Expert explains why Melaka should obtain a credit rating
13 May 2019 | By: UNIDO
Joshua Gallo, Head Investment Coordinator at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and former Senior Municipal Finance Specialist at the World Bank, discusses how obtaining a ...
Empowerment through education and training: a success story from Liberia
10 May 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO supports the Japan Heavy Equipment Operations School in providing labour market-oriented training programmes in excavator operation and basic service training.
Building climate change resilience of banana farmers in Western Uganda
05 April 2019 | By: UNIDO
With funds from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is supporting vulnerable communities in Western Uganda to better adapt to the ...
Fighting back against the silent killers in China
04 April 2019 | By: Dana ZHMUDSKA
With funds from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNIDO and the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) of China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection joined forces to solve the potential ...
Sri Lanka moves to meet international standards
03 April 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO has been working closely with Sri Lanka’s national quality infrastructure (NQI) institutions to facilitate the strengthening of compliance and quality infrastructure services.
A sweet approach to clean cooking
01 April 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO is implementing a programme which creates value chains of clean cooking fuels and technologies in several countries. With a “market enabling framework,” the organization is turning the lack of ...
Safe+: Enhancing commercial capacities of cosmetics in Colombia
14 March 2019 | By: UNIDO
Essential oils have helped people heal and improve their health, cleanse their aura and attract happiness into their homes for thousands of years. More than 200 types of natural oils are consumed ...
Setting up a quality infrastructure system in Central Africa
26 February 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO worked together with the European Union in Central Africa to improve the region’s products quality in view of boosting access to international markets. The Organization supported testing and ...