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Director General at the 38th session of the Programme and Budget Committee (PBC.38)
21 June 2022
VIENNA – Director General Gerd Müller briefed UNIDO’s Member States on the progress made during his first six month in office, sharing his vision for the months ahead and presenting UNIDO’s priorities and the new motto of “progress by innovation” during his inaugural presence at the Organization’s thirty-eighth session of the Programme and Budget Committee (PBC.38).
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UNIDO and the Gambia hold first Country Programme Steering Committee meeting
21 June 2022
BANJUL – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE), The Gambia, organized the first Steering Committee meeting of the Country Programme (CP) 2021-2025.
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UNIDO and Eni to focus on activities to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 9
17 June 2022
MILAN - Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, the Italian energy company, have signed a joint declaration to strengthen cooperation.
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17 June 2022
On an official three-day mission to Italy, Director General Gerd Müller held bilateral meetings with high-level representatives of UN agencies, Italian government ministries and the private sector.
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UNIDO launches Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (Qi4sd) Index
17 June 2022
VIENNA, 17 June 2022 – With funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) developed the Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (QI4SD) Index, which was launched today.
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Building capacity on quality of coffee and cocoa in Peru
15 June 2022
VIENNA – San Martin is the first national cocoa exporting region and the third coffee exporting region of Peru that has been also receiving support of UNIDO, through its Global Quality and Standards Programme in Peru, to improve the quality of Peruvian coffee and cocoa to boost its exports by strengthening the services of the Quality Infrastructure, supporting the adoption of standards by the private sector, and promoting a culture of quality.
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15 June 2022
Vienna, 15 June 2022 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Foundation FSSC – a global, non-profit and independent scheme owner that implements ISO-based management systems for global food safety in the consumer goods industry – signed a trust fund agreement to promote farm-to-fork food safety in low- and middle-income countries.
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Technical guidelines to improve the quality of Peruvian coffee and cocoa
15 June 2022
VIENNA, 15 JUNE 2022 – Since November 2020, UNIDO, through the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) in Peru, has been developing 16 guidelines to raise awareness and promote compliance with Peruvian Technical Standards (NTP) for the coffee and cocoa value chains.
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International Recognition: Passport to global value chains
15 June 2022
VIENNA – The West African Accreditation System (SOAC) signed the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) on 5 May 2022 and with the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) on 14 May 2022.
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15 June 2022
BRUSSELS – Within the framework of the 2022 European Year of Youth, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the European Union (EU) launched the photography exhibition titled “Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development: a boost to youth employment” in the vicinity of the European Parliament in Brussels.
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13 June 2022
VIENNA – Within the framework of its Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP), which is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) organized a study tour on eco-industrial park (EIP) approaches from 5 to 12 June 2022 in Basel, Switzerland.
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10 June 2022
VIENNA – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) celebrates the 2022 World Accreditation Day themed “Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment” by launching the Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (QI4SD) Index.
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UNIDO and ILO provide training to strengthen aquaculture value chains of Latin America and Caribbean
10 June 2022
CENTRAL AMERICA, 10 JUNE 2022 – Within the framework of its project “Promotion of regional coordination in aquaculture value chains for the generation of productive employment in Latin America and the Caribbean”, which is funded by the Trust Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO), trained and certified 17 trainers to support the formalization of freshwater fish farmers in El Salvador and Honduras.
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Director General Müller to BRICS ministers: “industrial policies can help us decarbonize”
09 June 2022
BEIJING - Addressing the 12th BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting, held in virtual format and chaired by China, UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller said the world is “facing a triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution,” and called for greater global solidarity because “our prosperity, everyone’s prosperity, depends on a healthy planet!”
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07 June 2022
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Global Affairs Canada and the Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation (MESTI), have launched the Ghana Circular Economy Centre Project to support the country’s just transition to a circular economy.
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06 June 2022
BANGKOK, 6 JUNE 2022 – Within the framework of the United Nations’ Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE or UN-PAGE) in Thailand, which is led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a Statement of Commitment to Sustainable Thailand was signed between the United Nations Country Team Thailand and the Governors of Thai Provinces during a high-level event that was opened by Armida Alisjahbana, Under Secretary-General and ESCAP Executive Secretary, and by Suttipong Juljarern, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, which oversees the delivery of public services related to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Thailand.
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UNIDO Director General calls for action at Stockholm+50
03 June 2022
STOCKHOLM- Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), participated in Stockholm+50, a crucial international environmental meeting, commemorating the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and celebrating 50 years of global environmental action.
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Director General calls on developed countries and the world's rich to invest in concrete solutions
02 June 2022
STOCKHOLM – Speaking at a high-level side-event at the Stockholm+50 event, the Director General Gerd Müller said solving the world’s great challenges is “not a question of finance – the money is there.
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02 June 2022
STOCKHOLM - Together with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller met Anders Oskal and Inger Anita Smuk, respectively Secretary General and Chair of the Association of World Reindeer Herders, on the margins of the Stockholm+50 event.
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EU-UNIDO projects highlight gender equality as key to climate action
02 June 2022
STOCKHOLM - Ensuring that women and girls equally lead, participate in and benefit from environmental action are key priorities for the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Speaking at an event held in connection with the Stockholm+50 conference, three women who participate in EU-UNIDO projects around the world told their stories.
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