Nature-like and Convergent Technologies as drivers for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Feb-28-2020
The twenty-first century has presented mankind with a number of major challenges that threaten the sustainable development of civilization. In order to overcome these challenges, new approaches to dev...
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Strategic Action Plan for Sustainable Bush Value Chains in Namibia
Feb-26-2020
Bush encroachment is a serious problem in Namibia, it hampers agricultural productivity and therewith threatens the livelihood of the local population. Currently, 26-30 million hectares of Namibian ra...
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Increased Competitiveness through the application of Lean Management at Shop Floor Level
Feb-24-2020
What do SMEs in emerging economies, and countries in transition have to do in order to compete in a global marketplace? They have to significantly improve their approach to manufacturing. UNIDO introd...
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Ensuring Industrial Safety The Role of Government, Regulations, Standards and New Technologies
Feb-17-2020
Industrial processes are exposed to dangers such as natural hazards, political instability (sabotage), and cyber-attacks. These can cause massive damage to industry, workers and the environment. Inter...
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WACOMP Ghana official website and first newsletter released!
Feb-11-2020
The official website of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme Ghana (WACOMP Ghana) as well as its first newsletter edition have been released! UNIDO is implementing this programme within the f...
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National Contest of Local Food Products to promote quality and market access
Jan-23-2020
Typical food products or “terroir products” are deeply rooted in their territory of origin, which is granting them unique characteristics. Over the past decade, UNIDO has been working on mapping, bran...
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Rebooting Quality Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future
Jan-21-2020
UNIDO launched a new publication entitled, “Rebooting Quality Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future”. The publication conveys a call for action for rethinking and adapting QIs to achieve SDGs (Plane...
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New Investment Opportunities in Ethiopia’s Agro-Industry
Jan-08-2020
UNIDO has published a new edition of the Agro-Industry Investment Opportunities Directory: Ethiopia. It features summaries of 126 investment opportunities in Ethiopia’s agro-industrial sectors. It is ...
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Agro-processing and entrepreneurship development for women and youth in South Sudan
Dec-20-2019
UNIDO is providing training in the field of agro-processing, food safety and entrepreneurship development to women and young internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Sudan through the project, “En...
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Advancing accreditation in West Africa through UNIDO- SOAC Partnership
Dec-19-2019
Since 2001, the UEMOA and ECOWAS Commissions trusted UNIDO, through Quality Programmes financed by the European Union, to support the growth of local accreditation bodies (AB) in West Africa. One of t...
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Typical food products for sustainable rural development in Georgia
Dec-18-2019
Typical food products or “terroir products” are deeply rooted in their territory of origin, which is granting them unique characteristics. Over the past decade, the United Nations Industrial Developme...
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State-of-the-art platform for investment promotion in Ethiopia
Dec-16-2019
A prosperous trade show and exhibition sector can constitute a practical and affordable platform for enterprises to get international exposure for promoting their products and showcasing investment pr...
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