ITPO Russian Federation Annual Report 2017

Apr-26-2018

ITPO Russian Federation has published their Annual Report for 2017. ITPO Russian Federation had many achievements in 2017, and had satisfactory year in many aspects. Some highlights include the fol...

Impact Investment

The aim of the training is to assist participants to explore how and why it is important to understand the fundamentals of alternative ways of investment, such as impact investing, as well as to introduce aspects of the broad-based, state-of-the-art methodology aimed to measure its impact keeping in mind a wider SDG compliance framework.

Regional Training Workshop on the United Nations Guide for Consumer Protection: Strengthening the Welfare of the Consumers in the ECOWAS Region

Apr-24-2018

A regional training workshop has been organized on 11th and 12th of April 2018 in Lomé, Togo. The focus of this workshop was to inform 40 participants from 15 West African countries on good practices ...

Promoting partnerships for sustainability – UNIDO continues to support the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards

Apr-19-2018

Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) are creating greater export opportunities for developing countries. In 2013, the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) was created to suppor...

ITPO Japan Annual Report 2017

Apr-11-2018

ITPO Japan has published the Annual Report for 2017. ITPO Japan had many achievements in 2017, and had an impressive year in many aspects. Some highlights include the following: Hosting 14 d...

First ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure Forum held with the support of UNIDO

Apr-10-2018

The first Quality Infrastructure (QI) Forum of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, was h...

International business and investment forum boosts partnerships for Africa’s pharmaceutical industry

Apr-06-2018

An international business and investment forum on “Mobilizing investment, technology and partnership opportunities for Africa’s pharmaceutical industry” gathered some 70 participants at the UN Campus ...

Swaziland companies improve their competitive standing through certification

Mar-29-2018

A number of companies in Swaziland have been ISO-certified as a result of a Norad-funded United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project on market access and trade. The project aime...

Report on Status, Opportunities and Challenges of BRICS e-commerce

Mar-27-2018

Based on the request of the BRICS Contact Group on Trade and Economic Issues (CGETI), the report on “Status, Opportunities and Challenges of BRICS e-commerce” was prepared jointly by authors from UNID...

Launch of activities of the accreditation body for West Africa - SOAC

Mar-22-2018

With the support of the West African Economic and Monetary Union Commission (UEMOA), the West African Accreditation System (le système ouest-africain d'accréditation/SOAC) will hold its second General...