UNIDO launches global call on innovative ideas and technologies vs. COVID-19
Jun-19-2020
Before the background of the immediate health emergency-related and socio-economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in LDCs, developing countries, and economies in transition, a UNIDO-w...
Read moreCOVID-19: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY
Jun-17-2020
It is evident that the Covid-19 outbreak has accelerated megatrends that were already ongoing, such as digitalization of industry, and is also steepening the gradient in terms of achieving the 2030 Ag...
Read moreHow to develop National Standardization Strategies
Jun-12-2020
A national standardization strategy is a policy roadmap for a country to make certain that its national strategic priorities are supported by relevant national and International Standards. The Interna...
Read moreSADC Regional Laboratory Association Announces Best Performing Member
Jun-12-2020
A the 12th General Assembly meeting of the SADC Regional Laboratory Association (SRLA) held virtually on 27 May, the winner of the first-ever SRLA Award for the 2019 Best Performing Member State Natio...
Read moreTESTED & ACCEPTED: FACILITATING MUTUAL ACCEPTANCE OF TEST RESULTS
Jun-09-2020
On the occasion of World Accreditation Day on 9 June 2020, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launches a new publication, titled: Tested & Accepted – Implementing ISO/I...
Read moreUNIDO LAUNCHES THE COVID-19 INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY PROGRAMME (CIRP)
Jun-08-2020
A new approach, named COVID-19 Industrial Recovery Programme (CIRP), has been developed by UNIDO to provide highly effective targeted support to national governments for restructuring their industrial...
Read moreADVANCING CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE NEW DIGITAL AGE
Jun-05-2020
On the occasion of World Accreditation Day on 9 June, UNIDO launches a new publication titled: ADVANCING CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE NEW DIGITAL AGE. The document discussed the challenges and th...
Read moreINDUSTRY 4.0 TRAINING NOW ONLINE AT UN SDG:LEARN!
Jun-04-2020
UNIDO online training focusing on Industry 4.0 is now also available on the UN SDG:Learn. Developed as part of the UNIDO’s TII Knowledge Hub, the online training Industry 4.0 is aimed to provide a...
Read moreISO/UNIDO Special Webinar Series: “Countering the Impacts of COVID-19 with International Standards”
Jun-03-2020
UNIDO’s Department of Digitalization, Technology and Innovation (DTI) announces a special series of ISO/UNIDO webinars on “Countering the Impacts of COVID-19 with International Standards”. The In...
Read moreUNIDO SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF TWO NEW STANDARDS IN WEST AFRICA IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Jun-03-2020
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, UNIDO supported through the West Africa Competitiveness and Quality Infrastructure Project (WACQIP) the development of two new Economic Community of West Af...
Read moreRaising awareness on business continuity management in the context of COVID-19
Jun-02-2020
On May 21, the UNIDO Global Quality and Standards Programme in Peru (GQSP Peru) in coordination with the National Quality Institute of Peru (INACAL) held a webinar to raise awareness on business conti...
Read moreDEPARTMENT OF DIGITALIZATION, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (DTI)
Jun-01-2020
In line with its organizational mandate; advancing economic competitiveness, creating shared prosperity, and safeguarding the environment, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO...
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