UNIDO Times 5 - May 2012

MAY 2012

Issue 05

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02 News and features 05 Special feature: Networks for Prosperity

06 Special feature: World's first hydrogen-powered vehicles

07 Special feature: Agribusiness, renewable energy and food security

08 Regional focus: project summaries from UNIDO's regional programmes UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, speaking at the Sustainable Energy for All panel at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi in January

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Report highlights importance of industrial energy efficiency Industrial energy efficiency is key to sustainable industrial development, especially in developing countries, according to UNIDO's flagship publication.

The Industrial Development Report, launched on 17 January at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, urges investment in energy-efficient technologies in order to provide the economic, environmental and social dividends that will help achieve sustainable growth.

The publication, entitled “Industrial energy efficiency for sustainable wealth creation: capturing environmental, economic and social dividends”, stresses that sustainable energy production is essential to overcome the major challenges the world faces today.

Presenting the report, UNIDO DirectorGeneral, Kandeh K. Yumkella, said: “A world that has just reached a population of seven billion must take into account industrial energy efficiency if it wants to

address such challenges as green growth, employment generation, security, climate change, food production and poverty reduction. Industrial energy efficiency is essential for strengthening economies, protecting ecosystems and achieving social benefits.”

“Improving industrial energy efficiency is key to sustainable industrial development worldwide but especially in the rapidly developing countries of the Global South.

It will help realize the global green economy and green industries. Investing in energy-efficient technologies, systems, processes, training and upgrading of skills must underpin low-carbon green growth,” added Yumkella.

The UNIDO report states that energy consumption could grow even faster as developing countries reduce the income gap and grapple with growing populations demanding more manufactured products.

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13 Partnering for prosperity 14 Research, policy and statistics 15 Management issues: change management and staff changes

16 Forthcoming events and new publications

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news and features (Continued from front page) Tuvalu becomes newest member of UNIDO Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation in the Pacific Ocean, became the 174th Member State of UNIDO in late October 2011.

In a letter addressed to Apisai Ielemia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tuvalu, Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Director-General of UNIDO, wrote that he takes “great pleasure in welcoming Tuvalu as the newest member of our Organization”.

“As the United Nations specialized agency which promotes industrial development, UNIDO plays an active role in a wide range of development issues including growth, trade, environment and energy, all of which are increasingly inter-linked,” said Yumkella.

“The challenge of dealing with such issues for countries such as Tuvalu gives your accession to our Organization an added relevance particularly as UNIDO provides comprehensive and integrated packages of services in these areas in order to facilitate the development process.”

This makes it imperative to remove barriers that currently impede energy efficiency investments.

Yumkella also said that the new report was UNIDO’s main contribution to the Sustainable Energy for All initiative launched by United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon. The initiative aims to achieve by 2030 three inter-linked global targets: universal access to modern energy services; the doubling of energy efficiency; and the doubling of the share of renewable energy in the world’s energy supply.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a high-level group for the Sustainable Energy for All initiative. The group includes distinguished global leaders in business, finance, governments and civil society, and is co-chaired by UNIDO Director-General Yumkella and the Chairman of Bank of America, Charles O. Holliday.

The Industrial Development Report also has a section with a special focus on developing countries, that is backed by a set of unique statistics on manufacturing value added, manufacturing export trends, and other key indicators. It also presents UNIDO’s Competitive Industrial Performance Index.

At the official launch of the report, there was a panel discussion moderated by the President of the United Nations Foundation, Timothy Wirth, and included the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate and Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute, Rajendra Pachauri; Mexico’s Secretary of State for Energy, Jordy Herrera; the Global Head of Building Automation Solutions, Senior Vice President Siemens Switzerland, Sascha Brozek; the Executive Director of the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation Secretariat, Amit Bando; and UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella. • To read the report in English, French, Spanish, Arabic or Russian, visit: www.unido.org/index.php?id=1002049 UNIDO’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Policy (IEEP) Database offers access to information on policy measures that have been implemented or planned to improve energy efficiency at the national, regional or global level. For more information, visit: http://ieep.unido.org For more information on the Industrial Development Report, please contact: L.Alcorta@unido.org

Like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that are composed of islands and low-lying coastal nations, Tuvalu faces similar barriers to sustainable development, including limited resources, low economic resilience, and vulnerability to sea level rise and natural disasters.

While small island nations emit less than one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, their geographic and economic characteristics put them at risk from the effects of climate change with more immediacy and severity than anywhere else in the world. 

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UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, meeting with UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi

news and features

At a press conference during UNIDO's fourteenth General Conference, Jeremy Rifkin outlines his view of the third industrial revolution and how it fits with UNIDO's goals

Green Industry is here to stay, says UNIDO Director-General Yumkella From 28 November to 2 December 2011, the fourteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference took place in Vienna, with the overarching theme “The New Industrial Revolution: Making it sustainable”. This theme highlights the fact that inclusive and sustainable industrial development strategies are of critical importance to reconcile the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. This is of particular relevance to developing countries in the present international development context.

“UNIDO has been at the forefront of the industry and environment nexus for many years. Our assistance to countries in implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, is clear evidence of that,” said Yumkella.

The event brought together hundreds of participants including Heads of State and Government, ministers and other high-level government officials from around the world, as well as senior representatives of other UNIDO's Director-General Kandeh K. United Nations organizations, prominent Yumkella told participants at the opening leaders from the corporate sector, civil event that the organization's Green society and academia.

Industry Initiative is now a reality. The initiative aims to accelerate the green The keynote speaker was Jeremy Rifkin, growth of the manufacturing and related President of the Foundation on Economic sectors and provides a platform to foster Trends, author of 18 international the positive role of industry in achieving bestselling books and senior lecturer at the sustainable development.

Wharton School’s Executive Education Programme, University of Pennsylvania, “One thing is clear: green industry is real. It is who presented his concept of the third already here,” said Director-General Yumkella. industrial revolution.

He called for stronger government policies, public-private partnerships, and collaboration The General Conference was structured between businesses, academia, technology around the following key features: providers, financial institutions and civil society to put green industrial development at • Keynote addresses by invited Heads of State and Government and ministers the core of the green economy.

• A high-level interactive debate on making the new industrial revolution sustainable • Five regional round tables focusing on: - Africa: Economic diversification strategies: a key driver in Africa’s new industrial revolution; - Asia and the Pacific: Prosperity for the billions in Asia and the Pacific: green growth and poverty reduction; - Arab region: Youth participation in the inclusive economic development of the Arab region; - Latin America and the Caribbean: Will the new green industrial revolution reduce income inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean?

- Europe and NIS: Promoting innovative industries and technologies for a sustainable future of the Europe and NIS region.

In addition, a number of side events and exhibits were organized during the course of the Conference.

The Director-General also emphasized that a key element in the green economy was the provision of sustainable energy for all.

“UNIDO’s message is: energy access matters for poverty reduction and wealth creation. It matters for business opportunities in Africa and elsewhere. That is why we have been building our coalition on energy through major events, such as this year’s Vienna Energy Forum and the related ministerial meeting. Last week our theme for Africa Industrialization Day was “tackling energy poverty in Africa”.

The UN General Assembly named 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, placing energy at the heart of the multilateral process. As a constituent member of UN-Energy, UNIDO is playing a major role in driving the agenda forward and in supporting the global goals on energy access, energy efficiency and renewable energy. • For more information, contact: M.Evstafyev@unido.org

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news and features Meeting standards, winning markets Tokyo green energy conference From 16 to 18 November 2011, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with UNIDO, organized the Tokyo Green Industry Conference.

The event brought together some 700 participants, including high-level government officials from Japan, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and Asian countries, as well as representatives of the private sector interested in forming technology partnerships.

The Conference was held at an important time for Japan, dealing with the consequences of the Fukushima incident, the public has a heightened awareness of energy efficiency and alternative sources of energy.

On a global level, the Conference fostered the development of a Green Industry Action Agenda, which could contribute to the forthcoming Rio+20 negotiations in June 2012.  For more information, visit: www.unido.org/index.php?id=1001806 For more information on UNIDO’s Green Industry initiative, visit: www.unido.org/index.php?id=1001276 or contact: R.VanBerkel@unido.org

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In the globalized market where products are sourced from different countries, governments have a responsibility to ensure that the products they are importing meet their quality and safety requirements. They closely scrutinize incoming shipments of food at their borders, and reject consignments that seem unfit. Both the US Food and Drug Administration, and the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, provide data on such inspections and the reasons for the rejections. This can be valuable information for exporters.

specific food safety controls is needed to avoid future rejections.

A further highlight of the TSCR is the pioneering conceptual work it presents on the measurement of developing countries’ capacity to comply with trade-related standards – the Standards Compliance Capacity Index (SCCI). The SCCI enables both developing countries and donors to appraise standards compliance capacity and make informed choices on investment and technical assistance. When a country is able to identify the missing elements in its UNIDO, with funding from the compliance-related infrastructure, it can Norwegian Agency for Development take a much more targeted approach to Cooperation (Norad), has collected and developing an appropriate infrastructure. analyzed this raw data. The 2010 Trade Finally, one of the core functions of the Standards Compliance Report (TSCR), TSCR series is to map the changing “Meeting Standards, Winning Markets”, landscape of trade compliance. For this first documents the magnitude of border issue, UNIDO invited key expert rejections, estimates the export losses that organizations in the field – the Food and non-compliance can bring, and points to Agriculture Organization (FAO), the the implications for trade-capacity International Labour Organization (ILO), building. The TSCR is an innovative policy the International Plant Protection guidance tool for developing countries, Convention (IPPC), the International donors and technical agencies alike.

Standards Organization (ISO), the United Environment Programme A central feature is its in-depth comparison Nations of border rejection data of agri-food prod- (UNEP) and the World Trade Organization ucts for these two major international (WTO) – to outline their perspectives on export markets, the US and the EU. The emerging priorities in trade standards findings provide a clear indication of where compliance issues. development efforts and technical assisThis first issue of the TSCR, while based on tance are most beneficial: work that is still in progress, is a significant • The vast majority of border rejections for addition to UNIDO’s global forum and agri-food products, and for particular advocacy work, and positions UNIDO as a commodities, are accounted for by a relatively key source of expertise in the field of trade standards compliance, in particular as this small number of countries.

• Some countries, India and China for affects developing country export example, have a high rate of rejection by both performance. • the EU and US for all or most of the For more information, visit: commodities they export, suggesting the www.unido.org/tradestandardscompliance need to strengthen their overall compliance capacities or quality infrastructure. or contact: • A number of countries face substantial tradestandardscompliance@unido.org border rejections in particular markets or commodities. Typical examples are exports to the EU of nuts from Iran and fish and fishery products from China and Thailand, suggesting that a critical analysis of their value chains and/or the introduction of

special feature Networks for Prosperity— development goals achieved through knowledge sharing While not a new phenomenon, knowledge networking and network governance have gained importance with the rapid globalization in all spheres of our societies: a country's economic success, social cohesion and environmental sustainability depends more than ever on the performance and behaviour of its neighbours, regional leaders and global economic powers. This knowledge, a focus on private enterprise, as the driver of development, has therefore become more important than ever, and knowledge management and knowledge networking are essential topics for change agents and policymakers.

A joint publication by UNIDO and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Networks for Prosperity – Achieving Development Goals through Knowledge Sharing, lays the basis for the development of knowledge networking concepts that will help developing countries to acquire and adapt private sector development-relevant knowledge to their specific contexts and needs. It also contains a brand new Connectedness Index, which ranks countries in accordance with their internal and international knowledge networking capacities.

Using this index, the report clearly shows that the ‘connectedness’ of a country has a strong correlation with its economy, justifying the growing interest of policymakers in knowledge networks. Specific issues related to the governance of international, interorganizational and intra-organizational networks are discussed in separate chapters.

These are illustrated with detailed examples from a wide range of developing countries and transition economies.

Top: Panelists at the Networks for Prosperity side event during UNIDO's fourteenth General Conference in December 2011; bottom: UNIDO Managing Director, Wilfried Luetkenhorst, explains the significance of the report to the media and stakeholders present

embedded in the structures and networks related to development policy. But vibrant knowledge networking needs more than that. It requires a living ‘institutional ecosystem’, with new organisms providing new knowledge and opportunities; it implies the development of solid, durable networks which are built on trust, as well as constant movement between relevant networks to capture new information.

launches included Ms Sophie de Caen, Director of the Spanish MDG Achievement Fund, Prof. Jan Wouters, Director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, officials from Spain, the European Union, and the pilot countries, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Panama, Peru, Spain, Serbia, Turkey and Viet Nam. •

For more information, contact: What stands out in all cases is that there are The publication was launched in Vienna on K.Kitaoka@unido.org great benefits to be gained from ensuring 14 November 2011, followed by launches in that knowledge networks are successfully Brussels and New York. Speakers at the unido times | May 2012

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special feature The world's first fleet of hydrogen-fueled 3-wheelers, or rickshaws, were launched in New Delhi on 9 January 2012

World’s first hydrogen-powered three-wheelers launched in New Delhi The world’s first fleet of hydrogen-fuelled 3-wheelers, or rickshaws, was launched in New Delhi on 9 January 2012. The 15 vehicles are being operated at a refuelling station at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan.

The USD 1 million project took three years to complete, with half of the costs provided

by UNIDO's International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDOICHET) based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Minister Abdullah noted that “since hydrogen as a fuel and hydrogen energy technologies are new and applied in small numbers their cost is presently higher than conventional fuels and established energy technologies."

But the Minister expressed optimism, saying "the possible inclusion of hydrogen in the portfolio of alternative transport fuels in India could create the right market conditions for mass production of hydrogen “The hydrogen-powered rickshaws and the vehicles and refuelling infrastructure, refuelling station were established as part of leading to comparable costs and reduced the DELHY-3W project that aims to urban pollution in cities like New Delhi as demonstrate hydrogen technologies well as in other Asian metropolis that might developed by Indian partners for the Indian implement such technologies”. transport sector,” said Mustafa Hatipoğlu, Minister Abdullah also said that the UNIDO-ICHET Managing Director. developing world had the potential to play a Farooq Abdullah, India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy, welcomed the event, saying: “Hydrogen holds great promise for a cleaner urban environment. Hydrogen can replace polluting and diminishing fossil fuels with a fuel whose only emission is pure water.

If hydrogen is produced from renewable energy sources, then it is the cleanest fuel from well to wheel.”

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Mahindra and Mahindra developed the vehicle with all necessary changes to the engines, safety systems, fuel tanks and fuel lines. Air Products USA acted as project partner and sponsor by providing the hydrogen refueling station and management and technical services.

The UNIDO Regional Office in India facilitated the realization of the project, while the India Trade Promotion Organization hosted the project. India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has followed the project closely, and both the refuelling facility and hydrogen storage tanks on the vehicles have received all necessary permits from the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization. •

For more information, contact: major role in the transition to a hydrogen- S.Biswas@unido.org inclusive energy future.

For more information about the InternaThe Indian Institute of Technology was the tional Centre for Hydrogen Energy TechnoloDELHY-3W project co-ordinator, carrying gies (UNIDO-ICHET), visit: out exhaustive lab tests on the vehicular www.unido-ichet.org engine under varying operating conditions and providing the technical expertise to convert the internal combustion engines to run on hydrogen.

special feature UNIDO projects on business management and capacity building, provide training to women in Mali, which helps them secure and sustain energy and food resources

materials into products with higher value added and bring these products to markets.

Agribusiness, renewable energy and food security UNIDO is promoting innovations in agricultural commodity processing and handling that increase opportunities for local producers to retain a greater share of the value added. The Organization provides technical assistance to enhance productive capacity, increase energy availability, provision of clean water, irrigation and waste treatment, to positively change the way of life in rural communities.

In this regard, the Solution Exchange Forum on Agribusiness, Renewable Energy and Food Security was organized in December 2011, as part of the Global South-South Development Expo in Rome. The objective of the forum was to showcase some of the successful development solutions in agribusiness and renewable energy, developed and deployed in countries of the South, that have had a significant impact on sustainable food production and income generation.

The forum showcased interventions to strengthen agricultural value chains in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The provision of technical advisory services helps to overcome critical constraints in the value chain, thus enhancing food production, creating employment and

This ability depends increasingly on the capacity of entrepreneurs to supply global, regional and local value chains with products complying with specific quality and safety standards, and meeting strict quantity and delivery time requirements in response to market demands. Poor access to energy, particularly in rural areas, is the greatest barrier to starting up and sustaining agribusinesses.

improving nutrition. Innovative ways of using renewable energy showed, not only how to contribute to the reduction of green house gases emission and of the carbon footprint, but also how to contribute to increasing agricultural production and food security.

New technologies and innovative business models can create opportunities that enable countries to shift to higher valueadded production, processing and marketing systems. This can be done despite the pressure from competitors in other developing regions of the world and The most significant outcome of the forum despite increasing consumer demands for was the shared realization that agriculture lower prices. on any scale is a business, and a business that needs to be sustained by increased efficiency These opportunities are yet to be widely in the use of resources, such as land, water, adopted because of lack of information, lack inputs, labour and energy. Adding value to of expertise, lack of access to financing, lack primary commodities and ensuring access to of connection to markets, and poor local and international markets, create infrastructure including access to energy, opportunities to reduce poverty and roads, water, communication, etc., amongst other things. Through its experience and increase food security. expertise, UNIDO is determined to help Agriculture constitutes a very large share of developing countries reach sustainable the GDP of most countries of the South and industrial development with reduced poverty is a source of employment and livelihood for and increased food security by providing the majority of their populations. In several technical assistance to facilitate exchange of recent publications, UNIDO has shown proven successful technological solutions, that agribusiness and agro-industries can be and offering advisory services to promote used to significantly contribute to the global consensus and effective policy eradication of poverty and bring about recommendations to its member states. • sustainable food security. To reach this goal, countries of the South need to increase their For more information, contact: ability to transform agricultural raw M.Bokanga@unido.org unido times | May 2012

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africa region For more information, please contact: M.Dionne@unido.org

ENERGY ACCESS FOR RURAL COMMUNTIES IN SIERRA LEONE At the request of the government and with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNIDO is implementing a project to promote renewable energy for productive uses.

Through the establishment of mini-hydropower stations, the project aims to provide rural communities with access to an affordable, reliable and modern source of energy.

In April 2012, during his official visit to Sierra Leone, UNIDO Director-General Kandeh K. Yumkella joined President Ernest Bai Koroma in laying the foundation stone of a 3 megawatt hydro plant in the north-west of the country.

Once operational, the hydro plant on the Bankasoka river, developed by UNIDO together with the Government of China, will bring immediate benefits to the local community in the town of Port Loko. The energy provided will improve irrigation, sanitation standards, and the availability of drinking water, and will boost small and medium businesses.

President Koroma said, “Our rivers will produce green, renewable and sustainable energy, giving us hope that economic success and national security will be ours for years to come.”

Director-General Yumkella said he was confident that “small and micro hydro plants in rural areas of Sierra Leone will help improve access to modern energy services, boost market activities and irrigation.” He added that UNIDO was currently working on a feasibility study for a 10 megawatt hydro project linked to Njala University in the Moyamba District.

This US$32 million project will be funded by the GEF. 

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UNIDO HELPS ETHIOPIA’S EDIBLE OIL PROCESSORS

CLOSING THE GENDER GAP IN MOZAMBIQUE’S SCHOOLS An entrepreneurship curriculum programme in secondary and vocational schools is increasing entrepreneurial attitudes and skills with the aim of helping to trigger a nationwide, bottomup, economic growth process to reduce poverty. The programme, which began in 2007, is being implemented by the Ministry of Education and Culture, with the support of UNIDO and funding from the Government of Norway. The latest statistics show that 225 instructors have been trained in order to prepare pre-service teachers, and 1,185 teachers have been trained to deliver the courses.

More than 160 schools across the country are covered by the programme, and 136,000 pupils and students have taken the courses (48 per cent of them girls and young women). There is an equal representation of men and women among those starting small businesses on completion of the courses. 

The Edible Oil Value Chain Enhancement Programme, funded by the Government of Spain, is being jointly implemented

by UNIDO, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in the Amhara and Oromia regions in Ethiopia.

The three-year programme, which began in 2010, aims to increase the productivity and competitiveness of Ethiopia’s oilseed producers, boost the capacity for processing oilseeds and improve access to local and international markets by integrating the private sector into the edible oilseed production value chain.

Within the framework of the programme, entrepreneurs have begun sharing information about oilseeds, creating networks with other stakeholders in the sector, and collaborating to solve common business bottlenecks through the newly-founded Adama Edible Oil Producers’ Cluster Association. In May 2011, 50 micro, small- and medium-scale producers got together to form the Right Edible Oil Producers company (REOP). Later, following the processors’ initiative, local oilseed brokers joined the entrepreneurs and began to sit in on the REOP meetings. The oilseed processors have also participated in a series of training courses which have helped them to improve their overall performance and the quality of their products. 

arab region For more information, please contact: A.Morssy@unido.org

STUDENT PACKAGING DESIGN AWARDS IN LEBANON

TUNISIA: SEMINAR ON THE TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY On 28 March 2012, some 80 high-level participants, including representatives of the public and private sector, attended a seminar at the Tunisian Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Handicraft (UTICA) in the capital, Tunis. The seminar focused on the UNIDO programme, Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technology in the South Mediterranean Region (MED TEST), and the pilot projects involving 15 companies which have achieved excellent results in terms of reducing costs, improving resource efficiency and increasing investments in clean technology. The programme, implemented in cooperation with a consortium of three Tunisian technical centres for food, textile and leather production, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Industry, aims to demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of resource efficiency and sustainable production in priority industrial sectors in the Mediterranean basin. During 2012, a further five companies will join the pilot project programme. 

BAHRAIN GREEN TECH EXPO AND FORUM A trade show dedicated to green consumer products and services took place in mid-March 2012. The four-day event, organized by the UNIDO Arab Programme, in collaboration with the Bahrain Investment and Technology Promotion Office and UNIDO technical branches, focused on the following main themes: renewable energy and energy efficiency; water and waste management and green lifestyles and sustainable consumption. The Forum sessions raised awareness of green technology among the participants and encouraged people to start adopting green solutions in the region. Addressing the Forum, DirectorGeneral Kandeh K. Yumkella said, “With rapid growth, industrialization and transportation have created a lot of pollution, and the question is how we can develop without causing future problems.”

The exhibition showcased some of the latest advances in green technology, and featured some 100 companies presenting their eco-friendly products and services. 

The third annual Lebanon Student StarPack 2012 award ceremony and exhibition was held at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut on 7 March 2012. The Student StarPack competition is organized by the Lebanese Packaging Centre (LibanPack) to acknowledge excellence in packaging and to foster a culture of industry among Lebanese youth. The event was held under the patronage and in the presence of Lebanon’s Minister of Industry, and attracted an audience of over a thousand people, including ambassadors, diplomats, heads of UN agencies, industrialists, and the participating university students. Seven hundred students from Lebanese universities and 30 from Egyptian universities competed for awards in four categories of structural and visual design innovation and creativity.

LibanPack is a non-profit private association representing stakeholders from the packaging and industrial chain in Lebanon. It was founded in November 2008 with the support of the UNIDO Market Access and Compliance for Lebanese Export (MACLE) project, together with the Association of Lebanese Industrialists and the Syndicate of Paper and Packaging Industries in Lebanon. Over the last two years, UNIDO has supported the gradual expansion of LibanPack’s activities beyond Lebanon to rest of the Arab region and Europe.

The Student StarPack Award Ceremony is one way that LibanPack raises awareness of the importance of improving packing and packaging in order to ensure conformity with international standards, safeguard consumer health and protect the environment. 

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asia & the pacific region For more information, please contact: S.Hisakawa@unido.org

world sustainable development forum in India UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, was one of the main speakers at the World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF) in New Delhi in early February. The WSDF, established by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in 2005, identifies, analyzes and disseminates policy interventions to create conditions for a sustainable future.

During the Forum, Yumkella launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative for the Asia region. Others participating in the launch included Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India; Patrice Couer-Bizot, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, India; Bindu N. Lohani, Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank; and Rajendra K. Pachauri, TERI Director-General. 

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green branding for viet nam's handicrafts A workshop jointly organized by UNIDO and Viet Nam’s trade promotion agency, Vietrade, in early March, looked at how to develop a branding concept and green assessment criteria for the country’s handicraft sector. Deputy Director of Vietrade, Do Kim Lang, said that the workshop would help align handicraft products with the country’s national branding initiative, Viet Nam Value, which was recently launched by the Ministry of Trade. The workshop was part of the joint programme, ‘Green production and trade to increase income and employment opportunities for the rural poor’. Rene van Berkel, head of UNIDO’s Cleaner and Sustainable Production Unit, said that a single branding would help handicraft products made by Vietnamese small and medium enterprises to compete in national and global markets. 

Launch of Philippines UNDAF 2012-2018 In November 2011, the Government of the Philippines and the UN Country Team officially launched the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 20122018, through which the United Nations will source a total of US$375.7 million for projects to be implemented in accordance with the "Delivering as One" philosophy.

UNIDO has indicated its support for specific activities covered by the Framework, including food and nutrition security; productive employment for sustainable and greener growth; climate change adaptation; and environmental and natural resources conservation. 

europe & newly independent states For more information, please contact: O.Memedovic@unido.org

Industrial Parks Seminar in Azerbaijan

CLEANER PRODUCTION PROGRAMME IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Since 2010, UNIDO has been engaged in the preparation of a project proposal for the creation and implementation development of a National Cleaner Production Programme (NCPP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Preparatory activities include the identification and review of past, current, and future cleaner production and other related initiatives in the country, and project formulation – in particular, the design of a results framework, agreement on institutional set-up and governance mechanisms, and detailed planning and budgeting.

In June 2012, a workshop for the main national stakeholders from government, industry, academia, and consulting sectors will be organized to present UNIDO’s approach to resource efficient and cleaner production, and to discuss the draft project proposal.

This project is funded by the Government of Slovenia and is being implemented in close cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Supporting the Automotive Industry in serbia

A seminar on the subject of industrial parks, organized by the Europe & NIS Programme, took place in Baku, in midApril 2012. Some 60 high-level government officials and experts discussed the potential of industrial parks - specific areas zoned and planned for industrial development - to become innovation hubs that promote new industries and technologies. They also looked at ways eco-industrial parks can contribute to sustainable development, and at their role in attracting financial resources, as well as the role of good governance in making such sites more effective.

UNIDO’s Automotive Cluster Project in Serbia has held workshops on cluster policy, which have provided policy recommendations, and roundtables and seminars, which have promoted linkages between cluster actors and external stakeholders. A regional automotive cluster network (including Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia) has also been established.

Leading experts from several countries in the region, as well as international experts from European Union institutions and other international organizations, presented successful models of industrial parks operating in the region, highlighting the value of innovative approaches and the technical support offered by UNIDO. Conference participants also visited the Sumgait Technology Park in Baku to learn about local experience.

The Automotive Cluster Project in Serbia achieved two notable outcomes during 2011. Firstly, the competitiveness of automotive industry suppliers increased, and secondly, there was a noticeable institutional strengthening of the Automotive Cluster of Serbia, a network of companies which produce automotive supplies, equipment or services. 

The two-day event was organized together with Azerbaijan’s Ministries of Economic Development, and Industry and Energy, and was attended by representatives from Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine. 

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latin america & the caribbean For more information, please contact: V.Hinojosa@unido.org

ENHANCING URUGUAY’S AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IN EL SALVADOR In El Salvador, the high level of rural to urban migration has caused the urban demand for housing to soar. With just over 5.7 million people, El Salvador has a housing deficit of an estimated 500,000 dwellings. In the San Salvador metropolitan area, which is home to a quarter of the country’s population, authorities have identified more than 1,700 “precarious” settlements that do not offer minimum basic services.

Funded by the Government of Spain’s MDG Achievement Fund, UNIDO, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), has initiated a joint programme to help address El Salvador’s housing crisis and to provide basic services for its poorest residents. The programme’s focus is on creating incentives for entrepreneurship, increasing the affordability of housing, and upgrading the construction supply chain, while, at the same time, engaging the private sector in the development process. 

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Agriculture and agro-industry have made significant contributions to the Uruguay’s economic growth in recent years. Jointly, they account for as much as one-quarter of the country’s GDP and three-quarters of national exports.

The sustainability of high rates of economic growth depends on a move towards higher value-adding activities and on access to modern production technologies and knowledge. In this context, the Government of Uruguay is supporting selected priority value chains, including agro-industry, through the transfer of technology and the development of the industrial skills necessary to generate more value added.

The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Minerals is working to endow the Uruguayan agro-industrial sector with human resources in the field of automated technology and process control. At a cost of US$1.8 million, an Agro-Industrial Centre of Excellence will be created with UNIDO’s technical support. The Centre will play a pivotal role in the country’s strategy to increase agro-industrial competitiveness through the provision of hands-on training, consulting and technology and knowledge dissemination. 

Empowering women in bolivia Funded by the Government of Spain’s MDG Achievement Fund, UNIDO, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, is implementing a joint programme to create economic oppor­tunities for indigenous women living in extreme poverty. The programme has three interlinked objectives: guaranteeing the rights of women to own, inherit and protect their property; guaranteeing the women’s equal access to active assets, credit and technology; and reducing the numbers of women living in extreme poverty. UNIDO’s intervention focuses on helping women producers to manufacture and market their cultural products.

Since the programme began in 2008, 2,150 women have been trained in entrepreneurial and business management skills; some 1,600 women have received support services for managing financial matters; and some 1,600 women have received start-up grants in order to start their own businesses. 

partnering for prosperity Energy: financing access for the poor On 10 October 2011, the Norwegian Government launched Energy+, a global initiative to finance access to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low-carbon development in developing countries.

Energy+ was launched at the “Energy for all—financing access for the poor” conference, hosted in Oslo by Norway’s Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, and attended by UN Secretary-General, Ban Photo: Office of the PM Ki-moon, and UNIDO Director-General, Norway's Prime Minister Stoltenberg at the conference Kandeh K. Yumkella.

Norway’s Minister for Environment and blocked the creation of new jobs.

International Development, Erik Solheim, UNIDO, together with the UN Speaking during the conference in Oslo, said that Energy+ will directly support the Environment Programme and the UN Prime Minister Stoltenberg said, "to give Sustainable Energy for All initiative and Development Programme are among the all people in the world access to sustainable facilitate public-private partnerships for founding partners of Energy+. financing renewable energy projects. energy is one of the greatest challenges of UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, our time. This is not possible without Several governments including Denmark have called for “an energy revolution” and for private investment. This is where also pledged their support for the development joint efforts to make sure that by 2030, of the initiative. • electricity is available to everyone on the Norwegian companies with their planet. He added that energy poverty experience and knowledge can play a very For more information, visit: www.osloenergyforall2011.no threatened global economic growth and important role."

Green industry to catalyze green growth Speaking at the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) in Copenhagen on 12 October 2011, Kandeh K. Yumkella, UNIDO's Director-General, said that the Organization’s Green Industry concept is proving to be a crucial element of a green economy, and if implemented worldwide, would further green growth.

“Green Industry and the Greening of Industries, concepts coined by UNIDO in the last few years, are helping place sustainable industrial development in the context of new global sustainability challenges. Together we can make the global transition to a green growth pathway work,” said Yumkella.

The 3GF was established by the Danish Government, in partnership with the

Government of the Republic of Korea, and developed in association with the Global Green Growth Institute, as a global publicprivate partnership for green growth.

undertaking green investments and implementing public policy initiatives that encourage environmentally responsible private investments. For UNIDO, greening of industry is a method to attain sustainable economic growth and promote sustainable economies. It includes policymaking, improved industrial production processes and resource-efficient productivity.

In 2011, the high-level public-private partnership brought together some 200 global leaders from government, business, finance and civil society, including SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon. The objective was to collectively spur green growth and design Yumkella commended the ongoing close cooperation with the Republic of Korea, the architecture for a green economy. noting that in March 2011, UNIDO and “For our future to be sustainable and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy economically viable, we have to ensure that agreed to strengthen cooperation and our industry does not harm the environment identify joint projects and activities in the and will not lead to global climate change. fields of green growth technology and lowThis is what Green Industry is all about. carbon industrial development.

UNIDO is helping developing countries secure resource-efficient low-carbon growth, Joint research on the impact of green create new green jobs while at the same time industrial investment on global employment protecting the environment,” said Yumkella. will be carried out by UNIDO and the Global Green Growth Institute. • Yumkella explained that Green Industry means economies striving for a more For more information, visit: sustainable pathway of growth, by http://www.globalgreengrowthforum.com unido times | May 2012

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research, statistics and policy New UNIDO institute focuses on sustainable industrial development and negotiating environmental treaties In October, UNIDO launched a new institute that offers training on key issues relating to sustainable industrial development, and which will serve as a catalyst for the innovative solutions, ideas and partnerships needed to achieve inclusive and sustainable patterns of globalization.

“We designed the institute to serve as a ‘virtual resource centre’ for industrial development issues, including Green Industry. It will help enhance the quality of industrial policy by generating, disseminating and sharing world-class knowledge resources,” added Yumkella.

This first programme of the UNIDO Institute for Capacity Development, entitled "On top of the game: global strategies and negotiations towards green growth", took place at Hernstein Castle, outside Vienna in October 2011. It brought together some 35 senior officials, including diplomats, from 30 countries.

Green Industry and the Greening of Industries, concepts coined by UNIDO in the last few years, are helping place sustainable industrial development in the context of new global sustainability challenges.

The programme was implemented by UNIDO and the Saïd Business School of Oxford University, and was financially sup“The UNIDO Institute for Capacity ported by the Government of Austria. • Development was established to respond For more information on the UNIDO effectively to the industrial development Institute for Capacity Development, visit: challenges being faced by Member States. It http://institute.unido.org will also provide a sound knowledge base for or send an e-mail to: officials from developing countries and unido-institute@unido.org countries with economies in transition taking part in negotiations on international environmental treaties,” said UNIDO Director-General Yumkella.

Institute objectives: Training and education activities aim to increase the knowledge and skills of member countries, government officials, policymakers, researchers, young professionals and other stakeholders, enabling them to engage more effectively in industrial development processes.

Joint research activities aim to: • Generate relevant applied research to create new knowledge, propose innovative solutions and increase the application of international best practices to industrial development projects and processes; • Develop joint research projects with competent individuals and institutions from both developing and developed countries to build capacities for evidence-based policymaking; • Promote the idea and increase understanding of the process of structural change in industrial development.

Knowledge sharing activities aim to make UNIDO’s experiences available to academics, industrial development policymakers, practitioners and other industrial development stakeholders.

Policy dialogue activities aim to facilitate the exchange of ideas and develop effective communication channels between experts, government officials, senior policymakers, academia and other stakeholders.

Tim Cullen, Programme Director at the Saïd Business School at Oxford University, speaking to the participants at the UNIDO Institute

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Strategic networking and partnerships aim to link UNIDO activities with appropriate partner institutions, such as universities, research centres, think-tanks and consulting companies with an expertise in the field of sustainable industrial policy design and management; and create an international community of practice on industrial development issues. 

management issues Staff changes in the Field and HQ

Staff training for the new ERP system after its launch on 1 January 2012

Faster, easier, better – change takes form Since the launch of the Programme for Change and Organizational Renewal (PCOR) in 2010, UNIDO has been working hard towards achieving its missions of ‘Growth with Quality’ and ‘Delivering as One UNIDO’. PCOR aims to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness by fundamentally changing UNIDO’s way of doing business and, at the same time, to promote a proactive work environment, organization-wide knowledge sharing, risk management and better results-based management to allow for consistent reporting of results to all stakeholders.

Likewise, a number of human resource management processes, as well as payment of staff and travel management, have been streamlined and are now carried out in the new system. This means that staff and consultants are now able to update their personnel information, such as CVs, career profiles, addresses, etc., in the ERP system. Furthermore, the recruitment of consultants, e-recruitment of staff members and performance management, are now processed in a fully integrated system.

To ensure that all staff are equipped to work with the new system, the majority of staff and consultants at Headquarters, and a large number of field staff, have already received extensive classroom training. In addition, field and headquarters staff can benefit from UNIDO specific online e-learning material. Focused trainings will continue to be available during the entire Through its systematic and participatory implementation process. approach, PCOR has so far been able to The timely achievement of this milestone achieve fundamental developments in changwas only possible due to the enormous ing the way UNIDO operates, especially commitment and dedication from a large with the introduction of a number of mod- number of staff and consultants from all ules of the new Enterprise Resource Planning parts of the Organization, who have been (ERP) system. working hard to look at more efficient and The roll-out of various modules of UNIDO’s new ERP system to all staff in January 2012, was a major achievement. It will ultimately enable the Organization to manage its entire project cycle from identification of a request, through project design, approval, implementation, monitoring, assessment, reporting and sharing of lessons learned within a globally accessible single platform.

innovative ways of doing business, and who helped design the new system. These joint efforts have resulted in positive cultural changes in the areas of collaboration and communication, as well as teamwork and knowledge sharing.

Mr. Yoshiteru Uramoto retired from UNIDO on 31 December 2011. In his function as Deputy to the Director-General, he assisted in managing the Organization, being responsible for the Organizational Strategy and Coordination Group, the Evaluation Group, the Policymaking Organs Secretariat, and for the UNIDO offices in New York, Brussels and Geneva. During his 30 years with the UN, Uramoto also served in different positions with UNICEF, including in Burma, East Timor, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Sudan.

Mr. Taizo Nishikawa, was appointed as Deputy to the Director-General as of 1 January 2012. He was formerly the Head of the ITPO Tokyo.

Mr. David Tommy, Director Regional Office and UR of Ethiopia retired.

Mr. Frank Bartels, the UR in Ghana was reassigned to headquarters, in the Office of the Managing Director, Strategic Research, Quality Assurance and Advocacy Division. 

performance management system or online collaboration spaces are expected to considerably contribute to staff development and cross-organizational collaboration and knowledge sharing. Furthermore, the global accessibility of the system will contribute to decentralization by ensuring that field staff can be fully involved in all stages of the project management cycle.

The roll-out of the system to all staff was a major milestone for UNIDO. Of course, efforts to make the Organization “fit for the future” will continue throughout 2012. • For more information, contact: T.Tomaschitz@unido.org

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forthcoming events June 2012

October 2012

International Year of Sustainable Energy 2012 Worldwide

Rio+20 – United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 20-22 June 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2012 Global Leadership Awards Dinner 16 October 2012 New York, USA

Recognizing the importance of energy access for sustainable economic development and achievement of the MDGs, the United Nations General Assembly has designated 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Key events for the Year will include Rio+20, a report to the General Assembly in September, and a closing event in December. Information about national organizing committees can be found on the website. The Year is closely linked to the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative.

The objective of the conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges

UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, will receive the prestigious Global Leadership Award at a dinner hosted by the UN Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA. The Global Leadership Awards Dinner brings together a distinguished audience of nearly 500 policymakers, diplomats, United Nations supporters, business leaders, celebrities, and members of the media.

For more information, visit: www.sustainableenergyforall.org

The conference will focus on two themes: (a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable development.

For more information, visit: www.uncsd2012.org/rio20

UNIDO’s Yumkella is being honoured for his work on a variety of global issues, including his promotion of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative.

For more information, visit: www.unausa.org

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Designations such as “developed”, “industrialized” and “developing” are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process. Mention of firm names or commercial products does not constitute an endorsement by UNIDO. The opinions, statistical data and estimates contained in signed articles are the responsibility of the author(s), including those who are UNIDO members of staff, and should not be considered as reflecting the views or bearing the endorsement of UNIDO. This document has been produced without formal United Nations editing.

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Jeremy Rifkin, author of The Third Industrial Revolution, sees developments in renewable energy and communications platforms coming together to form an economic paradigm which will drive humanity to more sustainable horizons.

Kandeh K. Yumkella and Morgan Bazilian see the Sustainable Energy for All and Green Industry initiatives as key steps in an essential transition to an inclusive new economy.

With the world heading for irreversible climate change, there is no time to waste. How realistic is this vision of an innovative economic model based on renewable energy, and how can we reach it?

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