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Trainees of the projectIntegration and progress through protection and empowerment of displaced groups
in South Sudandisplay their new designs. Photo by Lidwina Dox/UNIDO
NOVEMBE R 2013 ISSUE 7
UNIDO
Times
LI Yong is the former Vice-Minister
of Finance of China. Throughout his
long career spanning stints at the
World Bank, Asian Development
Bank, GEF and IFAD, he has been a
strong advocate of industrial devel-
opment to achieve inclusive and
sustainable growth.
China is one of the worlds largest
manufacturing economies and its
economic transformation has lifted
hundreds of millions of people out of
poverty, explained LI Yong shortly
after being confirmed as the Organiza-
tions 7th Director General in June.
This experience could be shared with
other developing countries fighting to
eradicate poverty.
A Harvard graduate, Li has held numer-ous high-level positions in the national
and international arena.
>> Contd on page 10
LI YONG ELECTED AS DIRECTORGENERAL OF UNIDO
NEW SKILLS HELPYOUNG PEOPLE ENTER
THE SOUTH SUDANESECLOTHING MARKET
Equipped with creative skills in textile design
and starter kits with a sewing machine and
materials, UNIDO trainees now have the
necessary start-up elements to help them
start growing their own businesses, and
they are finding that their work is in demand.
The UNIDO project, Integration and pro-
gress through protection and empower-ment of displaced groups in South Sudan,
funded by the Government of Japan, trained
youths in tailoring, carpentry, welding and
construction. >> contd on page 6
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New skills help young people enter the SouthSudanese clothing market >> page 6
CONTENTSNews
04 Snapshots From climate change to metrology, an overview
of whats new
05 Institute trains policymakers, youngprofessionals and researchers
Vienna Energy forum calls for integration of energy
into SDGs
06 New skills help young people enter the SouthSudanese clothing market
The challenges for middle-income countries
07 Report names UNIDO as lead implementing agencyof the Montreal Protocol
Features
08 Beneficiaries in Sierra Leone tell their stories Improving lives through skills training
10 LI Yong elected as Director General of UNIDO A new vision for the future of the Organization
Projects by region
11 Africa Quality is our byword.
Enhancing entrepreneurship education in schools
12 Arab states Opening markets for Tunisias agricultural products
13 Asia and the Pacific Creating cooperative networks to promote eco-cities.Pakistani mangoes make their way into Walmart
14 Europe and NIS Working with and for young entrepreneurs in Armenia
15 Latin America and the Caribbean Traditional products shape new businesses
Events
16 Forthcoming eventsReducing poverty through the promotion
of traditional food products >> pages 11-15
Beneficiaries in Sierra Leone telltheir stories>> pages 8-9
People were highlymotivated and enjoyedthe good working
atmosphere
>> See page 6
The hopelessnesswe had before haschanged, and we seethat we can do thingsby ourselves
>> See page 8
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New metrology laboratory in
Mozambique
UNIDO expands network of
sustainable energy centres to SADC
United Nations launches centre
to tackle climate change
Significant increase in
cooperation with India
UNIDO to increase technical
cooperation with Belarus
Without the ability to determine
length, mass, volume, time and
temperature, even the simplest of
transactions would be open to abuse,
reliable trade would be impossible and
legislation aimed at protecting the
health and welfare of citizens would
have no effect. The new laboratory in
the city of Zimpeto was established as
part of the project Competing with
quality, funded by the EU, and
supports the main quality infrastruc-
ture bodies in Mozambique.
Building on its experience designing the
Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) Regional Centre for
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency(ECREEE), UNIDO will assist with designing
the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) Centre for Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE),
expected to be operational in 2014.
SACREEE aims to create an enabling
environment for regional renewable
energy and energy efficiency markets by
mitigating various barriers for the
dissemination of green energy technolo-
gies and services.
The Climate Technology Centre and
Network (CTCN) will establish an
information platform for improved
sharing of knowledge related to
climate technologies and will conduct
regional and national workshops on
priority issues, entrepreneurship, andthe development of policies and
programmes to attract Foreign Direct
Investment. The CTCN is supported
by a consortium of 12 international
research and development bodies,
including UNIDO.
Over the next five years, the budget for the
Country Programme and a second phase
of the UNIDO Centre for South-South
Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC) willexceed $107 million. The Country
Programme will transfer new green
technology to improve the competitiveness
of industrial enterprises. It will also
increase the productivity, quality, occupa-
tional health and safety, and environmental
sustainability of industrial production.
Phase two of the UCSSIC will enhance
South-South industrial cooperation and
will especially benefit the Least Developed
Countries (LDC).
The newly signed Framework Pro-
gramme of Cooperation for the period
of 2013-2017 will develop a portfolio
of technical cooperation projects forthe Republic of Belarus to meet its
objectives in the area of sustainable
industrial development. UNIDO and
the Government of Belarus will
cooperate in the mobilization of
financial resources for potential
projects under this programme, and
will explore financing from such
sources as international financial
institutions, donor countries and the
private sector, as part of a funds
mobilization strategy.
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A global transition towards sustainable
energy systems is imperative, and the
window of opportunity is now, said
participants at the third edition of the
Vienna Energy Forum, held in the
Austrian capital on 28-30 May.
The Forum
This years event brought together over
1,600 policymakers, country delegations,
experts and representatives from the pri-
vate sector and civil society from 116
countries, to deliberate on sustainable
energy and the way forward after Rio+20.
The debate was led by approximately
110 high-level speakers.
Key messagesThe key message of the forum clearly
positions energy in the post-2015 devel-
opment agenda and underlines the sig-
nificance of financing and partnership in
ensuring a sustainable energy future.
The need for tangible and measurable
benchmarks as part of this energy goal
was also a central theme, not only for the
global mobilization of action but also for
the concrete assessment of viability and
progress in achieving these goals.
Strategic goals at the global level, such as
the three overarching goals of SE4All
universal energy access, renewable energy
and energy efficiencywere deemed
essential for encouraging global action
and policy change. Related goals at the
regional, municipal and local levels are
equally important and necessary to ensure
implementation and action at all levels.
Six key recommendations on Energy in
the Post-2015 Development Agenda have
emerged from the VEF2013, and are
available in the summary report.
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OF ENERGY INTOSDGs
Plenary session 5: public and private partnerships, Vienna Enegy Forum 2013. L-R: Gunther Maier, Harry Verhaar,
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INSTITUTE
TRAINS POLICY-
MAKERS, YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS
& RESEARCHERS
During 2013, the UNIDO Institute
has conducted three major training
programmes on trade capacity
building, environmental manage-
ment, and energy and climate
change. Over 500 people have
applied for the next course, to be
held in November.The first programme, a five-week
distance learning course on standardiza-
tion and quality infrastructures, was
followed by an eight day in-residence
training of policymakers from Central
Asian countries, held in May in Issyk-
Kul, Kyrgyzstan. While several hundred
participated in the distance-learning
section of the Institutes programme,
only the most committed 26 partici-
pants were invited to attend their in-residence training.
The Future of Manufacturingbrought
together policymakers from middle-
income countries to learn about future
trends and developments in manufactur-
ing. Lectures were delivered by high-
level policymakers (including Arun Maira
from the Indian Planning Commission),
and experts from the University of
Cambridge, the University of California,
Berkeley and the Fraunhofer Institute,
as well as by renowned authors on
manufacturing such as Peter Marsh(former editor, Financial Times) and Paul
Markillie (The Economist).
This years edition of the Summer Course
on green industry, held in July, was
jointly organized with the Central
European University in Budapest,
Hungary. Following an online course
for around 200 participants, a select
group of young professionals and
researchers were invited to Hungary to
learn how to improve the environmentalperformance of industry and bring the
concept of green industry into practice.
The course was led by UNIDO experts,
senior policymakers and internationally
renowned scholars.
The Institutes next course, held in
November in partnership with the Inter-
national Centre for Promotion of Enter-
prises (ICPE) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will
explore new trends and solutions in
sustainable industrial energy production.
For more information, visit:
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Helping develop a marketable fashion
with cultural identity is a follow-up
course on basic industrial skills.
We have been encouraging the young
fashion designers to blend the countrys
rich culture into their designs, says
Ammar Al-Kital, the UNIDO project
advisor in Juba.
To-date, three product design workshops
have taken place. They featured invited
designers, artists and professors.
Lidwina Dox, an expert in productdesign, who was also one of the trainers,
said that she was surprised by how fast
the young people developed their skills.
In the beginning, some participants
did not even sew evenly and had to redo
their work several times. However, they
improved their skills very fast and the
quality (of their work) improved over
time. People were highly motivated and
they enjoyed the good working atmos-
phere. They also saw that their work was
appreciated and in demand.
To find out more, contact
v.stucki@unido.org
NEW SKILLS HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ENTER THE SOUTHSUDANESE CLOTHING MARKET
CHALLENGES FOR MIDDLE-INCOMECOUNTRIESHigh-level representatives from some 70
countries gathered in Costa Rica in June
to discuss what should be at the heart of
the development agenda for middle-
income countries (MICs) after the current
development goals expire in 2015.
The conference, titled Challenges for sus-
tainable development and international
cooperation in middle-income countries:the role of networks for prosperity, was
hosted by the Government of Costa Rica
and co-organized by UNIDO.
Participants were trained to usesewing machines, and learnt that even
elements of waste like plastic bags,
old textiles and paper could be used to
produce original works.
The event concentrated on the role and posi-
tion of MICs in regional and global develop-
ment issues and resulted in the San Jos
Declaration, which promotes international
and national measures and cooperation to
advance inclusive and equitable economic
growth and prosperity, industrialization in
the framework of sustainable development,
and finance and investment opportunities inmiddle-income countries.
More information at
www.unido.org/mic-conference/
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REPORT NAMES UNIDO AS BEST IMPLEMENTING AGENCYOF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
UNIDO has been ranked as the best implementing agency of the Montreal Protocol for 2012,
according to an evaluation report released by the Multilateral Fund Secretariat of the Montreal
Protocol. The report gave UNIDO the highest possible score of 100 points and stated that it
achieved eight out of eight targetsa score no other agency had ever received before. In the
last 21 years, UNIDO has helped in the phasing-out of more than one-third of the ozone-
depleting substances in the developing world and supported over 100 countries to comply
with their commitments under the Montreal Protocol.
Africa
Arab States
Asia and the
Pacific
Europe and NIS
Latin America
and the Caribbean
Number of
countries
Number of
projects
Tonnes of
ozone-depleting
potential phased out
36 1882,618
43314,538
17
12 366 33,216
15 2344,986
23 237
10,171
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BENEFICIARIES IN SIERRA LEONE TELL THEIR STORIES
When you have a skill, even if some-
thing bad happens in a country, you
wont have to hand it in. You wont
steal or hurt people willfully, and you
wont take a gun for a companion,
explains 21-year-old Malikie Kanneh.
Kanneh has just completed a two-year
training programme to become a
mechanic. He is one of the 145 young
men and women who have benefited
from a UNIDO project, funded by the
Government of Japan, in Kailahun and
Koindu in eastern Sierra Leone, a rural
area bordering Liberia and Guinea.
The project, which ran from March 2011
to September 2012, provided on-the-job
training for apprentices to learn various
entrepreneurial skills, including carpen-
try, smithing, welding, auto mechanics,
tailoring and weaving.
The objective of the project was to build
the local economies resilience to shocks
craftspeople to pass on their skills to
others who had no experience of their
craft, and then equipped them with the
tools they needed. These trainers were
taught teaching and coaching skills, both
to help them to teach better, and also to
reinforce the message that their appren-
tices would be there to learn, not to work
as low-paid labour.
In the second stage, these craftspeople
passed on their skills to others, like
Kanneh, who would otherwise have not
have had the opportunity to learn a skill.
By using this apprenticeship method,
which is well-established and understood
in Sierra Leone, both trainers and trainees
knew what was expected of them. To give
a voice to some of those trainees who
now have a livelihood thanks to the pro-
gramme, Kanneh and others in Kailahun
District, in eastern Sierra Leone, were
interviewed and photographed. The fol-
lowing extracts were taken from the
Voices of Kailahun blog.
by improving the entrepreneurial, leader-
ship and management skills of youth and
diversifying income-generation activities
in the vulnerable communities. It is one
of seven projects implemented in Africa
by UNIDO under the umbrella title,
Response to the humanitarian crisis in
Africa. The seven projects have been
funded by a $ 9.8m grant from the Gov-
ernment of Japan.
In the first stage of the programme in
eastern Sierra Leone, UNIDO selected
11 talented Sierra Leonean master-
The project has been a
great success, with about70 per cent of the traineesstarting their ownincome-generating
activities or finding jobswith existing businesses.
Malikie Kanneh, apprentice mechanic.
Malikie Kanneh, apprenticemechanicFor me, learning was not just about
making money but it was also to avoid
becoming a thief. I have never stolen
anything, but I used to see the boys I
played football with resort to that. I am
a careful person and I dont like steal-
ing, so I wanted to go and learn some-
thing. Malikie Kanneh is originally
from Shegbwema, several hours from
Kailahun Town, but he left home to
come to Kailahun Town when he heard
about the mechanics apprenticeship.
Before the training, he didnt know
anything about mechanics or how to
save money or develop a business. After
two years of training, he is now able to
repair machines even without his trainer
present, and he now knows which steps
to take to start his business.
Now the training has ended, this cheerful
young man, who has started saving a
part of his salary, wants to open his own
shop and pass on his newly acquired
skills to others.
I can go and teach my own friends so
that we can all be working for the
development of the country and our-
selves. When I help my friends, I am
developing the country.
Since the end of the civil war in 2002,
rural eastern Sierra Leone has recov-
ered slowly. A generation of youngpeople experienced a decade of con-
flict that severely disrupted their edu-
cation. Kanneh is convinced that by
ensuring a livelihood for people he can
play an active role in maintaining
peace in Sierra Leone. As he puts it, If
someone said to me, go and fight over
there, I would sit and think to myself,
Am I going to leave my garage, where
I can earn 10,000 Le (1.86) per day,
just to go and fight over there? I
wouldnt do it. With all the learning, I
dont think that I will be influenced by
anyone to do such things.
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Thirty-eight-year-old Umaru Aruna is
a successful and passionate blacksmith
in Kailahun Town. The craftsman, who
developed his interest for blacksmith-
ing at a young age, even talks about his
profession in a weekly broadcast on the
local radio station.
Because of this enthusiasm for his
craft, UNIDO chose Aruna to become
a trainer and taught him new craft
skills, like how to build a cassava-
grinding machine, an essential food
processing tool. He also developed a
different approach to business during
the training, Any business should not
stay still; it should grow, so they taught
us how to keep documents, how to con-
trol the site, to know if you are making
profit or loss, and even how to talk to
customers. He says that before, he
only had a few customers, but as helearned how to write contracts, his
business area enlarged.
Thanks to the training, his life changed
significantly. As Aruna reports, I
didnt use to save anything, but when I
came back from the training, the first
thing I did was open a bank account
and not only that, but I also joined a
credit union. So, now whatever we
make, I make sure I save some.
Through the credit union, he gets loans
to buy additional equipment. That is
an extraordinary achievement in Sierra
Leone, where owning a bank account
is still unusual.
Aruna has become a very popular
trainer, passing on all his crafting tech-
niques, from manufacturing cutlasses
(machetes) and steel doors to musical
drums, as well the newly gained busi-
ness skills. He beams, when he states
that the apprenticeship with him
increased his trainees well-being.
Mary Sesay, a renowned gara tie-dyer,
lives in the remote eastern town of
Koindu, on the border with Guinea
and Liberia. UNIDO invited Sesay to
participate in the training of trainers,as a master-craftsperson. She recalls
the benefits of the training, They
taught us about how you sell, how you
save money, and how you have to write
everything down, and how, if you are
in a group, you have to appoint some-
one to take care of the money. At that
time, we didnt know anything about
business economics but they taught us
all that.
Like many others in Sierra Leone,
Sesay had fled to the neighbouring
country of Guinea when her town was
overrun by rebels during the war. In
2007, when she returned to Koindu and
to a plundered home, she brought with
her the technique of gara tie-dying that
she had learnt in Guinea. Her skill has
helped her to fund the restoration of
her home and to take care of her fam-
ily: I sent my son, Came, to Ethiopia
to study computer engineering, and all
through my gara tie-dying. For this
reason, I take it seriously because Iknow what is has done for me.
Having successfully completed the
teaching and coaching programme,
Sesay was eager to help other women
in her community develop their skills.
She informed the whole town that
she was looking for apprentices, We
called a meeting and 500 people came!
We told them that this skill would help
their home to have peace in it, because
if you have a problem with your hus-
band or you lose your husband, the
group will support you and help you to
know that there is hope.
She has successfully trained many
members of her community, and now
she wants to take the next step and
open a training school.
Mary Sesay, gara tie-dyermasterWhat makes me feel good is the way
the trainees act. I am proud of them.
This project really did well for us. The
hopelessness we had before has
changed, and we see that we can do
things by ourselves.
Umaru Aruna, blacksmithand trainerI dont know a lot and I am not edu-
cated but I can sit where educated
people sit and the community values
me. The skills that you learn take you a
step ahead. I have been recognized inthe community more than before. I am
proud of that.
Mary Sesay, gara tie-dyer master.
Umaru Aruna (R), blacksmith and trainer.
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Before becoming Vice-Minister of
Finance, a position he held from 2003
until 2013, he was the Executive
Director for China in the World Bank
Group and the Secretary General
at the Chinese Institute of Certified
Public Accountants.
His visionThe theme of inclusive and sustainable
industrial development provides for
enhanced partnerships with all relevant
development actors and encompasses
consideration of both social equity and
environmental sustainability. This is
instrumental in addressing the challenges
of poverty eradication and job creation,
said Li during his meeting with United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
in New York in September.
Providing industrial solutions for inclu-
sive and sustainable development has
been a priority for Li all throughout his
career.
Under LI Yongs stewardship, China saw
the introduction of a wide range of pref-erential policies to promote microfinance,
agricultural insurance and rural finance.
One such microfinance programme cre-
ated job opportunities for five million
women. He also supported small and
medium size enterprise development and
competitiveness, South-South coopera-
tion, energy conservation and environ-
mental protection.
Five pillarsDuring his acceptance speech, Li out-
lined his areas of focus as Director
General of UNIDO:
LI YONG ELECTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UNIDO
Director General LI Yong at UNIDOs Headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
We need to raise UNIDOs profile
on the international development
agenda, provide tailored services,
build stronger partnerships to
mobilize more resources, ensure
delivery to maximize the impact,
and provide an enabling environ-
ment for the staff to achieve their
full potential.
Li, serving an initial four-year term, takes
over from Kandeh K. Yumkella of Sierra
Leone, who led the organization since
2005, and who is now the United Nations
Secretary-Generals Special Representa-
tive for Sustainable Energy for All andCEO of the Initiative.
For more information, contact
odg@unido.org
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PROJECTS:AFRICA
WEST AFRICA
BUDGET: 14,000,000
THE WEST AFRICAN QUALITY PROGRAMMEaims to foster
compliance with international trade rules and regulations, in
particular the World Trade Organization agreements on Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS)
measures, through the establishment and strengthening of
national and regional quality infrastructure for the entire West
African region. It builds on a previous UNIDO programme, also
funded by the EU.
The programme has eight thematic work streams: trade analysis,
accreditation, standardization, metrology, product testing, quality
promotion, traceability and inspection.
Read the project results.
The programme aims to address
the employment challenge of the
three million pupils who graduate
every year in Nigeria.
COUNTRY: NIGERIANIGERIA PARTNERS WITH UNIDO TO IMPROVE ENTREPRE-NEURSHIP EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.The key
areas of focus in the course of the partnership will include
strengthening the 34 trade and entrepreneurship subjects that
already exist in the curriculum for senior secondary schools, and
developing teachers guides, and monitoring and evaluation tools.
The project will cover the countrys 36 states as well as the
Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), and will be coordinated by the
Federal Ministry of Education with inputs from the Nigerian
Educational Development and Research Council (NERDC) and
the state-level ministries of education.
Former UNIDO trainees starttheir own business:
United Brothers Business Inc.
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PROJECTS:ARAB STATES
COUNTRY: TUNISIA
BUDGET: $5,400,000
MARKET ACCESS PROJECT FOR AGRO-FOOD AND TRADI-
TIONAL PRODUCTS aims at improving the market access for
Harissa, Djebba fig and the cactus/prickly pear produce from
Kasserine governorate in the centre of the country. It will contrib-
ute to the implementation of the countrys fruit and vegetable
export strategy endorsed in 2011, as well as to the overall national
agro-food development programme, benefitting one of the most
important economic sectors in terms of employment and GDP.
It has been developed through a participatory approach process
involving the main actors of the value chains selected and on
the basis of the official requests of assistance formulated by the
Tunisian Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Agriculture. Project
activities started in 2013. It is funded by Switzerlands State
Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
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PROJECTS:ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BUDGET: $600,000THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA: ECO-CITIES NETWORK aims toinspire improvements in the implementation of eco-city principles
and low-carbon policies in South-east Asian cities.
The project, funded by the Government of Japan, was launched
in September, when officials from five eco-cities from across
the region visited the Japanese eco-cities of Yokohama and
Kitakyushu and participated in the International Conference on the
Future of Cities. The five cities invited to participate in the week-
long exchange were Pintan, China; Iskandar, Malaysia; Cebu, the
Philippines; Map Ta Phut, Thailand; and Da Nang, Viet Nam.
This exchange is the first of a series of planned peer review visitsand will contribute to the building of a network to share mutual
learning and best practices.
I couldnt understand the minds of
European customers. Importers told
me that my mango quality was not up
to standard. Now I know what to do.
Promoting eco-cities.
iStockphoto.com/cienpies
COUNTRY: PAKISTAN
BUDGET $9,500,000
RETAILER PARTNERSHIP FOR MANGOES. Pakistani mango
producers have been supported by UNIDO to access inter-
national retail markets through strengthened compliance with
EU and retailer requirements. Potential exporters were linked upwith retailers in The Netherlands, France and the UK under an
EU-funded trade related technical assistance programme.
In June and July, ASDA, a Walmart subsidiary, ordered its first
shipments for its UK stores. About 43,000 boxes of mangoes
were sold in six weeks.
For the Pakistani producers this was their first-ever direct link to a
major global retailer. It is expected that this direct export opportu-
nity will positively impact employment and wages in the rural
communities. Similar export contracts have been established with
Asian retailers.
Azhar Khichi, mango producer, Pakistan
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PROJECTS:EUROPE AND NIS
We expect that over 300 potential and
existing young entrepreneurs will receivetailored training. Furthermore, the
Armenia Youth Entrepreneurship Fund
will allow up to 80 youth-led businesses
and start-ups to access loans.
COUNTRY: ARMENIA
BUDGET: 750,000
PRODUCTIVE WORK FOR YOUTH IN ARMENIASUPPORT-
ING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.The project aims to help young
entrepreneurs start and expand their enterprises, as well as dem-
onstrate that youth are credit worthy and capable of turning loans
into profitable businesses.
In close cooperation with the implementing partner, Small and
Medium EnterprisesDevelopment National Center (SME-DNC),
UNIDO will provide financial and non-financial services such asentrepreneurship and technical training, development of financial
literacy and business skills, counseling and technical assistance.
As part of the project, the Armenia Youth Entrepreneurship Fund
will provide loans to help young entrepreneurs turn their ideas into
profitable businesses. The fund will be established by SME-DNC,
with initial contributions of 200,000 each from UNIDO and
SME-DNC.
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COUNTRY: PERU
BUDGET: 200,000
Collective brands are ideal for generating
business opportunities, since owners face
the market collectively, unify the quality of
products, reduce marketing costsand promote the touristic appeal of the
area in which they live.
PROJECTS:LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
REDUCING POVERTY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF
TRADITIONAL FOOD PRODUCTS.With the financial support of
the Italian Cooperation, UNIDO has partnered with Perus National
Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property
(INDECOPI) and the Ministry of Agriculture to promote origin
consortia and collective brands as tools for sustainable rural
development.
The project covers eight of the poorest regions in Peru. It assists
producers of traditional products to set-up an origin consortium,
define the product specifications, register a collective brand,
improve product quality and implement a joint marketing strategy.
So far five origin consortia, integrating 748 rural producers, have
officially registered their collective brands and five more, including700 producers, are in the process of registering them.
As a result of the project, over 2,000 families in extreme poverty
areas in the Peruvian Andean highlands have improved their living
conditions.
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
GENERAL CONFERENCE,
15th SESSIONLima, Peru2 to 6 December 2013
In the context of the
discussions about
the future of inter-
national development,
the Conference will
highlight the role of
industry in inclusive
and sustainable
development and the
need for new partner-ships.
GREEN INDUSTRYCONFERENCEGuangzhou, China7 to 9 November 2013
The third Green
Industry Conference
will explore how to
promote the rapid up-
take of green industry
in harmony with
Earths ecosystems.
LDC MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCELima, Peru30 November to1 December 2013
CONFERENCE OFLATIN AMERICA ANDTHE CARIBBEANMINISTERS OF
INDUSTRYLima, Peru,1 December 2013
This edition of the
LDC high-level
meeting will bring
together more than
250 participants to
promote the forma-
tion of partnerships
that will bring sus-
tainable livelihoodsand inclusive welfare
for LDCs citizens.
The conference will
address the impor-
tance of industrial
production and trade
for inclusive and
sustainable economic
growth, with a focus
on innovation and
technology transfer.
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