Main Organizer

UNIDO ITPO Italy

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), based in Vienna, is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for Poverty reduction, inclusive globalization, environmental sustainability. UNIDO’s mandate is to promote and accelerate Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID) in developing countries and economies in transition to improve living conditions in the world’s poorest countries.

The Italian Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO Italy) was created in 1987 and is based in Rome. Its mandate is to enhance the competitiveness of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, through the mobilization of investments as well as the transfer of technology, and management skills together with capacity building activities required for the implementation of industrial projects and SMEs upgrading in developing and emerging countries.

UNIDO ITPO Italy launched specific industrial development programmes covering the sectors in which Italy sets world standards of best practice, such as agricultural machineries, food processing, fishery, agritech and food innovation, leather and footwear, environment, gems and jewellery, textile and fashion, renewable energy, pharma and bio-technology, constructions, logistics. These programmes are implemented through the promotion of industrial partnerships, to raise awareness on the importance of technological innovation and qualitative standards, through capacity-building activities.

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