United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Partner type

United Nations entity 

Description

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their fight against marginalization in today's globalized world. It mobilizes knowledge, skills, information and technology to promote productive employment, a competitive economy and a sound environment. Carlos Magariños, the Director-General of UNIDO, describes the Organization as a specialized United Nations agency that focuses its efforts on relieving poverty by fostering productivity growth. UNIDO was set up in 1966 and became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1985. As part of the United Nations common system, UNIDO has responsibility for promoting industrialization throughout the developing world, in cooperation with its 171 Member States. Its headquarters are in Vienna, and it is represented in 35 developing countries. This representation and a number of specialised field offices, for investment and technology promotion and other specific aspects of its work, give UNIDO an active presence in the field.  

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http://www.unido.org 

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Main Contact

Jean-Marc Deroy 

Web Contacts

Ouseph Padickakudi  

Other Contacts

Joel Towara , Pradeep Paulose  

Mission

UNIDO's aim is to enable developing countries to rapidly establish the necessary physical and institutional infrastructure to satisfy the technical requirements of the Multilateral Trading System. For integrated Technical Assistance and Capacity Building actions UNIDO developed the 3-Cs Trade Capacity Building approach focusing on the areas Competitiveness, Conformity and Connectivity. 

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World Standards Services Network (WSSN) ,
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) ,
World Chambers Network (WCN) ,
Consumers International (CI) ,
European Union Law (Eur-Lex) ,
Southern Africa Development Community Cooperation in Measurement Traceability (SADCMET) ,
National Metrology Laboratory of South Africa (NML-CSIR) ,
International Accreditation Forum Inc. (IAF) ,
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ,
African Regional Organization for Standardization (ARSO) ,
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ,
International Trade Centre (ITC) ,
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) ,
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) ,
International Federation of Standards Users (IFAN) ,
E4PQ - e-Productivity and Quality ,
International Organization for Standardization(ISO) ,
National Association for Proficiency Testing (NAPT) ,
ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 ,
International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) ,
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)  

Reference readings

Corporate Social Responsibility and Developing Countries SMEs ,
Enabling Developing Countries to Participate in International Trade (2002) ,
Laboratory Accreditation in Developing Economies (2003) ,
Making trade work for the poor- stimulating the real economy's response ,
Making Trade Working for the Poor: Stimulating the Real Economy Response ,
The joint WTO/UNIDO Technical Cooperation Programme ,
The UNIDO Cluster/Network Development Programme ,
Towards an Effective Multilateral Technical Cooperation Framework in the TBT and SPS Fields ,
Trade Capacity Building: Role of UNIDO ,
UNIDO and trade-related capacity building – Bibliography ,
UNIDO Financing for Development and Trade Facilitation ,
UNIDO Trade Capacity Building Initiative ,
UNIDO’S activities related to capacity building in the field of market access