Diapositiva 1

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UNIDO approach for reducing poverty through
sustainable industrial growth in Africa Special
focus on UNIDOs activities promoted by
Italy Rome, 25th of June 2009
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"Friends, together, we can achieve a new phase of
globalization - one that creates inclusive and
sustainable markets, builds development and
enhances international cooperation. We each have
a responsibility in moving our agenda
forward Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the
United Nations
TOGETHER WITH UNIDO

• UNIDO is a specialized agency of the United
  Nations system that works towards improving the
  quality of life of the worlds poor by helping
  countries achieve sustainable industrial
  development.
• UNIDO views industrial development as a means of
  creating employment and income to overcome
  poverty.
• UNIDO helps developing countries and economies in
  transition to produce goods they can trade on the
  global market. It also helps provide tools,
  training, technology and investment to make them
  competitive. At the same time, it encourages
  production processes that will neither harm the
  environment nor place too heavy a burden on a
  countrys limited energy resources.

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TOGETHER IN AFRICA

• UNIDOs task is to enable African nations to
  harness their resources in order to speed up
  their industrial growth and subsequent
  integration into the world economy. We are
  convinced that industry, and particularly
  agro-industries, can play a key role in this
  process by creating jobs and private wealth.
• Kandeh K. Yumkella Director-General of UNIDO
  (Industrious Africa September 2008)

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UNIDO and Africa

• In many African countries, UNIDO has helped
  countries to take the first steps in their
  transformation from local, small-scale,
  semi-artisanal producers to competitors on the
  world market.
• A major objective of UNIDO is to work in concert
  with African governments, institutions, CBOs and
  the private sector to achieve sustainable
  industrial development.
• Special attention is given to strengthening
  productive capacities and promoting the use of
  renewable and more environmentally-friendly
  energy.

UNIDOs database includes details of 3,956
completed projects for the African continent as a
whole, totaling over 520 million in investment.
(Industrious Africa September 2008)
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UNIDO NETWORK WORLDWIDE

• UNIDO has 173 Member States and has it HQs in
  Vienna, Austria.
• Our organization is represented by
• designated Country or Regional Offices
• a Network of Investment and Technology Promotion
  Offices (ITPO) financed by the host Countries
• National Cleaner Production Centers, established
  jointly with the United Nations Environment
  Programme.
• International Technology Centers
• Subcontracting Exchanges (SPX)
• Special Programs/Projects

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UNIDO NETWORK WORLDWIDE
Network of UNIDO ITPOs
The UNIDO ITPO Network provides a unique
combination of value-added services to client
institutions and entrepreneurs from developing
countries and countries with economies in
transition which want to forge new alliances in
international industrial investment and
technology transfer

• Disseminates the latest information on legal and
  economic conditions, investment financing and
  opportunities for industrial cooperation
  Identifies and promotes specific investment
  opportunities
• Provides expert advice at all stages of the
  business creation cycle
• Facilitates business contacts between project
  sponsors and potential foreign investors
• Maintains extensive data banks of companies
  interested in industrial partnerships in
  developing and transition economies

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UNIDO ITPO ITALY
In 1987, UNIDO and the Italian Government signed
an agreement for the creation in Italy of the
INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION OFFICE (ITPO)
Italy aimed at supporting industrial cooperation
with companies in developing countries, supplying
an array of services along the path of investment
projects, from the scouting of industrial
partners, to the supply of technical assistance
to promising industrial projects. The Office is
especially active in the host country but also
elsewhere, through other UNIDO networks UNIDO
Representatives, other ITPOs, National Cleaner
Production Centers, etc.

UNIDO ITPO Italy has been involved in industrial
cooperation projects in many in development
countries Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt,
Ethiopia, India, Mongolia, Mexico, Senegal,
Serbia, Tunisia, Uganda, and Uruguay, among
others.
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The Delegates Programme is operational in all
UNIDO ITPO offices and represents an essential
tool in carrying out their activities and
imparting knowledge of UNIDO methodologies.
Coming from public institutions, banks, or
industrial associations of developing countries,
the Delegates are hosted for short-term periods
at UNIDO ITPOs, where they experience UNIDO
methodologies and techniques at first hand. They
present to a host country enterprises a portfolio
of selected investment opportunities.
UNIDO ITPO Italy
Delegates Programme
When delegates return home, they contribute to
the creation of an international network of human
resources and become an important contact for
UNIDO ITPOs and host-country industries.Since
1988, 45 delegates were hosted at UNIDO ITPO
Italy, and the African continent was represented
by delegates coming from Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Ivory Coast, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal,
Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda.
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UNIDO ITPO Italy and Africa
In recent years, UNIDO ITPO Italy has enhanced
its support to the economic development of
Sub-Saharan Africa, a critical area for the
creation of economic partnerships and the
promotion of foreign investment. It is also a
priority region for Italy, the UN System, and
UNIDO itself. In 2007/8, the intense joint
promotional activities of ITPO Italy and the
Delegates from Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia,
Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda allowed major
Italian business institutions to get acquainted
with the new African investment climate and
orient the interest of their associated companies
to a continent offering huge investment
opportunities. The promotional work in favor of
Ethiopia and Tanzania focused on agribusiness and
leather and footwear and for Côte dIvoire,
Senegal, and Uganda, on food processing. Regardin
g Senegal, 16 Senegalese SMEs grouped in three
export Consortia were assisted by ITPO Italy in
the identification of potential
industrial/commercial partners in the Italian
agribusiness sector. During 2007, UNIDO ITPO
Italy, in collaboration with the University of
Rome- La Sapienza, started researching on
investment of Italian SMEs in Africa, as well as
an analysis of investment opportunities and
constraints.
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UNIDO ITPO Italy Projects under Promotion in
Sub-Saharan Africa By sector
By country
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Millennium Cities Initiative - UNIDOs
contribution

• The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) is
  assisting selected mid-sized cities across
  sub-Saharan Africa in their efforts to achieve
  the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
• Economic growth required for eradication of
  poverty and the achievement of the other
  associated MDGs depends on capital accumulation
  (investment) and technical change going hand in
  hand.
• UNIDO supports the MCI by identifying, together
  with national counterparts, investment
  opportunities using its tools and methodologies
  including the project appraisal and analysis
  software COMFAR III Expert - www.unido.org/comfar.
  
• Promotion of investment opportunities is achieved
  through UNIDOs ITPO network.

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FUTURE UNIDO ITPO NETWORK FOCUS IN
AFRICA Environment, Energy, Agribusiness

• As to sustainability and environmental concerns,
  UNIDO is collaborating with other members of
  UN-Energy, the coordinating mechanism for UN
  system-wide coordination, chaired by UNIDOs
  Director General, Kandeh Yumkella, in all issues
  dealing with energy, from household energy to
  access to modern, commercial energy for
  productive purposes. Many ITPO host countries
  also fund environment programs through the ITPOs.

UNIDO, as well as ITPO Italy within their
Environment Programs intend also to help African
countries and sub-regional groups to access some
of the major carbon-finance resources being
deployed to arrest climate change, especially in
the carbon sinks/sequestration areas where a
number of African countries could be major
players, in the sequel to Kyoto, namely all those
with important forests or reforestation potential
(Congo Basin, West-African coastal
forests/treecrops plantations, Eastern Southern
Savanna countries). Finally, UNIDO further
reinforce its focus on Agri-business in Africa
and proposes to collaborate with the NEPAD on
matters of joint concern.
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UNIDO ITPO NETWORK IN AFRICAFuture Modalities of
Operations

• Value Chains (National/Regional/Global)
• Multi ITPO coordinated intervention in one
  country/region
• Renewable Energy Initiatives
• Localities Initiatives (MCI and others)
• Supply Chains
• Pilot projects/Innovative business models
• Upgrading and Modernization Programs (EPA)
• Promotion of domestic investment (EDIP)
• Responsible Investments (CSR)
• SME Clustered Investments / Export Consortia

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