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The transformation of Asia from its status as the most impoverished region to the growth locomotive of the world economy within five decades is unprecedented and nothing short of a miracle. The achievement seems all the more profound when juxtaposed with a very pessimistic outlook of Asia’s development prospects made by Gunnar Myrdal in his three-volume tome
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Building back better: US17 8m for UNIDO projects in support of ozone protection and climate action
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Ambassador Dr Vince Henderson
Barbados – Mrs. Francine Blackman - Permanent Secretary in Barbados’ Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship - has been elected as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE).
Mrs Blackman takes over from Ambassador Dr Vince Henderson – Dominica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS) – who first chaired the CCREEE Executive Board following the commencement of the Centre’s operational phase in 2018. Ambassador Henderson was instrumental in the establishment of the CCREEE, coordinating with SIDS DOCK, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNDIO) and the Government of Austria for the receipt of technical and financial support by the Centre. Ambassador Henderson also negotiated the CCREEE Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Barbados.
Africa: tech-skills for sustainable water management and youth employment
BRUSSELS, 8 December 2020 – “World water consumption is growing at a frenetic rate…more than 900 million people in the world still do not have access to sufficient drinking water resources, including 340 million in sub-Saharan Africa. In such a context, good water management is more essential than ever.”
With these words, Patrick Gilabert, Head of the Brussels office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), set the scene for a webinar discussion of innovative solutions to water challenges through technical skills development, private sector engagement, technology transfer and digitalisation.
The webinar, organized together with the H2O Maghreb project team from Morocco, brought together public, private and development stakeholders working in water and sanitation. The bilingual event was moderated by Philippe Scholtès, Special Advisor to the UNIDO Director General. One hund
Building back better: US$17.8m for UNIDO projects in support of ozone protection and climate action
In 2020, the MLF approved US$17.8m for project proposals submitted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). In addition to the tranches of ongoing HCFC Phase-Out Management Plans (HPMPs), the MLF approved new stages of the HPMPs for 15 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Botswana, Ecuador, Gambia, Guatemala, Honduras, Malawi, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Uganda and Zambia. In December 2020, the MLF also approved UNIDO’s proposal for the first HPMP for Syria; until now the only remaining Article-5 country without an approved HPMP.
HPMPs are sector-wide programmes designed to help countries gradually reduce their use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which destroy the earth’s protective ozone layer and contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions. Each HPMP is unique and the funding received from the MLF allows UNIDO to implement a
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