La ONUDI es la agencia especializada de las Naciones Unidas que promueve

el desarrollo industrial para disminuir la pobreza, lograr una globalización

inclusiva y la sostenibilidad ambiental de las actividades productivas.
El mandato de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial (ONUDI) es
promover y acelerar el desarrollo industrial sostenible e inclusivo en países en desarrollo y economías
en transición.
En los últimos años, la ONUDI ha asumido un rol más preponderante en el programa del desarrollo
global al centrar sus actividades en la disminución de la pobreza, una globalización inclusiva y la
sostenibilidad ambiental de las actividades productivas. Los servicios de la ONUDI se basan en dos
funciones esenciales: como foro global, la ONUDI genera y divulga conocimientos para el desarrollo
industrial; como agencia de cooperación técnica, la ONUDI brinda asistencia técnica e implementa
proyectos.

La Organización es reconocida como un prestador especializado y eficiente de servicios técnicos que

hace frente a los desafíos de reducir la pobreza mediante actividades productivas, promover la
integración de los países en desarrollo en el comercio global mediante la creación de capacidades
comerciales, fomentar la sostenibilidad ambiental en la industria y la producción, y promover el acceso
global a fuentes de energía renovables.

La ONUDI aspira a un mundo donde el desarrollo económico es sustentable y el progreso económico

equitativo. La Organización se centra en tres áreas temáticas principales:

 Reducción de la pobreza mediante actividades productivas

 Desarrollo de capacidad comercial
 Medio ambiente y energía

Business Partnerships
Working closely with companies and foundations, UNIDO builds partnerships
that advance inclusive and sustainable industrial development while
simultaneously driving business value.
A growing number of industry leaders are recognizing that aligning business strategies, operations and
supply chains with sustainable development outcomes is not only a social responsibility, but also
increasingly a business imperative. Adopting more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable
business operations helps to mitigate risk, develop new markets, and cultivate sustainable relationships
with suppliers, customers and investors.
UNIDO’s Business Partnership Programme harnesses the expertise, know-how and resources of the
private sector to tackle important global industrial development issues. There are several strategic areas
UNIDO engages with business to build local productive capacity, enhance social inclusion and promote
environmental sustainability, including:
  Providing goods and services: developing innovative goods and services tailored to meet the
needs of low-income populations and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
 Supporting local business development: promoting entrepreneurship and SME development
through capacity building, technology transfer and advisory services;
 Building inclusive and sustainable value chains: upgrading and strengthening the
competitiveness of local producers for their successful inclusion in local, regional and global
value chains;
 Enhancing compliance with international norms and standards: capacitating SMEs in
developing countries to comply with international trading standards, so as to improve their
access to global markets;
 Promoting Green Industry: enhancing the creation of new green industries as well as
promoting the more efficient use of energy and raw materials in industrial manufacturing
processes and services;
 Expanding access to energy: catalyzing private sector know-how and investment in renewable
sources of energy to promote access of affordable, clean energy for productive use.

To find out more about UNIDO's business partnerships in action, click here.
UNIDO and the private sector are natural partners for prosperity. As a United Nations specialized
agency, we offer profound know-how in industrial development for developing countries and transition
economies. With a field presence in more than 50 countries and a worldwide pool of experts and trainers
we can leverage our global resources, and those of our partners, to achieve significant and sustainable
scale and impact. To find out more about how to partner with UNIDO, click here.
For more information on UNIDO Procurement opportunities, please click here to be redirected.

Partnerships with international development organizations

To increase the impact of its technical cooperation as well as to promote major issues related to
industrial development, UNIDO has joined forces with other organizations and counterparts from the
international community, as well as with actors from the private sector, including non-governmental
organizations, and the Academia.

Partners in the UN system

 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

UNDP and UNIDO further strengthened their cooperation through an inter-agency agreement that
combines the core competencies and specialized expertise of UNIDO with the broad country-level
representation and delivery capacity of UNDP. The operational focus of the agreement lies on two
components: expanding UNIDO field coverage in a cost-effective manner through the establishment of
UNIDO Desks in UNDP Country Offices, and developing joint activities in private sector development. As
a result, UNIDO Desks have been set up in 16 countries, and UNDP and UNIDO have developed a
number of joint programmes aimed at strengthening private sector enterprises and institutions in support
of national development goals.

 Visit UNDP's website

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The flagship of the partnership between UNEP and UNIDO is the National Cleaner Production Centres
(NCPC) Programme, which aims at achieving cost-effective reduction of environmental pollutants,
improving efficiency of resource use and, to the extent possible, enhancing industrial productivity through
cleaner production and the application of environmentally sound technologies. Today, the programme
operates in 47 countries.

 Visit UNEP's website

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The partnership between FAO and UNIDO focuses on the need to meet mounting global challenges
related to agri-business and agro-industry development, bio-energy, economic recovery in post-crisis
countries and the organization of global forums. The joint FAO-UNIDO activities have had a distinct
qualitative impact: a number of technical manuals, including toolkits, have been prepared on agro-
 industrial development, and comprehensive technical assessments have been undertaken to gauge the
challenges faced by countries in need of assistance.

 Visit FAO's website

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

IFAD and UNIDO cooperate in the areas of value chain development and market linkages within agro-
industry and agro-processing, and food production and bio-energy in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and
Latin America and the Caribbean. Under a recent initiative, IFAD and UNIDO have agreed to intensify
their strategic partnership and increase the developmental impact of their complementary assistance.
Government support and funding has been secured for three major programmes carried out under this
partnership in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and India.

 Visit IFAD's website

Development Business (DB)

Development Business is the official source for global procurement information made available by the
multilateral development banks, the UN system and governments in the developing world. With a
mandate to raise awareness of its service amongst private sector firms interested in participating in
development projects, Development Business is now seeking to expand its outreach in developing
countries through UNIDO's field offices. At the same time, the partnership will promote UNIDO's
expertise as a critical voice to be included at various forums organized by DB's partners. The partnership
will also focus on the promotion of UNIDO's publication to DB's network and the leveraging of Social
Media for reciprocal branding.

 Visit DB's website

International financial institutions

UNIDO is working closely with International Financial Institutions to formulate and implement large scale
programmes with multiple impacts and beneficiaries.
 African Development Bank (AfDB)

The African Development Bank is the leading financial development institution for Africa. Its mission is to
promote economic and social development through loans, equity investments and technical assistance.
UNIDO is partnering with the AfDB to implement the medium and long term actions of the AfDB’s Africa
Food Crisis Response (AFCR) framework for accelerated support to regional member countries affected
by rising food prices. In September 2008, AfDB requested UNIDO and FAO to develop a Post-Harvest
Losses Strategy for the bank, which will help define areas of intervention to achieve significant reduction
in losses within 6 years. UNIDO will also screen the agriculture project portfolio of the bank and assess
the interventions required to address post-harvest losses and recommend pilot interventions/solutions
(technology, training etc).

 Visit AfDB's website

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and
specialized UN agency dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing
countries. Its mission is to empower poor rural women and men in developing countries to achieve higher
incomes and improved food security. At the request of IFAD, UNIDO has provided technical assistance
to formulate several programmes in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and India. Although UNIDO and IFAD have
collaborated on some projects over the years, the two agencies agreed to review the existing partnership
framework and to identify areas for enhanced cooperation. In October 2008, the Director General of
UNIDO and the President of IFAD signed an Aide Mémoire to support cooperation in the following areas:
value chain development and market linkages; agro-industry and agro-processing; food production and
bio-energy in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.

 Visit IFAD's website

European Investment Bank (EIB)

 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the long-term lending bank of the European Union. Based on EU
external cooperation and development policies, EIB's lending for development countries is mainly
focused on private sector development, infrastructure development, security of energy supply and
environmental sustainability. UNIDO and EIB are cooperating to identify investment projects in the
Middle East. Further cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, environment and industrial upgrading
is expected.

 Visit EIB's website

World Bank - International Financial Corperation (IFC)

International Financial Corporation (IFC) is the private sector arm of the World Bank group. It provides
investments and advisory services to build the private sector in developing countries. It aims at assisting
people to escape poverty and at improving their lives through fostering sustainable economic growth in
developing countries. This is carried out by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the
international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. IFC and
UNIDO are seeking collaboration in the areas of supplier development in Africa and Cleaner Production.
In particular, a tripartite partnership among UNIDO, UNEP and IFC is expected to foster Cleaner
Production investment through financial instruments to promote clean technology.

 Visit IFC's website

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

The Inter-American Development Bank is the main source of multilateral financing and expertise for
sustainable economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its main
goals are to promote economic growth and regional integration in the region. It focuses on poverty
reduction, energy and climate change, infrastructure, education and innovation. The IDB has two
member organizations: the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and the Multilateral Investment
Fund (MIF). The IIC focuses on support for small and medium-sized businesses while the MIF promotes
private sector growth through grants and investments, with an emphasis on micro-enterprise. UNIDO and
the IIC have signed a memorandum of understanding. Within this context, UNIDO is providing expertise
for workshops on energy efficiency, environmental/social responsibility, standards compliance and
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