UNIDO Field Representation
UNIDO is represented in the following countries: Algeria, Bolivia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe. The opening of a regional office in South Africa is planned for 2005. On 23 September 2004, the UNIDO Director-General and the UNDP Administrator signed a Cooperation Agreement, which included arrangements for a new form of UNIDO field presence. The implementation of the pilot phase of the Agreement foresees the establishment of up to 15 UNIDO Desks in 2005, which would be located within UNDP country offices. The UNIDO Desks are being established in Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Eritrea, Jordan, Laos, Mali, Nicaragua, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. In addition, three existing UNIDO country offices—Bolivia, Philippines and Zimbabwe—are to be converted to UNIDO Desks.
Other Field Offices
Investment and technology promotion network: To promote investment and technology flows to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, UNIDO operates a network of Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPOs), which are financed by their host countries: Bahrain, Brazil, China (Beijing and Shanghai), France (Paris and Marseille), Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. The Walloon Region of Belgium also maintains an ITPO at UNIDO headquarters in Vienna. The ITPO in Mexico is expected to open in 2005. The ITPO network also includes Investment Promotion Units in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Uganda (all financed by Italy) and an associate member (i.e. not financed through a project with UNIDO) in Turkey.
Thirty-five National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs) and programmes, have been established by UNIDO and UNEP.
Ten International Technology Centres in both developed and developing countries, including Brazil, China, India and the Russian Federation, act as catalysts for technology upgrading and assist in managing technology change.
Fifty-nine Subcontracting and Partnership Exchanges (SPX) based in more than 30 countries facilitate production linkages between small, medium and large manufacturing firms and link up with global markets and supply chain networks.
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