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- UNIDO informs member states on hydrogen-related opportunities
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) provided its Member States with an online introduction to the different types of colour-based hydrogen (for example green and blue) together with a classification that quantifies the hydrogen’s CO2 content or carbon footprint.
- UNIDO issued World Manufacturing Production Quarter I 2022 Report
This report provides insights on the latest trends in global manufacturing, based on seasonally-adjusted data up to the first quarter of 2022.
- UNIDO as a platform to promote women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship and leadership
Throughout the last decade, significant milestones were achieved in advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls in socioeconomic areas. Despite a considerable number of targeted initiatives, achieving gender parity remains a distant objective with many barriers holding back progress.
- Experts discussed the prospects of the Russian AIC in the fields of the International Agro-forum "Perspektiva"
On June 28-29, the International Agricultural Forum „Perspektiva“ was held in Moscow. The event was organized by AIS EVENT LLC, the founders were the Agribusiness Association with the support of the FOOD CITY Agrocluster, the International Foundation for Emerging Markets NGO.
- Measures to preserve international cooperation under the current conditions were discussed at the ICIE meeting
On June 23, an online meeting of the ICIE took place. The main topic of the meeting was the social and political situation in the world and its impact on the members of the International Congress. The Chairman of the Council of the ICIE, Vasily Tarlev, proposed practical steps to preserve and intensify international cooperation, as well as to reduce the negative impact on the members of the ICIE, both national business associations and specific commercial structures.
- Egypt became a guest country of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
On June 15-18, one of the largest business events in the world took place — the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2022).
- Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development Index - The story behind the data
On 17 June 2022, UNIDO launched the Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (QI4SD) Index. The QI4SD Index was developed in collaboration with partner organizations of the International Network on Quality Infrastructure (INetQI), and its development was funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). The index is composed by 36 indicators related to quality infrastructure and covers 137 countries.
- Industrial Technology Forum "Digital environmental monitoring 2022 - 2024" held at the RF CCI
On May 31, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation hosted a regular Forum dedicated to the control of industrial emissions, discharges at sources, air and water quality control in the zones of influence of enterprises — „DIGITAL ECOMONITORING 2022 — 2024“.
- Eurasian Economic Forum 2022
On May 26, the Eurasian Economic Forum 2022 was held in Bishkek. The main topic of the Forum was „Eurasian Economic Integration in the Era of Global Changes. New Opportunities for Investment Activity“.
The Forum was intended to promote economic cooperation and investment, innovation and export potential of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union. - The impact of the UN Sustainable Development Goals until 2030 on global processes was discussed at Kazan Summit 2022
From May 19 to May 21, Kazan hosted the XIII International Economic Summit „Russia — Islamic World: KazanSummit 2022“ (hereinafter referred to as the Summit). This year, more than 6,000 guests from 64 countries took part in the Summit.