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  • Environmental experts discuss critical issues in the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs
    Environmental experts discuss critical issues in the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs

    On April 6, 2021, a round table was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation “Fulfillment of the international obligations of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the provisions of the Stockholm Convention by 2025, in particular on the inventory and elimination of accumulated environmental damage of substances of the 1st hazard class, especially hazardous to human health, and namely, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contained in electrical equipment ”.

  • UNIDO took part in the meeting of Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy
    UNIDO took part in the meeting of Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy

    On January 19, within the framework of the meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy, Sergey Korotkov, Director of the UNIDO Center for International Industrial Cooperation in the Russian Federation, made a speech on the topic “On promoting the interests of Russian business and promoting the transfer of Russian technologies through UNIDO”.

  • Second GMIS focuses on nature-inspired
    Second GMIS focuses on nature-inspired

    In its second edition, the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) – a joint initiative of the Ministry of Energy and Industry of the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – was inaugurated today by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

  • What does Digital Compliance mean?
    What does Digital Compliance mean?

    Virus attacks as NotPetya and WannaCry led to large-scale disruptions of companies’ activities and large losses for businesses around the world. And we can note a tendency towards an increasing number of such cases. Other challenges of the digital economy are tied up with risks of human rights violations and other non-financial risks (consumer protection, labor rights, competition, etc.). This is due to the fact that people do not systematically take into account the effects of digital technology.

  • The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Fund OTWINTA will present the start-up platform at the GMIS-2019
    The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Fund OTWINTA will present the start-up platform at the GMIS-2019

    On the 9th June 2019 the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit will take place in Ekatirinbug and will last for 3 days. A start-up platform will be exposed for young professionals by the co-chairs of the Summit the UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the organisers of the Summit – the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation, the Administration of Sverdlovskaya oblast, the Russian Export Centre and the Fund OTWINTA.

  • Results of the environmental programme “Tire-2018” announced
    Results of the environmental programme “Tire-2018” announced

    On 13 February 2019, the House of Moscow oblast Government hosted an event dedicated to taking stock of the environmental programme “Tire-2018”, as well as an award ceremony for the most active participants of the programme among municipalities and volunteers. Director of the UNIDO Centre in Russia, Sergey Korotkov, was invited to take part in the event as a guest of honor.

  • UNIDO Centre took part in Gaidar Forum
    UNIDO Centre took part in Gaidar Forum

    Sergey Korotkov, Director of the UNIDO Centre in Russia, participated in the panel session entitled “Why business inevitably benefits from being responsible?”, that was held on 17 January as part of Gaidar Forum.

  • Internship at the UNIDO Centre in the Russian Federation
    Internship at the UNIDO Centre in the Russian Federation

    The UNIDO Centre in the Russian Federation launches call for applications for an unpaid internship from 1 February to 29 March 2019.

  • Our ecology is in small but reliable hands
    Our ecology is in small but reliable hands

    The results of the Russian children’s competition “Our Era of Ecology” were summed up at the meeting of the Moscow City Duma Commission on environmental policy. The organizers and jury of the competition, which included the deputies of the capital’s Parliament, are confident that in the future it will become a prestigious national award.

  • Innovative cooperation among BRICS discussed at Skolkovo
    Innovative cooperation among BRICS discussed at Skolkovo

    On October 17, 2018 a panel discussion on “Modern mechanisms and digital infrastructure of innovative cooperation in BRICS” was held as part of the Open Innovations Forum. The event was jointly organized by the UNIDO Centre in Russia and Skolkovo.