UNIDO Centre and Bashkortostan strenghten cooperation

October 19, 2018

UNIDO Centre and Bashkortostan strenghten cooperation

On October 18, the Director of the UNIDO Centre in Russia, Sergey Korotkov, met with the Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Rustem Mardanov on the sidelines of the Fourth Forum on Small Business of the SCO and BRICS Regions in Ufa. The meeting was devoted to discussions of possible areas of cooperation in the context of industrial potential development of Bashkortostan, mainly through improvement of competitiveness of local enterprises on external markets.

The parties signed a Joint declaration on intentions to develop collaboration in a number of areas, among which capacity building for the development and modernization of small and medium-sized enterprises, promotion of environmentally sustainable use of resources by industry and cleaner production.