ITPO

The UNIDO CIIC activity is closely connected with the Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPOs).

The Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPOs) working as „quasi-public“ sector organizations are linked to public and private institutions working in the field of industrial development. Drawing on these linkages, ITPOs are redressing the industrial development imbalance by bridging investment and the latest technology to those countries most in need of a promotional helping hand. At the same time, ITPOs are opening up new opportunities for investors and technology suppliers to find potential partners in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

The ITPO network provides a unique combination of value-added services to client institutions and entrepreneurs from developing countries and countries with economies in transition which want to forge new alliances in international industrial investment and technology transfer:

• Disseminate the latest information on legal and economic conditions, investment financing and opportunities for industrial cooperation;
• Identify and promote specific investment opportunities;
• Provide expert advice at all stages of the business cycle;
• Facilitate business contacts between project sponsors and potential foreign investors.

ITPO staff maintains active links with the business community and development agencies in the Offices‘ host countries as well as extensive data banks of companies interested in industrial partnerships in developing and transition economies. At the same time, ITPOs are playing an increasingly important role in developing and carrying out UNIDO’s integrated country programmes.

UNIDO operates a global network of 13 ITPOs

• UNIDO ITPO Bahrain
• UNIDO ITPO China in Beijing
• UNIDO ITPO China in Shanghai
• UNIDO ITPO France in Marseille
• UNIDO ITPO France in Paris
• UNIDO ITPO Greece
• UNIDO ITPO Italy
• UNIDO ITPO Japan
• UNIDO ITPO Republic of Korea
• UNIDO ITPO Russian Federation
• UNIDO ITPO Mexico
• UNIDO ITPO United Kingdom
• UNIDO ITPO Walloon region of Belgium