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United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Name of the organization

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

General information about the organization

·         Establishment date: 1966.

·         Objectives: support industrial development in the developing and transition countries, improve competitive industry production, help to create international industry partnerships, strengthen development of socially fair and eco-friendly industry.

·         Director General: Gerd Muller (Since 10.12.2021).

·         Headquarters: Vienna, Austria.

·         Member countries: 171 countries.

Information about cooperation between Azerbaijan and the organization

·         Azerbaijan’s membership: Since 1993.

·         Azerbaijan signed the following documents:

-        Memorandum on cooperation in the field of industrial development (2000);

-        Framework Program on cooperation during 2005-2010 (2005);

-        Program related to the cooperation with UNIDO during 2014-2018 (2014);

-        The Cooperation Framework between Azerbaijan and UNIDO for 2022-2026 (2022).

·         On 17-18 April 2012, a regional conference related to the industrial parks was held by UNIDO in Azerbaijan.

·         On 26-27 November 2014, an international conference on the topic of "Main trends of the industry policy in XXI century, modern approach and experiences" was held in Baku.

·         19th session of UNİDO was held in virtual format during 29 November-3 December 2021. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Economy.

·         On November 14, 2022, the virtual meeting between Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov and Director General of UNIDO Gerd Müller was held during which the Cooperation Framework between Azerbaijan and UNIDO for 2022-2026 was signed.

·         On January 18, 2023, a meeting was held between the Embassy of our country in Austria and UNIDO on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and UNIDO.

·         On March 20-21, 2023, the delegation of the Ministry of Economy participated in the UNIDO's Multilateral Industrial Policy Forum held.

·         On August 2, 2023, the Decree on the "Cooperation Framework between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for 2022-2026” was signed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

·         On March 14, 2024, a meeting on the topic of cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and UNIDO was held between Deputy Minister of Economy Sahib Mammadov and Deputy Director General of UNIDO, Fatou Haidara.