UNIDO
16 Jan 2012
The Oslo Energy for All 2011 high-level conference is co-organized by Norway and the International Energy Agency (IEA), and aims to explore possible ways of financing access to energy for the 1.4 billion people without access to electricity and 2.5 billion people who still use traditional biomass for cooking. Five countries from the South - Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Liberia and South Africa – have been invited to be organizing partners. High-level participants will include Norwegian Crown Prince...
16 Jan 2012
The GEF Council Meeting will develop, adopt and evaluate GEF programmes. Council members representing 32 constituencies (16 from developing countries, 14 from developed countries, and two from countries with transitional economies) will be represented. An NGO Consultation will be held on the first day. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/gef-council-meeting-2/ ]
16 Jan 2012
This meeting will convene at the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, to discuss issues relating to climate change, the September Summit on progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), global governance and the global economic and financial crisis. The CEB meets twice a year and brings together the Heads of 27 UN system organizations (15 specialized agencies, 10 UN Funds and Programmes, the IAEA and the WTO) under the chairmanship of...
16 Jan 2012
US President George W. Bush is the host of the 2004 G8 Summit. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/g8-sea-island-summit-2004/ ]
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 March 2011: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) have committed to a joint effort to promote sustainable industrial development in ACP countries with the purpose of poverty alleviation.
UNIDO Director-General Kandeh K. Yumkella and ACP Secretary-General Mohamed Ibn Chambas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the joint commitment on 24 March 2011, in Brussels, Belgium, during a session of the Committee of ACP...
